Marx 333

Marx 333, considered by many as the best steamer Marx produced. In this video we run my 333s, take one apart, and even have a pulling contest. Thanks for watching. #ogaugetrains #marx #toytrain

[@TwistedMacGyversTrains]

Great teardown video my friend. I haven’t had two much success with my 333. It is very weak and very sluggish. I have to take it apart and clean it thoroughly And then see how it performs. I was kind of disappointed that It didn’t have a smoke unit. This 333 did come in the box with the diecast tender and 4 NYC gray passenger cars. The set also came with the wide radius Marx curves and 6x 5 tie straights. Frank

[@OldFrailandDecrepit]

I have already cleaned and lubed the motors on these. Sounds like a great set you got!

[@stevesoscaletrainchannel.1901]

Dave, great video on Marx 333's. Looks like a very smooth locomotive. My unit is nonsmoking. Thanks for sharing.

[@SmallGardenRailroad]

Thanks for the disassembly video. Very interesting. Dodgy filming is no problem (just call it unique style 🙂). The pulling contest was more than obvious...

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Can’t wait to see the finished product!

[@johnandrus3901]

Cool stuff. Some weight on that front truck would keep it on the rails. The earlier 2026, with the nickel rims, may have lost that contest. The later version, like yours, doesn't have the nickel rims and probably has MagneTraction, depending on the year. I like the later, die-cast Marx locomotives. They look quite nice on any layout. An excellent video, as always.

[@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards]

I bought a smoking 333 (it does have the window visors) at Fall York and it took me months to get it running right. Turned out the aperture bushing on the brush plate was wobbling ever so slightly, I guess it caused the brushes to lose contact. I Superglued the bushing and it has ran fine ever since. They're great smokers, like the 666. I love your Meteor coaches. I have been hot and cold about picking up a diecast tender.

[@OldFrailandDecrepit]

I like the look of those tenders, but their weight kinda puts me off.

[@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards]

@OldFrailandDecrepit I have a diecast Lionel 2224W that came with the 224E the engine doesn't seem to have issues with the tender weight. That whistle tender weights about as much as an engine.

[@TJsEpicTrainChannel]

The early 333's had small flanges on the pilot trucks that don't like O27 curves. The later 333's have larger flanges so they take the O27 curves better. Al Osterud told me that, he said that Gary Anderson figured that out. There were some early smokers that did not have the visor, they are hard to find though.