Marx Trains: From Clockwork to Electric! Marx Run on all Four Loops!

[@franktino6676]

Trains, for the masses 🤣👀🚂❗

[@dagryffynhobby]

Everyone should be able to have their own! Cheap toys then make fun collectibles now

[@TheCreativeMind]

You don't need expensive trains to enjoy the hobby. These Marx's are just as fun. That silver one is a hauler. Nicely done Dave.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks! Yeah they are a lot of fun. And not expensive. Engines for $10 and cars for $5 is budget railroading at its finest! I don’t think I had added weight to that engine yet either at the time of filming. It pulls a little better now with less slip on start up.

[@chiconian49]

This was fun to see some spillover to my side of the hobby. Nice to see those Marx running around your track.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bradroehl7]

Excellent! Over come and adapt. What a great bunch of Marx. Running like champs. Thank you! Be safe.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@RichardEngle-pu3fz]

Fricken awsome Dave. One heck of a job. Bringing those old Marx trains back to life.🎉

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks so much!

[@btucker718]

Great watching your Marx trains run! They always impress me with their simple design and powerful motors.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks! They are great little trains

[@corntater5848]

Like those simple trains just as fun, you could have a silver bullet Loco????

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks. I could, I could. We will have to see what happens…

[@GaryDavis-ir6fh]

i once converted a marx plastic steamer from wind up to electric, i obtained a 490 motor from robert grossman that fit it perfectly.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Nice! It’s a fun thing to do.

[@tomrogers5516]

Nice to reconnect with an old time favourite of mine. The 'Commodore Vanderbilt' was the 1st electric engine when I was a kid in the 1940's. It was my older brother's and he eventually removed the shroud and ran the motor up steep grades to make it fly across the living room. Crazy stuff. I found one at a flea market in the 80's and still have it. Thanks for sharing this great train run, Dave.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Glad you enjoyed it. He jumped the engine across the room!? That’s great, I imagine he had a whole lot of fun doing that!

[@franktino6676]

And so did the Andersen Window installer 😂

[@genemanno1533]

The unpainted Marx pulls 17 or 18 cars plus tender. I’m impressed. The red one is not doing bad also. They seem to hold the tracks pretty good too. I would never thought these could run so well.😊

[@dagryffynhobby]

Clean wheels, somewhat clean track, and some extra weight in the engine and off they go!

[@trainships1795]

I would paint that 1 silver and label it for the Burlington route and name it zephyr.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Not a bad idea!

[@Cbtrainnut]

Loving the Marx trains. Nice you could add a motor to your Uncles Engine! Have a great day!

[@dagryffynhobby]

It sure makes me happy that I can run his train. It’s a lot of fun

[@mr.shadestrains6033]

A great bunch of trains Awesome video 🚂😎👍

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thank you! They are just fun!

[@momatmach1]

The contrast between these and the semi scale, smoke and sound fitted trains that you’ve been buying over the last year, couldn’t be greater, the main thing is these are far more fun

[@dagryffynhobby]

It’s all about the fun! There are good and bad things about all eras. I really enjoy having a little bit of all of it

[@mdeange3]

Your creativity and craftsmanship are unsurpassed. WATCHING THOSE TRAINS RUNNING AROUND THE TRACK WAS A LOT OF FUN! The Red Commodore Vanderbilt and matching passengers are terrific. The Blue Commodore and green passengers are a nice combo. And the Silver Commodore engine, pulling EIGHTEEN freight cars, which includes the tender, is AMAZING! Last but not least, the Marx steamer is always a favorite. All are GREAT -GREAT, -GREAT!

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thank you so much! They are fun. It took a bit of fiddling before I could get all those cars to roll without derailing. I did have to add a bit of weight to the engines to get them to pull all those cars.

[@johnknippenberg-LandmarkYards]

Nice, Dave! I think I counted 17 tinplate cars including caboose, which could be a record for not derailing. 18 if you include the tender.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks! I actually do not know what the record is for pulling Marx cars, I do know that the engines start to slip too much, even with added weight. I may have to try a double header sometime!

