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Nickel Plate road Side Dump Car

This Nickel Plate Road Side Dump Car may be the most rare of all Marx production cars! This is not a prototype as the body is lithographed. Interestingly, the body has the year 1939 on it. Most of the scale cars are dated 1941 or later. Could this be an early attempt at scale production?
Here is the bigger question. With the penchant Marx had for reusing things, what happened to the lithograph plates for this car?
If you have one of these, especially in a boxed set or if you know of a set it came in please let me know. marxtin@comcast.net

Courtesy of Trip Riley


Three of these cars are now known to have surfaced, all three slightly different. To me the one below is the most legitimate. On the eight wheel frame the production date of the frame is compatible with the date on the lithography. I believe that this lithography was scrapped due to poor design. The artwork seems crammed onto the side of the car. It is certainly not a shining example of Marx artwork!

Nickel Plate road Side Dump Car

Nickel Plate road Side Dump Car