@TrainFam posted:Penn Flyer: welcome to the thread! Just be careful as Marx toys are an easy void to get sucked into. I am glad to hear that you are getting your kid involved into the hobby, we need some more kids of the up and coming generations To be involved in the hobby so it’s always great to hear that kids are getting involved.
Trainfam
@Don McErlean posted:PennFlyer - welcome aboard! Glad to hear about your 5 year old, if you can keep his interest we will have a hobbyist for years to come. Marx as you have found, continues to run well with a very little routine maintenance. Don't despair the bent axle on your State of Maine boxcar. Marx made these (as they are called) 6" cars for over 30 years and the wheel base, wheel size and axle size almost never changed. Get any 6" car, no matter what the top side looks like and the wheels and axle should easily interchange with the set on your SOM box.
Don
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! Whats funny is it was my son that got me into the hobby. I was more into RC cars & boats when I was young. I used to race nitro boats on a lake I grew up on. So never had nostalgia for model trains. However, my son got hooked from 2 yrs old with his wooden toy trains. We're fortunate to live in a town with a major steam train historical society with renovated functioning engines, which our visits there have really fueled his interests. I have continued to foster his love of trains and have really gotten into to hobby with him. The Marx train we have is 60 years old, and if he has anything to do about it, this train will run another 60 years under his care. Ironically, I have doubts our new lionchiefs will last that long...
