I just scored about forty freight cars, five passenger cars, a half dozen steam engines, an F3 diesel and an F7 diesel a-b unit set, and a diesel hood switcher. I also got two Marx tin stations, one with a bell and one with a whistle, some yard lights, and other accessories.
Some of these are in like new condition, some are garbage, and most need some work from cleaning up dirt to complete strip down and repainting. If I can get the worst ones stripped clear down to bare metal I can get some decals for roads that Marx never heard of, like CONOCO, UTOCO, Cache Valley Dairy, Whiting Chemical, etc , but I don't know what to do nor where to begin.
The ones that I'm going to strip clear down will get a TSP bathe and wire brushing, but most the mid range stuff simple needs a bath.
I've ordered a whole mess of parts from Robert Grossman to replace trucks and couplers and some small parts.
What have any of you tried?
I also want someone to Convert some of the engines from single to double reduction drive so I can run them through Lionel switches and cross overs.
