Marx's motors are reliable and many of the items are inexpensive. I can still find cars for as little as $3-5 at train shows, though there are some rare pieces out there.

The only Marx items listed are its windup toys. I have a complete Marx No. 9923 freight train […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 70°F. Tuesday, June 17th 2025 Daily e-Edition.

Life in scale: Model trains are alive and well in the Quad-Cities. Anthony Watt Dec 20, 2019 Dec 20, 2019 ... His father set the Marx train up on a 4-by-8 piece of plywood.

Marx was a competing model train manufacturer. Soon to follow was a gift of a Lionel O Gauge Diesel Locomotive set. My dad built a 4-foot-by-6-foot layout table to run my trains on, which I still ...

Q: I am 55. My childhood toy train set is still in its period cardboard box. The lettering on the top reads: “Stream Line Electric Train / Steam Type / Made in USA / Louis Marx & Co. / N… ...

Their Big Wheel trikes, model trains, wind-up toys, and toy soldier sets were among Marx Toys bestsellers worldwide. Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots even got movie cameos, as vintage toys in "The Santa ...

Model trains, Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots and other treasured toys were made at Marx Toys factories in Erie and Girard from the late 1920s until 1980. Thousands of employees designed, tested and ...

“This is the first time we’ve organized a show featuring larger scale trains,” said John Sacerdote of Bloomfield, president of the Amherst Railway Society and the show director.