[@robertmadison2752]

Amazing. This is REALLY interesting and unusual. I was so happy when I eliminated all post-1975 rolling stock from my layouts: I think the combination of restoring old stuff AND using older stuff as the basis of repaints is wonderfully rewarding--more so than any other aspect of model railroading I've encountered in the last sixty-five years or so (since my first and only Marx). This may be my favorite among all your videos (and that's saying a lot). I should stop here, but I'm going to go on and say that these trains really suit your layout well with the multi-levels of unimpeded (no switches) continuous running. Have no regrets if you decide to trade in your modern stuff for more tinplate. It looks beautiful.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

I hear you! I've been doing repaints on Lionel post-wars with iffy exterior finishes and I'm having a ball doing so. I even redid an MTH generic 4-6-0 into a Susquehanna G-15 and love the way it came out.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. I actually would like to repaint a few of my Marx engines and a bunch of basic postwar Lionel’s I have. I’m sure once I actually start painting, I’ll get carried away and want to paint everything. I can’t sell the new stuff, I enjoy it too! But yeah, there is a lot of value to collecting painting and running the old stuff!

[@DelHudson1]

That was cool seeing all 4 tracks running those vintage Marx trains. I suggest painting your stripped Marx loco Ford Focus ST yellow with a black bottom on the tender. Get your public service DAGryffyn logo printed out and put it on the tender. Make it your own. Number the engine the year you were born. Or you could just seal it with clearcoat and call it the silver bullet. lol. Fun stuff and thanks for sharing.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Great ideas! Yellow might be a bit much though! Haha. But a tender with my logo, very cool idea. Then I can do a caboose too. I have plenty of those.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@dagryffynhobby I think DelHudson hit on something. Why not Public Service grey on the engine and tender with white highlights, kind of like a Public Service bus? Then the DAGryffyn logo centered on the tender. It'd be truly unique!

[@dagryffynhobby]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 I love it!

[@DRCRailroard]

Glad to see someone else who has a similar fondness for Marx trains. They are fun to run. I find myself probably spending more time with my cheap old Marx than anything else. The 666 freight set was my first introduction to model railroading. It was my older brother's but I was the one who played with it and still have it to this day still running strong. I thought I had the coolest train set ever. I see you have got a lot of work done on Pikes Pink. Keep up the good work. Happy rails.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks! Yeah the Marx stuff is great. My moms old set sat on a shelf for a very long time before i took it down and started t fiddle with it. It’s very cool that you still have that set from your childhood.

[@franktino6676]

Yes, Dave, I must have about 20 Marx accessories from the 1950's - all working- and purchased for low prices - on my layout- just to depict the very same items that I had as a kid or that I remember being issued back in the '50's/'60's along with my Marx locomotives such as the 1666, 666, 400, etcetera that I run frequently along with my other brand names of O gauge.

[@dagryffynhobby]

That’s cool. Sounds like a fun layout.

[@franktino6676]

Thanks Dave! I love all manufacturers from literally the days of standard gauge going back to 1910 era up until the present day as long as I feel that the item can be restored and made operational if possible. So, it is a double whammy- 1) restoration hobby 2) increase the collection & operating accessories and also enlarge the consists! @@dagryffynhobby

[@plunkervillerr1529]

Marx guy here, there's no stain on those six-inch cars on the curves. That`s why I prefer four wheelers.

[@dagryffynhobby]

They just go! Love these little trains

[@GuntersGarage]

That was pretty awesome. I have grown to appreciate Marx trains the last year or so. Picked up two sets actually, lol. Your layout looks great with all those trains going.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks so much. Glad you picked up some Marx. It’s fun stuff

[@Ed-ICE-Berg]

Excellent running session Dave !

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thank you!

[@jamesdenny4734]

Luking goo! 😊

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks!

[@danny117hd]

Lots of TIN!

[@dagryffynhobby]

Yessir!

