Here’s my contribution: I call 'em the mini-Marxes [swg]
'Cause they’re all decorated just like matching Marx E7s in O gauge! Can you believe I still don’t own a single Marx E7? Maybe at the next show I attend…
-Ellie
Looking good!I like the Rock Island units on the left!
Those RI units are a lot of fun… one of the added thrills of these Marx engines is that like many an O gauge loco, they’re growlers! The A is powered, and the B is a dummy- I have two of the Bs, two complete As, and one incomplete A I bought for parts.
-Ellie
Very cool!did you find them at a train show?
No, but I bet they do crop up at shows. Mine all came from train stores- one AB pair was part of an incomplete set, the other AB and parts A unit were kicking around in a store I always love to visit during a regular summer vacation trip with my family.
The Marx HO units didn’t come in every livery the O ones had, but they did Rock Island, Santa Fe, Western Pacific, Union Pacific, and New York Central (two liveries- black/white lettering, yellow-orange/black lettering). I’ve seen mention somewhere online of Santa Fe units molded in silver instead of gray, but I haven’t seen one in pictures or out in the wild yet.
-Ellie
Marx stuff is pretty cool and durable!
Well it’s been said the rarest Marx engine is one that doesn’t work!
That is what I hear!
. Speaking of Marx… I had this old Marx light tower base for years and the paint was in very poor condition,so I stripped the paint off and will primer and paint it! 
Decided to paint it black and silver…
Re assembled the light tower…had to re-spray the vase because you have to handle it a lot and the paint wasn’t quite dry … 
Wow, nice!
Probably BETTER than new!
Looks great! I’ve left a few paw prints on “not quite dry” paint myself! [;)]
Yes almost looks like chrome plating!
I need to find another light fixture for my Marx Light Tower…any ideas? 
Try Robert Grossman. https://www.trainpartsformarx.com/rgrossmanco.htm
Thanks!