carsntrains posted:beardog posted:Back to trains, I think Jim was talking about his Marx 666 earlier. I pulled one of mine off
the shelf, put a tender, 10 marx postwar boxcars and a caboose behind it and turned on
the power. Lots of wheel spin, but no forward progress. Lubed all the axles but that didn't help
much. It would move a bit with a little push, but not much. Tried 9 cars, no improvement.
At 7 cars it would move on its own, but the marx couplers would not stay together. Perhaps on
a layout with wider turns and longer straights it could do better.
I didnt try to pull any cars with mine. But it will find it a home on my layout and be ran after a good cleaning! Wonder why they numbered it 666. Kind of freaky.
Jim
LOL Jim, just take it and put in the China Cabinet and see what the wife says! Make sure the 666 is visible !