Louis Marx and Co

(200 Fifth Avenue New York NY USA)

Louis Marx Buildings

When is a building an accessory, or an accessory a building? Ideally, several pages should be inspected for more detail of the vast Marx range of buildings and accessories from pre war to the 1970s, including those not directly related to the Marx 0 gauge range. Even so, these pages barely scratch the surface. Relevant pages include Metal Accessories (railroad related), Plastic Accessories (railroad related), Miscellaneous Accessories (railroad related), Buildings (railroad and other tinplate), Play Sets (mainly tinplate buildings from Play Sets), Pressed Steel (railroad and non railroad buildings with pressed steel or heavy tin bases).

The Girard Model Works Inc, Girard, PA Power House transformer/Controller
Base 6 x 4 inches, building 5 inches by 3 3/4 inches, 3 inches tall

Image of Marx Play Sets and similar toys

Marx tin litho 5424 Freight Station, green roof, red base, with plastic accessories
Image credit Ed Berg's wonderful Toys and Stuff Blog

Marx tin litho 5424 Freight Station, maroon roof, grey base, with plastic accessories

Marx 4412 tin litho Glendale Station

Marx 2960 tin litho Girard Whistling Station

Marx 2980 tin litho Oak Park Station with Diesel Horn

Marx 2898 Union Station with Battery Operated Whistle

Marx 6460 Wheaton Station, with Horn (H0 scale)

Marx for Sears Allstate Girard Station, base 8 x 3.5 inches. Part of the Sears Allstate 9616 Train Set (for Canada?)

Marx 1420 Grade Crossing Signal Man

Marx 1456 plastic Barrel Loader with Control Panel

Marx 2920 Automatic Switchmans Tower

Marx 3371 Marxville Diner, plastic, yellow front, green roof

Marx 3371 Marxville Diner, plastic, green front, yellow roof

Marx Covered Platform, plastic (from the Big Rail Work Train Set)

Marx tinplate Skyscraper. 37 inches tall, base 17 x 11 inches. Perhaps the most impressive tin building of them all?
Image credit New York Historical Society

Marx Honeymoon Garage

Marx pressed steel Municipal Airport Aero Gas Service Station

Marx tinplate Dick Tracy Police Station, depth 9 inches (front doors missing)

Marx tinplate Service Station

Marx tinplate Sears Allstate Service Center

Marx mechanical (clockwork) tinplate Skyhawk 18 Airport Control Tower, height 8 inches

Marx tinplate Hanger with Aeroplane

Home Town was a series of Marx open fronted shops and similar businesses. A similar themed set, Newlyweds, included a series of rooms to form a house. Each model is approximately 5 inches wide, 3 inches deep and 3 inches tall, and contains tinplate figures (flats) and accessories.