Vintage COX HO-Scale U.S. Army Model Train Set and Mehano Track Pack Review 

Had this as a kid. Only mine was camouflaged. Same cars n everything. Mine also came with army men. Loads of fun.

I brought this exact train set in 1973, age of 7 for $20 at a mall in Portland, Oregon. It was one of the first purchases of my life and I still have it!

I used to have that set but with a few extra cars, like flatbeds with shipping containers and a few other railcars. For about 15 years, once or twice a year I would take it all out of the box, set it up, run it for a few hours, then put it all back. It was in excellent condition along with my other train modeling stuff like gentry cranes and railyard pieces and my collections of everything from 80's GI Joe figures and vehicles to model ships and aircraft. When I became an adult, my childhood stuff went into storage. I joined the military and when I got out I found out that all of my childhood stuff in storage was gone, presumably given away. I'm still pretty mad about it, but at the same time at least other kids got some joy out of my old toys.

Fantastic set. It is treasure to find it at that excelent condition.

I am a superfan of US military and I love evry hardware produced by US since they are so massive and so good-looking machines...I want this one now😍💝

I had this train as a kid. I still have the engine, the cannon and some of the cars in storage.

Look at the detailing of every car and hardware on it😍😍😍💝🇺🇸

I remember visiting Klein’s in Baltimore after Thanksgiving in 1973. I was working for George Taylor who owned the Train Station on Indianola Avenue in Columbus Ohio. This was the first store to sell in Columbus to specialize in vintage trains. The store had been almost been picked clean on Thanksgiving weekend and we needed to restock. ‘Old man Klein’ offered us a stack of 30-40 of these sets at $5 each as they had not been good sellers. Being the smart guy he was, George bought them all. Back in Columbus, every time a frantic parent came in to get a ‘train set for his son,’ we sold him a Cox set for $25. I think they were all gone in a week! I still have the brown road grader as well as a yellow one.

Amazing train set for WW2 enthusiast like me.

I had this exact set. Loved it. But I was young and a few m-80s made an appearance .I do have a star wars Ho scale train.. but no track.

Muito bom excelente profissional parabéns pelo vídeo que Deus abençoe sempre seu trabalho muito bom

Really enjoyed your review of the Vintage COX HO-Scale U.S. Army Model Train Set and the Mehano Track Pack! It's fascinating to see models from the 1970s in action and to learn about their history and value. Your detailed unboxing and testing give a great sense of what to expect from these sets. Thanks for including the price points and the purchasing links-it's super helpful for anyone looking to add to their collection. Appreciate your efforts to keep these vintage sets alive in the community. Keep up the great work!

found a partial of this set in an antique store a few years ago, but it looks like you're actually missing a car! there was a car that was an ammunition car that had a play function that would make it mock 'explode' and all the sides and roof would blow off the chassis.

I didn't get the tanks trucks and troop cats but definitely have the engine a flat car the box car with twin cannons the big cannon and caboose it was from a flea market I guess still I love theyse train sets lol I'm glad I seen this video in my suggested videos this is a wonderful set

As soon as I saw these I had to check my collection. It turns out that AHM also made some of these. I have 2 rail guns and two cabooses. I found the at a wholesale outlet store back in the 70's (I was a kid then) for 50 cents apiece!

why does the company have to be called that? COX really?!

I got this set from one of my dad's friends years ago along with some other trains. It did not have the boxes or the car with the road grader, and the locomotive didn't run well, mainly because I couldn't get the motor to sit well.

This guy remind me to the relaxing end

I have an insane amount of inventory on these trains. And I mean insane! 2-300 of them! I have some not even shown in this video. Nice seeing them being shown off as they are awesome ! I intend to detail them adding steel trucks and Kadee couplers.

Very cool train set ! Wow !!

You had a very cool train and I love it

Yes and the engine(motor)cox 0.49,00.10,051,is a beutifull and craft-powerd!

that is one remarkable set that is really neat and I like your Channel I'm glad I found it

In real life that train would need at least two other diesels with all that weight, so that F3 straining to pull that train by itself is actually pretty realistic-even if a kid would be disappointed on Christmas Day.

i feel like we need to have a wooden version of that military train set

The F3 sounds like a Star Wars TIE Fighter.

Omg I had that same train set when I was a little kid.

Amazing. This train is a real treasure.Fantastic. I'm from Brazil and I love trains.Thank you!!!!

