Marx #591 Locomotive

This Marx #591 locomotive was a common Marx product.  Both clockwork and electric versions were produced.  This is a clockwork version.  It is shown with a 6" notch tender, a late 1950's variation of the wagon-top tender shown with the Commodore Vanderbilt in a previous post.

Here is another Marx #591 locomotive. This one has handrails along the boiler, and is pictured with a 6" Wedge Tender, so named because it is wider at the front than it is at the rear, to disguise the difference in widths between the locomotives and the 6" cars.

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