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Marx are very cool trains. I have had a bunch in all sorts of different scales, everything from Z to G. I am now "trying" to restrict myself a bit.  I have kept my LGB stuff as well as other garden size, and I have kept my Z. Most any scale in between I have sold off. My other main hobby, I have lots of minor ones, is old British cars. I had to explain to the wife that the cars have been in my blood since before her. She married me, so she married them too. She seems fairly resigned to that fact after 40 years of marriage.

As for this little engine, I "think" it was a good deal. I paid $8 for it. No tax since it was a non-profit thrift store. I have no idea what it is worth out in the real world. Do you?  Doesn't really matter since I am not selling it. Much to the wife's chagrin. But was it a steal? I can't imagine I paid too much.