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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.

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On the actual NYC Pacemaker, the red-and-white diamond herald of the "The Pacemaker Service" of the New York Central was unique, it was a mix between "head end" and fast freight.    Special Pacemaker Trains were dedicated to carrying LCL Merchandise.   They used specially marked high-speed trucks equipped freight cars.

In 1946, the NYC offered overnight service between New York and Buffalo via BN-1/NB-2. This overnight service was resurrected after WW II with the name "Pacemaker" although BN-1/NB-2 ran on essentially the same schedule as the pre-War version which was established in 1935-36 but discontinued during the War.

In 1948-49, BB-1/BB-2 was started to serve the B&A. The Boston-Buffalo Pacemaker trains served Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Pittsfield, Albany, Utica, Rochester & Buffalo while the New York Pacemakers served NY, Yonkers, Albany, Utica, Syracuse & Buffalo. The New York & Boston Pacemakers connected at Albany, Utica and Buffalo. Around this time, NB-1/BN-2 also served Cleveland (NB-1 arrived at Collinwood around 1 pm next day, while BN-2 left Collinwood in the early afternoon.)

"Pacemaker Service" was extended beyond the terminal points of NB-1/BB-1/BN-2/BB-2 using "ordinary" freight symbol trains and local freights/yard transfers to reach points such as Watertown, Malone, Montreal, Niagara Falls, Detroit, Jackson, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Toledo, Elkhart, South Bend Chicago (Polk Street), Columbus, Springfield, Indianapolis, East St. Louis, Cincinnati & Charleston WV according to NYC's 1951 Merchandise Car Schedule.

By 1957, Pacemaker Service had been dropped, or replaced in kind by Early Bird Service. Hence, PACEMAKER cars became just another boxcar in NYC parlance.  -  From DTI406 and our thanks.

The original Pacemaker cars were green. 200 brown temporary Pacemaker Service cars were added in 1953.  These cars also had a star below the herald that indicated the car was supposed to remain on NYC home rails.  I am wondering how long these 200 temporary cars remained in Pacemaker service.   Also, was the star removed in the mid-to-late 1950's as the boxcar shortage ended, or did the Pacemaker cars keep the star since they were specialized equipment.

  • The Pullman Standard or PS-1 design was one of the most popular and was widely used by North American railroads. These boxcars were introduced in 1947 and share the same basic design, with certain elements such as door size, door style or roof type varying among the different railroads and production years. Pullman Standard built a total of 77,570 PS-1 railcars of varying designs. An interesting late 1950s and early 1960s PS-1 variant with the inclusion of a sliding door with plug door that allowed for easier loading of lumber products in the Pacific Northwest by providing a wider opening in the boxcar.

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 


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