This pre-war 3/16" or 1:64 Scale is just in reference to the Type-B trucks and wheels which can seem confusing. These have the Marx Type-B trucks & smaller wheels than is found on all other Marx freight cars, to help understand this the second to last photo is Type-B and the last photo is of the more common Type-D trucks & Wheels. This Tin Litho 7" series was produced with box cars, cabooses, gondolas, refrigerator and stock cars as well as tank and flat cars as well as a "coffin" tender. The post-war production saw this same series of models but this time with the Type-D 1:48 Scale trucks and wheels and with plastic couplers.
Marx had poor quality control in regard to paint color consistency and so the cars tended to have color hue variation, these were not different models and it's not the result of color-fade the paint batches were just inconsistent.
These realistic 7" metal freight cars Marx produced from 1941&1942 and again Post-War in 1946 through 1953. The metal tilt-fork couplers were first introduced in 1936 and were used on this 1941-2 line of up-market models before switching to plastic couplers in 1953 production. They all came with 8-wheel trucks Type-B Pre-war and Type-D post-war and have wonderfully detailed lithography and similar in size to the 3-rail O gauge American Flyer in size and run on 3-rail 027 track. These have the Marx Type-B truck & with smaller wheels than is found on other Marx freight cars, second to last photo shows that the Type-B does couple with the Type-D trucks & Wheels.
One thing to watch for if you are collecting these cars is that most were offered with not only the scale B-type truck, but also what is commonly known as 'high' or D-type trucks. they can and do couple, but the cars themselves mounted on the Type-D trucks appear noticeably about ¼" higher.
1928-30 Joy Line early thin lithograph tinplate loop
1930-34 Marx Joy Line loop type thicker raw metal
1935-36 Marx thick loop type Joy Line 6-inch silver litho over black base
1934-35 Talgo pin coupler on 2-wheel M10000
1934-36 Talgo pin coupler on 4-wheel M10000
1936-50 Talgo pin coupler on M10005 passenger
1938-48 Talgo pin on Mercury articulated passenger 1936 to end of 1948??
1936 to end of 1974 6 inch 4-wheel Riveted Tab & Slot
1936 Riveted Tab and slot 6-inch silver lithographed on black base
1937 One way auto coupler for 8-wheel 6-inch cars with male post die cast and red base
1937-38 Tab and slot 6-inch white lithography on red base electric
1938-42 One way auto coupler for 8-wheel 6-inch cars with male post die cast - 1941 stamped steel post
1938-42 Riveted tab and slot for 6-inch 8-wheel cars
1938-48 Sliding twisted Tab & Slot for clockwork 6-inch
1948-74 Sliding punched Tab & Slot for clockwork 6 inch
1939-40 Sliding twisted Tab & Slot for clockwork silver zinc or tinplate 6-inch base
1941-53 Tilt-fork metal auto-coupler for this 7" series with Type-B 3/16 scale trucks - 1941 vertical slot on coupler
1949-51 Short metal fork auto coupler cars with taller D trucks
1948-49 Rectangular loop and hook on Canadian 198 powered 6-inch plastic passenger
1950-57 Riveted tab and slot or knuckle, 7-inch cars
1962-70 Riveted tab and slot or knuckle, 7-inch old time passenger cars
1953-1974 Twist type fork Plastic auto couplers on tin 3/16 and plastic 027 with added slot that allowed Tab & Slot Couplers to mate
1953 to 1974 Plastic Fixed Knuckle Coupler and continued by PlastiMarx - Thanks to - Dan Schievelbein
If you want combined shipping, please purchase all your items in one order. If you purchase items in more than one order, send us a message so that we know about the additional items and box the orders together. (When items are bought in multiple orders, we do not always notice they were bought by the same person unless we are notified by the buyer.) We refund extra shipping charges when combined shipping is requested. If we ship items separately, we do not issue a shipping refund.
For our international customers: YES!! we do combine shipping. The most economical way for you to buy multiple items from us is for you to send us a list of the items you want to buy. Do not purchase them as they are listed!! (This leads to higher than necessary fees & shipping.) Send us a complete list of all the items you want. Then we will cancel the listings for the items and turn them into a special listing just for you (We'll send you the listing named before making it active). It will have your full purchase with the correct shipping box size and weight. This saves you on the international fees & shipping.