I have one 40 foot boxcar that you don't have but I don't have the 50 foot boxcar with two German 88mm guns and my Patton tank is missing. My loco makes the same noise, a very poor drive mechanism but a great set to own.

I swear this could be an asmr video

I have the same set. I'm glad to see you have it in the original package as well. I take it out and run it a few times a year and make sure everything is lubed and able to run well. Thanks for sharing your video. If I had a second set I would covert the engine to DCC and put Kayde couplers on the engine and cars to run on the layout the club has that I belong to.

I to am way over 50 yrs old i remember seeing that train in the stores always wanted it but never got one

Крутой поезд!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally some good freaking recommended

Должно быть редкая модель...

Anyone have some experience/suggestions/ or a "How To video" on how best to repair one of these Cox HO train engines? I have one that is frozen.

I like the Gustav

i like the fact that he lets the loco struggle and isn't aware that that can burn out a loco, and sense this set is over 50 years old, wouldn't advise putting a big load on this loco or it dies

I want this too bad, I am a military enthusiast and train enthusiast, too bad its expensive

good model train set sir.

Funny thing is it’s probably more detailed then some models that you pay £150+ for

this train: can shell the opponents while on their journey to city A, and when their can combat everything with the tanks acting as turrets and the turret van popping turrets of enemies

German WWII anti tank gun

I still have the one i got for Christmas, does not have all those cars must have been a smaller set.

I love this thing

I think Model Power inherited the F3 molds since I have a Model Power F3 that looks *exactly* like the Cox version (except in Santa Fe War Bonnet).

I like trains to my favorite

I had the exact same set when I lived in Canada sadly I left it there when I moved to the UK in '83 really wished I'd of brought it with me

Its over 50 y.o Welp there's goes my dream to buy one.

This train doesn't include the Roswell's UFO? I'm very disappointed lol

that F3 should be paired with the steam locomotive.

I am a fan of long model trains so that's why i clicked this

The first locomotive was really hard to watch because of the sound but the last one was pretty cool thank you for this video

That seems like an rare train

I seen some of these Railcars in real life and I do have that locomotive but not the railcars

I have the sawmill set from the 70s.

A boxcar with hidden artillery 😮 Also you have a way of connecting horn hook and knuckle couplers

So very special it receives the white glove treatment, that mean we must never play with them. Right.

Hermoso amigo

Ah, yes, Mehano, made in Slovenia, can't be bought anywhere in Slovenia

Excelente video

Imagine putting Schwerer Gustav as US gun

i literally want to buy this 😫 but we are poor

Мне бы хотелось такой поезд.

5:54 it's somewhat funny that I can kind of identify the tank here on the bed,or at least what it takes inspiration from. M47 Patton. (Corrected by another person,originally thought it was a M41 Bulldog.)

You can use the road crossing part to quickly put the loco and cars on the track.

How

Try giving the motor a drip of engin oil .I had the same set .Gosh the engin was loud! But after a lube and a good running it was quiet

Yes

Ohhhhhhhh

A lot of play value there. Very nice

Oh man I want this train haha really cool

I loved your train, it's amazing

Nice train

That train looked Cool but the locomotive wasn't good enough :(. The other yellow one seemed better for it as it was much more silent than the first one, it looked heavier and better than the first one also. I also have the same locomotive (green one) except that it is red coloured and has a different connector.

日本では、COXと言えば。スロットルカーかラジコンというイメージだったので。鉄道模型というのは驚きです。

Такая стерильность, вы что в космос с этой железной дороге будете взлетать? 😂😂😂

WOW

17:23 the train is screaming like a tie fighter 😂

The truck can be removed from the train?

What a great find beautiful set I Say!!!

Super. 💙 T.E.N.

German Flak 36/37 in US train as auxiliary guns?

Wow

Wouldn’t call this a review

Wonder what the regular box was like? I got a bunch of these cars, some with box

Best ever

Omg,is that A American GUSTAV Why didn't they use that in the war

cannons deploy horizontally?

This reminds me of old tyco stuff

Wow nice

How many trians do you got ? Iam your fav youtuder

Like!

I’m surprised it’s still intact after 50 years

I NEED THIS

mainan pling gw pengen waktu kecil🤣

Вот это бронепоезд....вот это я понимаю...

"U.S.ARMY"の表記あるのに唐突にFlaK18/36出てきて草

En qué pajina es el tren?

How long did it take you to find all of this stuff