Question on Marx Set

[Anonymous]

I would like to find a picture or a description on a train set I had as a kid.The time frame is between 1959 and I believe 1962.There is a picture of the box in one Christmas photo I have and it a Marx fourty -niner set.I can not say if it was battery or electric.I check a couple of Greenburg books but no luck.also what is the
cost of such a set

[marxman]

JIM;

What you are looking for is MARX set #2878. It is battery powered (one D) and was made of polyethylene a soft flexable-unbreakable plastic. It ran on #1gauge two rail plastic track. It consisted of a black 0-4-0 (with simulated front truck) loco with ballon stack, a black four wheel tender, a yellow four wheel gondola and a red baywindow caboose. I have seen two of them on eBay in the last year and I believe they both sold for under $100.00. This train was made from 1959 until 1962.

I do have one in my own collection, but it is not for sale.

Hope this helps,
Bryan (MARXMAN)