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Hi all! New guy here, and am a father of a train crazed 5 year old. We have a couple of lionchief sets we've been messing around with for past 2 years. Well this Christmas I bit the bullet and built him a small dedicated 4x8 layout, which is about 90% done. Of course he loves his new railroad empire. My dad really got into the spirit and dug out his Marx 400 engine set and gave it to us. It wouldn't budge when I first got it. Cleaned it up and lubed everything, runs great now and looks good. The state if maine boxcar has a bent axle and gets caught on switches, so will repair when I get some time. It has a certain charm to it that I really enjoy. I think the set is from maybe the 60's and probably isn't worth much, but means a lot me.