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    What tubular track turnouts/switches can accommodate Marx locomotives with fat wheels?

    Hello, I recently acquired a prewar Marx 597 Commodore Vanderbilt, and it has a single-reduction "fat-wheeled" motor, and rather than replace the original motor unit with a later double-reduction unit that doesn't have fat wheels like I originally planned on doing, I've changed my mind, and...
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    Marx steam locomotive questions

    Does anyone know if it's possible to remove the rods from a Marx O gauge steamer, and if so, how? Due to how they're mounted; riding on a pin with the end mushroomed to hold them on, I'm not sure if it is, and I'd need to do that to do some upgrades I plan on doing to my prewar 597 Commodore...
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    Marx prewar 597 Commodore Vanderbilt motor swap questions

    Hello, I recently acquired a Prewar Marx 597 Commodore Vanderbilt, specifically the black electric version with brass plates and automatic reversing, likely made between 1938 and 1941, judging by the cars it came with and the prewar motor unit in the locomotive. That being said, I'd like to swap...
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    23-year-old enthusiast of old-school 3-rail O gauge models

    Hello, I'm relatively new to model railroading, I got my start ~2 years ago when both of my grandfathers passed their Lionel postwar trains they had as childhood toys on to me, and I was instantly hooked. I've always loved old stuff; classic cars, steam tractors and locomotives, WW2 military...
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    Prewar Lionel Archive Library

    I've been really impressed with some of the websites that are devoted to cataloging Postwar Lionel locomotives and cars. In my searches I have found some good but narrowly focused Prewar resources. I've never come across a site devoted to Prewar Lionel. There are some great books on the subject...
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    Charm

    My offbeat entry is my OLD 248 with three 1690 coaches. I liked the picture and wanted to enter it. My table is just a collection of many of my pieces. I have my daughters art project in the center and other odds and ends are strewn about. I admit it is not realistic but I do think it has a...
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