File:Marx 3088M Rocky Mountain Express

Description
Marx set number 3088M from the 1965 Montgomery Wards catalog, sold for $15.99 back then. Very unique set with a lot of play value, now seldom found with all the cardboard mountain pieces in good enough condition to use. Another unusual part of the set was the motor was a cheap non reversing motor, but had a traction tire to help it climb. The set used a mixture of 027 & 034 track to allow the unique configuration. In the first part of the video, I was running it at this weekends TCA Western Div meeting and in the later part at the TTOS Southern Pacific Division meet.