MARX Tin Info Needed Please

Gandy

The set 25000 is generally a pre 1950's set came with a 999 loco, a NYC wedge tender, a boxcar(roadname varied), a gondola (roadname varied), a 256 NIAX tank car and a Reading caboose. These sets were produced before plastic couplers to my knowledge. The GAEX boxcar and Shell tank car would have come out after that set was produced.

Sounds like you have a nice outfit, but most likely not correct for the box, but then again, we are talking about Marx. Set info is not the best.

 

Steve

Thanks Steve. I'm also assuming that the cars never came boxed within the set box. The three cars with the plastic dovetail couplers have nice boxes. I'll probably pull them out and purchase the correct cars for the set as the box is super nice with all dividers, and the loco and tender are sweet as is the reading caboose which has the metal dovetail couplers. Odd tender with the wedge thing...

Gandy

Gandy

The boxcars can be a 9100 UP Challenger, 70311 PRR, 3200 NYNH&H or 174580 NYC.

The gondola can be 25400 B&O, 17899 T&P, 347100 PRR or 71499 NKP. A long oval of 12 pieces of track and most likely a 50w transformer.

 

Steve

I have seen a LOT of #25000 sets, and they do not come with a #666 loco or boxed

freight cars.  Depending on when the set was made, you can encounter #999

engines with four different castings (pilot differences) , two types of drive wheels,  (spoke and Boxpok), and two types of sliding collectors, three part early or one part late. You will see similar sets with different componets but they will have

another number, such as 25225, sometimes overstamped on #25000 on the box lid.  As stated, you CAN encounter abberations, as though the line was running, they were out of box cars, and the foreman threw in a stock car, but those are rare.

That was my typo, the loco is a 999. It has a pilot with only rivets around the outside edges.