a little better look at the Marx #897 (windup and electric)...
with the graphic details, my favorite of the three prewar military locomotives.
i'm sure it would take a substantial tooling cost to reproduce this engine today and yes, even coupled to one of the Marx tenders, there is very little spare room inside these small models.
there is a New Marx version of a tinplate Army Supply Train though i never liked the non-coasting motor drives of the New Marx production.
cheers...gary