Hints and Tips
 For Marx® Train Operators

Small projects to make your toy train operating or collecting a bit more fun.
Click the picture to take you to a particular project, or hop the fast freight at the bottom of the page to see them all in sequence.

Easy Snap-On Front Couplers
For Marx® Locomotives
You can push a snowplow, or turn your Marx® steamer into a switch engine with these easy-to-make wire couplers that snap on and off without altering the locomotive.

Coupler Substitutes For Marx® Cabooses
Cheap and easy rear couplers made from bent wire.

Restoring Sheetmetal Curves
Using Simple Tools
Wrench sockets make good anvils for restoring dented curves in sheetmetal.

Filling Slots and Holes
In Sheetmetal Cars
It's easy to fill slots in caboose roofs and convert a caboose to a boxcar or passenger car. Applicable to other small holes in tin cars and engines.

Limiting Coupler Movement
Of Sliding Tab-and-Slot Couplers
Get rid of that slack-action.

Identifying Marx® Equipment
Mentioned on the FauxToys pages
What IS a CP/3000?

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