MARX Ventilated Reefer ~ SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES ~Vintage Rd# PFE 43461

Description: Nice vintage O scale ventilated boxcar was once a common element of the freight car fleet. Several southeastern railroads had thousands of ventilated boxcars on their rosters to move fruits and vegetables from South-Western packing plants to wholesale grocers in northern areas. Distinctive screened doors and end vents set them apart from typical boxcars. Marx sold a manual decoupling device that attached to the underside of the track and allowed the operator to decouple cars with the press of a "button" {we have a photo of one for anyone interested} Marx made five different type of couplers between 1934 and 1974. If you’ve never seen Marx couplers explained before, here’s a primer on how to identify them and use them together. And I even have a few repair tips if you need them. You’ll see tab and slot couplers more often than any other type. Some people also call them hook and slot couplers, or simply hook couplers. Marx introduced this style of coupler in 1936 and continued to use it until the end in 1974, although Marx relegated it to locomotive-to-tender connections after 1972. Marx may or may not have used it longer than anyone else, but they were the last of the big-name train manufacturers to stop using it in the United States. It wasn’t very realistic, but it was inexpensive and effective. It’s also compatible with a number of other coupler types, so a Marx car outfitted with these couplers makes a useful transition car so you can run more than one type together. Marx had some variants on this design. Cars intended for electric train sets had their couplers attached via a brass eyelet. Cars intended for clockwork-powered train sets had their couplers attached via tabs or a dimple that allowed them to slide. Clockwork locomotives like some slack in the couplers, as it makes it easier to get the train started. Electric sets work better without that much slack. The small amount of slack you get from fixed couplers is adequate for electric sets. The tilt - fork coupler dates to 1942. Marx kept making it all the way to the end of its train production, in 1974. It was Marx’s top of the line coupler. All of the train makers wanted a coupler design that could automatically couple or uncouple so as to improve play value. The tilt - fork coupler was Mars's second and more successful effort. The tilt-fork couplers will automatically mate by running the cars into each other, as long as their height is close. It’s a good idea to check your metal tilt couplers’ height against a plastic tilt coupler for smoother running. You can adjust the height slightly by gently bending the coupler up or down. Later tilt couplers made of plastic had a slot in them to make them compatible with tab and slot couplers. When Jim and Debby Flynn licensed the name Marx Trains and started producing trains in the old Marx style, they included a slot in their metal coupler. Some hobbyists cut a slot in their metal couplers with a Dremel cut-off wheel so they can attach a tab and slot coupler to them. A small cut at the back of the existing opening suffices. ** SiliconeUnderground - Dave FarquharPacific Fruit Express was founded on December 7, 1906 as a joint venture between the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads. It began operation on October 1, 1907, with a fleet of 6,600 refrigerator cars built by the American Car and Foundry Company. In 1923, the Western Pacific Railroad joined the venture by leasing its own new fleet of 2775 reefers to PFE. They were painted in standard PFE colors with only WP heralds on the cars instead of the paired UP-SP markings. The WP cars were all retired by the late 1950s, among the last wooden reefers in PFE's fleet. WP ended its partnership with PFE in late 1967 and joined Fruit Growers Express instead. PFE's assets were divided between the UP and SP when the company was split on April 1, 1978. It is now a UP subsidiary. ** Maybe you should get the loved-one in your life a gift of jewelry while you get your Railroad item. Use combined shipping and get them shipped for one price. To see all our listing, visit: Ika's Trains and Collectables Note #1: I will combine shipping for multiple items. Please purchase the items but do *NOT* pay. I will review and calculate shipping as close as to what I have to pay. I will then forward an invoice with the adjusted shipping. If you do pay ahead of this recalculation, I will refund the shipping difference as part of preparing the items for shipment.Note #2: I want you to be happy with your purchase & would appreciate you leaving positive feedback. In the event you are not, please contact me immediately before leaving feedback so we may resolve it. Thank you. Note #3: If not previously stated item(s) come from a smoke-free environment with cats.Note #4: This is a Grandma & Grandpa shop. 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You must purchase all the items at the same time in one order to get the shipping combined by eBay. --History of Marx Couplers--1928-30 Joy Line early thin lithographed tinplate loop1930-34 Marx Joy Line loop type thicker raw metal1935-36 Marx thick loop type Joy Line 6-inch silver lithograph over black base1934-35 Talgo pin coupler on 2-wheel M100001934-36 Talgo pin coupler on 4-wheel M100001936-50 Talgo pin coupler on M10005 passenger1938-48 Talgo pin on Mercury articulated passenger 1936 to end of 1948??1936 to end of 1974 Six inch 4-wheel Riveted Tab & Slot1936 Riveted Tab and slot 6-inch silver litho on black base1937 One way auto coupler for 8-wheel 6-inch cars with male post die cast and red base1937-38 Tab and slot 6-inch white lithography on red base electric1938-42 One way auto coupler for 8-wheel 6-inch cars with male post die cast - 1941 stamped steel post1938-42 Riveted tab and slot for six inch 8-wheel cars1938-48 Sliding twisted Tab & Slot for clockwork 6-inch1948-74 Sliding punched Tab & Slot for clockwork 6-inch1939-40 Sliding twisted Tab & Slot for clockwork silver zinc or tinplate 6-inch1941-53 Twist type fork metal auto coupler for 3/16 scale cars - 1941 vertical slot on coupler1949-51 Short metal fork auto coupler cars with taller D trucks1948-49 Rectangular loop and hook on Canadian 198 powered 6-inch plastic passenger1950-57 Riveted tab and slot or knuckle, 7-inch cars1962-70 Riveted tab and slot or knuckle, 7-inch old time passenger cars1953-1974 Twist type fork Plastic auto couplers on tin 3/16 and plastic 027 with added slot that allowed Tab & Slot Couplers to mate1953 to 1974 Plastic Fixed Knuckle Coupler and continued by Plasti-Marx - Thanks to - Dan Schievelbein

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Location: London, Ohio

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