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Olive Drab 897


Of the Marx military trains the Olive Drab 897 is quite rare. On the left is an electric version while the example on the right is a reversible clockwork. These are actually 898 bodies that have been lithographed with the steam engine details. In my opinion this is the best looking of the Marx pressed steel engines. How much better the 591 and 994 would have been had they also been lithographed with details.

The reversible clockwork motors are distinguished by the bent over reversing lever at the top.