Marx 6" Tin Coaches

I like that car. There are at least three volumes of the Greenberg's Guide to Marx Trains. Looking in Volume III-Sets, I see that the NYC 2071 coach came in the 515B Steam Passenger Set with a 591 loco.

Another passenger car and a back porch observation car I think

Those cars came with low end sets, many of which were combo sets. Freight and 2071 Passenger Coaches combined. Not as many pure passenger sets were made  so this make the 2072 Observation somewhat harder to find.

Steve

careful....that "Cheap Marx" will get under your skin, then you'll have a basement full.

It's like picking up a "free" dog from the local shelter.....  it's never really free, or in this case cheap.. by the time you end up with that basement full!

Here is a good website for Marx trains:     http://www.toyandtrainguides.com/marxtin.htm

The definitive guide to sets is Greenberg's, although it has errors, omissions and is long out of publication, and expensive. 

    

at least Marx didn't go with 20 different numbered versions like they did with the blue NYC mail coaches and some of the other freights. 

   If you could ever call me a rivet counter it would be over repetitive numbers.   It bothered me when I was 5 and running Lionel lines and still kinda disappoints today. These blue cars are interesting to me as runners for that reason; but rarity guilt would likely keep them shelved 

  I also get the urge for a collection to be completed though completion of any collection never really satisfied me. I like the hunt and discovery most. I might not even buy, but still feel satisfied I saw and could have bought. Like a second appearance of Batman in Detective; I held it, I inspected it, I passed, but I still loved getting there.

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Those cars came with low end sets, ....

here is the challenge, though, and is one of the main reasons i love Marx.

try finding a set of these (2071, 2071, 2072) in C7 condition.

Marx trains were made to be toys, mostly sold in department stores next to stuffed animals and baseball bats.  even if there were high-end train stores in the 40's & 50's, Marx trains would probably not have been part of the inventory.  Marx flat car loads are prized not for their inherent value, but because once the train got replaced by the next Christmas, the truck, tank & airplane were already on their way to filling other roles in the sandbox.

these passenger cars, like the silver frame cars, were given a less than top quality plating job which was easily scratched or worn off in the traditional grab locations.  i wouldn't bet the farm on this, but i'd certainly wager a round of pints that there are more original Lionel Blue Comet sets in C7 condition than a trio of these NYC Marx cars in the same C7.

the OP car has one of the most common symptoms... no big damage, but a whole lot of little scratches/ marks.  if you don't find these cars together, it's not very easy to put together a matched set.

cheers...gary

Mine are probably C6, but have been transferred to 8 wheel frames.

Steve

Steve "Papa" Eastman posted:

Mine are probably C6, but have been transferred to 8 wheel frames.

Steve

The color and the graphics changed over the years too.

less shiny, almost whiter. Thinner letters, less blue.

Saw this one with no graphics for sale a few months ago.

Thanks for all the info.

STOP buying that junk. Your pushing up the prices on Marx that I want.

Those last ones look goldish here. A decent match for a copper queen maybe?

Regardless I'd like the true silver behind a matching Mercury.

...hey, that would be quicksilver eh? 

Adriatic posted:

   If you could ever call me a rivet counter it would be over repetitive numbers.   It bothered me when I was 5 and running Lionel lines and still kinda disappoints today. These blue cars are interesting to me as runners for that reason; but rarity guilt would likely keep them shelved 

  I also get the urge for a collection to be completed though completion of any collection never really satisfied me. I like the hunt and discovery most. I might not even buy, but still feel satisfied I saw and could have bought. Like a second appearance of Batman in Detective; I held it, I inspected it, I passed, but I still loved getting there.

Sort of like "Catch and Release."

Funny you should say that. I havent ate one I caught since the mid 70s except for smoking my first salmon. (said the "cripple" with only 20 rods left. I cant even cast anymore ... Or swim, no docks thanks )