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My Favorite Places

If you like Marx trains, Robert Grossman Co. IS the place for parts. You cannot get by without Roberts' help.   http://www.trainpartsformarx.com/

Marx Trains Yahoo Forum, a great place to visit, plenty of helpful people to answer your questions. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarxTrain/

Marx Trains Commodore Vanderbilt Yahoo Forum, a lot of the same folks as the Marx Trains group, but the emphasis is the Commodore Vanderbilt series of locomotives. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cv_joint/

Marx Trains is the manufacturer of New Marx trains. They produce a number of new products based on old Marx designs. http://www.marxtrains.com/

Thom's Train Station is a dealer for New Marx trains, check him out. http://www.geocities.com/thomas_valli/

The Laser Dude, another seller of New Marx trains. http://www.thelaserdude.com/trains/index.html

RMT (Ready Made Toys) is a manufacturer of Toy trains that have a toy like character to them. Thier Buddy RDC cars are based on the old Marx RDC molds. Great prices on fun trains.  http://readymadetoys.stores.yahoo.net/rmt-toy-trains-br-buddy-rdc-cars.html

Small Layout Scrapbook.  Lots of cool layouts in tiny spaces. http://carendt.us/scrapbook/page49/index.html

Train 99.  Terry Gibbs' neat Marx layouts.  http://www.train99.com/layouts/layout3.html

Faux Toys. Dave Helbers' great artwork makes for some very nice re-builds of worn and rusty Marx tin. http://fauxtoys.com/index.html

Walt Hiteshews' website is the place to go for Marx 6" tin pre-war information. His new CD is the 6" Bible. He is probably getting tired of me using him as a sounding board for all my questions. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/marxtin/site/marxtin.htm

Eric McFaddens personal website that he has graciously posted some "guides" to help out.  http://mywebpages.comcast.net/marxtin/site/marxtin.htm

Thors' Trains. This link will take you to the Fun With Marx Trains section, but check out the links at the bottom also. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/marxtin/site/marxtin.htm

Mega Steam. Lots of cool scented smoke oils that work well in your Marx trains. Grandpa's pipe is my fovorite (but not my wifes). http://www.megasteam.com/index.html

Port Lines. Plating services if you want to make that chrome custom CV or? Great parts source for pre-war Flyer, Ives etc. http://www.portlines.com/

George Tebolt Train Parts.  Another great source for pre-war Flyer, Ives, Lionel etc.  http://www.georgetebolt.com/