[@DanKimet]

Really surprised at the number of cars you were pulling with your Marx engines. Lionel scout engines from 1948 could barely pull 4.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Luckily the 6” cars are very very light. I also weight the engines to help out with their pulling power.

[@OldFrailandDecrepit]

Great video! Most of my wind ups get electrified!

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thank you! It’s such an easy modification, and the results are so great

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Amazing 😊

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thank you!

[@railchief74]

Awesome running session and video Dave! The Marx trains will there tin litho designs really do add some forces perspective. Running the small Marx engines on the high ground makes it look like the train is far away in the distance. The 2 Marx’s steamers that I would love to have one day are the 333 and the 1666.🚂

[@johnblair8146]

The 1666 is the plastic version of the die cast #666. The best plastic Marx loco is the 1829.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks! Yeah I should run them up too and scale stuff below!

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Wow, two Marxist videos in one week, and from two different KZbin channels! How lucky can we get? And how can anyone look at those little cartoon characters of trains going all-out and not crack a smile? Very clever of you Dave installing those electric motors, I'm sure ol' Louis Marx would approve! Thanks for posting!

[@dagryffynhobby]

Who else is posting Marx!? I see John Lebaron has some, he does great custom work. The Marx trains, specifically the 6” tin cars are just about smiles. And the noise of four of them running at once was something to hear!

[@HenrikSweden1]

@@dagryffynhobby daveclarklumber has lots of Marx trains running too , so fun !

[@rennethjarrett4580]

The MarX train motor design is very simple and very durable and last and last. Often you can buy a used MarX and just put it on the track and it will run. BenzTrainz has a lot of videos here and on Rumble of the MarX, and some Lionel. Nice "S" action with all of those short rail cars on your mountain railroad.

[@dagryffynhobby]

It is a great design. A little cleaning and off they go. I need to watch more of benzTainz videos. I was thinking how much I liked the s curve action as I was filming.

[@franktino6676]

And,I understand that Marx produced a Budd Car as well, Dave ....# 2024, 2124 .. Your " search " has begun... 🤣🚂❗ 0:53

[@dagryffynhobby]

Oh no! Too many trains, not enough time!

[@franktino6676]

You really need a MARX Budd Car ... or two... or three ??? Maybe at York? hahaha@@dagryffynhobby 😆🤣🚇🚇🚇

[@izzynutz2000]

Too bad you can't come up with some black lettering and just leave it silver maybe polish it a little bit and put the black lettering on it

[@dagryffynhobby]

That’s an interesting idea. Maybe I’ll try to clean them up better and see if I can polish them

[@GaryDavis-ir6fh]

ive got one of those new marx cp steamers.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Those are really good engines

[@callmebigpapa]

Man that is a super cool layoout do you have video showcasing it ?

[@dagryffynhobby]

Thanks so much. I have many videos on the layout but nothing too recent. I go over it quickly in todays video

[@rennethjarrett4580]

A side comment. Yesterday I bought a nice used like new diesel on line. Today I did a little research on it, and unless they posted the wrong pictures, as well as maybe the wrong brand, I got a grand deal, much better then what I planned. When I get it I might do a post over on the FB page.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Definitely let us know how it works out!

[@coverdalemineoscalemodelrr7074]

Marx is fun I have four loops but only I loop with no Lionel switches were I run my Marx they won’t go thru Lionel switch without derailment

[@LarryDickmann]

Convert your single reduction Marx motor to a double reduction Marx motor and they will go thru lionel switches.

[@dagryffynhobby]

Pure fun. Bummer about the switches.

[@mileslo_hobbies]

How do you get a mercury. I can’t find any😖😭

[@dagryffynhobby]

Just keep looking. I see them on eBay and all the time at train shows

[@mileslo_hobbies]

@@dagryffynhobby oh this was 2 days ago, well… in that time I found one and got it😳

[@dagryffynhobby]

@@mileslo_hobbies sweet!

[@mileslo_hobbies]

@@dagryffynhobby thanks😁

[@mileslo_hobbies]

Oh also we don’t have trains shows where i live sadly.