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Thank you all for your help. I have another question. But first, I bought 2 separate sets from the thrift sale. The first set came with a transformer like I remember from 1959 0r '60 Christmas. It sat on its bottom and said "Toy Transformer" on the top where the lever is. The engine was plastic...

Another question, and there will be one more following. Seeing as how there is a 62 year gap in my electric train knowledge, and the greatest probability is that all I ever knew as a toddler was most likely Marx or Sears Allstate, I'm of the opinion that this Marx track is not of the highest...

OK Here is what I get for my weekend of work. This is my Marx 999 train. The track is an assemblage of 2 train sets, old and new (new being about 1960 I'm guessing). What I did was pull the track apart in sections of 5 pieces and jumper the individual joints of the center rail. Dramatic...

I set up this old tarnished thrift store 4x8 Marx outfit 2 days ago, expecting very little. I got exactly nothing. So I spent the WHOLE DAY yesterday cleaning, straghtening, sanding, and pinching ends to fit more tightly, and still got nothing. So out out came the voltohmeter to individually...

Thank you. I have a few more questions that might help get me off to a good start. today was Saturday and I spent the entire day cleaning and straightening a batch of old track, and sanding joining pins and re-pinching the ends to insure good mating and contact. Yet I still have weak sections...

New to this forum, and new to model trains, if you discount what I learned as a 3 or 4 year old in 1959 and 60. Now a worn out old man I snagged me some Marx stuff just like I had then, which was more likely Allstate from the Sears Roebuck. I doubt my Dad was in any financial condition for Santa...