MARX - MAR Trains

[Anonymous]

I was wondering if anyone on this forum can help me find out some information about some MARX (MAR) trains I have? The type of information I am looking for are the value and when they were made.

I have four cars, each has two trucks of 4 wheels each and all are tin.

Car1: Sante Fe Caboose with logo "A.T.& S. F. 1951". It is red with 4 windows per side, with a black top, with two painted while windows per side. Condition good to very good - no rust, all paint intact

Car 2: Reading Caboose with logo "Reading 19812 - note: the 8 has a tin assmebly clip going throught is on both sides". Also has a small decal on lower left corner "NMh, blt 9-41". It has 4 windows per side and the top has two painted windows per side. The entire caboose is red, with a black strip on the top. Condition is fair to good (scratches, very small dent, no rust, all paint intact, celephane windows intact).

Car 3: C&O open top box car. The logo reads, "C&O - Chesapeake and Ohio 44572". There is also a smaller logo in the lower left hand corner "Capy - 100000, LD wt - 125700, Lt Wt - 43300, NEW 4.48". The car is Black with a white logo. The condition of the car is Good.

Car 4: Niacet Chemicals Corp tank car. The Left logo reads "NIACET, N.L.A.X. 256, Capacity - 50000 lbs, Milton WT 25700 11-41". The Right logo reads:
"CHEMICAL CORP, NIAGRA FALLS, NY, Aluminum Tank, For Glacial Acetic Acid". The condition of this car is VERY Good to Excellent.

I appreciate you all for helping me.

Eric

[Anonymous]

Hey Eric you could try to compare them to some of the stuff on Ebay. Yours might be in better shape but ebay might give you an idea. People some times put when they were made in the description. Good luck
Angelo

[Anonymous]

Well, the Santa Fe caboose was made from 1951-53 and the other cars date from the 1940's. They are of the 3/16" scale variety of Marx rolling stock. They are O gauge. As far as the values go, here is what the book says:
Santa Fe caboose: $10 good, $15 excellent
Reading caboose: $10 good, $20 excellent
C&O gondola car (open-top cars are called gondolas): $10 good, $15 excellent
Niacet tank car: if the dome is black, it's worth $10 good, $15 excellent and if the dome is silver it's worth $30 good, $50 excellent

I hope this helps you out.

[FJ and G]

Eric,

What info do you seek. Why not plug in some key words into Google and see what pops out.

I took the first one on your list and plugged in Marx Caboose 1951, and came up with a bunch of info, including this website with a picture of your Santa Fe caboose and price of $30.

http://www.tracksidetrains.com/HTML/MARX%207%20INCH%20CARS.html

Dave Vergun

[thor CNJ]

Those sound like the Marx "scale"cars made just prior to ,and just after Wordl War II. Marx borrowed an idea of AC Gilbert and made 3/16" scale cars (1/64) made to run on O27 track.

If you want to know how to get your Marx cars and accessories u pand running, visit my site (in my signature). I have Marx info in the O/O27 section

[Anonymous]

Thanks to all of you for your information. I just recently returned from a trip to Oakland and wasn't able to get on the site out there.

Eric