A penny saved is a penny earned. But every once in a while it is good to treat yourself to a gum ball.
I know I lusted in my heart for Lionel and American Flyer, both, but we were poor and I had MARX. As I remember now, though, the lithography on the freight cars of my train was outstanding.
I have recently started a project to recreate in HO the cars, at least, from my MARX train which probably dated from about 1945. If anybody can share pictures I'd be very appreciative.
Sometime after the original train I got the MARX station. The station name was Girard (after Girard, Pennsylvania when MARX was headquartered). In 1952 when my parents were searching for a middle name for my new baby brother I suggested Girard -- and they accepted it.
After 1953 I got the two-unit Santa Fe F-units -- in plastic with plastic couplers. It was all down hill after that. Towerman Tom
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