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Thursday, January 1, 2015

TrainTime 2004: Part 3

These pictures were originally posted on the website of the Society of Model Engineers model railroad club at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. The website is no longer online, so I am posting them here.

…Continued from Part 2.

These pictures of TrainTime at the Milwaukee School of Engineering in March 2004 were taken with a digital camera by another member of the Society of Model Engineers. I did not take any of these pictures, but I was there.

Society of Model Engineers

Donald Gorsuch Collection Display

TrainTime Sign

Misunas Leather Goods

Milwaukee Area N-Trak

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Marx Lehigh Valley #112 Diesel Locomotive

The Lehigh Valley #112 diesel was introduced in 1974, and is an example of the some of the last Marx production before the company shut down.

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Marx #400 Locomotive

The Marx #400 locomotive was the first plastic Marx steam locomotive. It was introduced in the early 1950’s and it was made in both clockwork and electric versions. This is a clockwork version. It is shown with a plastic tender produced in 1968 or later, as the real Penn Central did not exist until then. The concept of a Penn Central steam locomotive is interesting, as the real Penn Central was created too late to ever have any.

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Marx 3/16" Santa Fe E7 Diesels

In the mid-1950's, Marx began to produce a line of trains that would be more able to compete with the new detailed offerings by competitors Lionel and American Flyer. These new Marx trains were designed to approximately 3/16" scale, but ran on standard O-Gauge 3-Rail track (O-Gauge track is 1/4" scale). These Santa Fe E7 diesels are part of the Marx 3/16" line.

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