With yesterday having been National Train Day it was appropriate I spend some time out in The Cave and play. While there, I took a butt-load of train photos as well, mostly of my Marxawatha sets. What is a 'Marxawatha' you ask? I'll tell you :-) It's when you modify a Marx train to resemble the Milwaukee Road's 'Hiawatha' streamliner's. Of course, whatever you end up with it'll be a caricature, but that's the fun of it after all.
The engine being posted today was actually purchased about 13 years ago along with another engine and a set of cars with gray roofs. However, just this past week or so I latched on to a set of Marxawatha cars with blue roofs that were a better match for the engine. All of the pieces were converted to the Marxawatha theme using Faux Toys wraps. Faux Toys was in business from 2003-2007 and sold a series of 'wraps' printed out on inkjet photo paper with a variety of designs and road names that were meant to be applied to some Marx engines and 6in cars. They had a nice selection available of railroads Marx never produced and the bonus was they could be used to cover car bodies that were in less than pristine shape. Enjoy! Opa Fritz
Marxawatha RPO Car #1563 - Blue Top
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