Q — In your vast knowledge of antiques and collectibles, surely you will be able to tell me why Marx electric trains are not held in high esteem. Many price guides cover American Flyer, Lionel and ...

Marx trains are a great starting point for model train enthusiasts. Learn why these classic trains are affordable, fun to ...

Some Lionel and Marx trains stand out as true anomalies, curiosities, and oddballs in the world of model railroading. In this video we explore the unusual history behind these unique trains, why they ...

Erie once was a toy capital of the world, with more "elves" making toys than in Santa's North Pole workshop. Model trains, Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots and other treasured toys were made at Marx Toys ...

Toys under the tree on Christmas morning weren't always made at the North Pole. For a half-century, until 1980, many were made in Erie and Girard by Marx Toys. The company founded by "Toy King" Louis ...

All aboard for model train fun. Model trains have been running around the Edinboro Area Historical Society's Doucette House this holiday season at 126 Water St. in Edinboro. The antique Lionel trains ...

When he was 4 years old, John DiCello woke up on Christmas morning to find a model train beneath the tree in the family’s home on West Norwegian Street in Pottsville. Made by Marx, it was a locomotive ...

This clockwork train represents an era before the advent of electrical and electronic toys. It comes from a time when trains were considered exciting and small boys collected train numbers and hoped ...

WHEELING, W.Va. - Allan Raymond Miller took his obsession with toys and turned it into a museum. But it's not just his toys that are on display amid the 100,000 items he's collected. Chances are ...

Yes, there is. Or there was. Santa was Louis Marx, a chubby, cigar-chomping captain of industry who created the Marx toy company, once the largest manufacturer of toys in the world. With his wife, ...