MARX KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN TINPLATE + CUSTOM SF CABLE CAR

[gcalco]

Love those KCS units, they are on my want list. The Bob Wills song is also great.

Thanks for sharing.

Jerry Custer

[chiconian49]

@gcalco Thanks Jerry. Our friend Steve sent me a junk shell from a Seaboard so I could use it's apron on the powered A. The bottom of the B was rusty and lost a lot of paint. I cleaned it up and did lots off touch up. It looks good. I could not afford the rare 6 inch caboose, however procured a 7 inch 976 caboose on the cheap a few months back. I still need to remove the plastic knucle coupler and replace it with a tab and slot. . This turned out to be a lot more work than I had contiplated.

[JEFFNMANDA3]

Love to hear the tinplate trains rolling down the tracks!! Nice conversion on the trolley too!!

JEFF

[chiconian49]

@JEFFNMANDA3 Many thanks.

Chuck

[roge69charger]

I had that set, Marx Kansas City Southern, I use to run that with my Lionel Erie Alco's with 027 Blue Strip pass cars, And my NH EP5, Milwk Rd, EP-5, And, A very Old Marx Steam Freight set, I was hooked for life, Who care'd then about scale. I didn't and still don't. Just Love it! Wish I had some of those old one's again, I have lots of lionel stored away. But, The Marx was really special.

[walt407]

Very NICE I like Marx trains! what is the trolley and is it modified? walt407

[chiconian49]

@walt407

The trolley is actually an old Made In Japan friction cable car purchased at Woolworths in San Francisco in the 50's. I removed the friction motor and added a K-Line handcar chassie and motor and a little interior lamp. The little plastic trolly in the backgroud came in pieces from a yard sale. I put it back togeather, painted it and added a little Industrial rail handcar chassie and lamp.