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Hey all,

Can anyone tell me what era this controller came from?? I am considering buying this, and would like some expert opinions.
Thank you,

mcha9797 wrote:Hey all,

Can anyone tell me what era this controller came from?? I am considering buying this, and would like some expert opinions.
Thank you,

20th century?

coyttl wrote:

mcha9797 wrote:Hey all,

Can anyone tell me what era this controller came from?? I am considering buying this, and would like some expert opinions.
Thank you,

20th century?

I don't think that was an answer from an expert!!!!!

mcha9797 wrote:

coyttl wrote:

mcha9797 wrote:Hey all,

Can anyone tell me what era this controller came from?? I am considering buying this, and would like some expert opinions.
Thank you,

20th century?

I don't think that was an answer from an expert!!!!!

Of course not!
But, I'm technically not wrong!

I've never even seen an EM controller in person, sadly.. :)

I'll give you that one.

Just looking for a little history on this controller.
Happy New Year!!

Since I see an original label that has Brooklyn, N.Y. on it, I would guess that it dates back to either the 1950s or 1960s. Marbelite was originally in Manhattan from what I understand. The company relocated to the borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York in perhaps the late 1940s or so. Wouldn't be sure, really. Marbelite was there for a fairly long period of time. The company eventually relocated to the borough of Staten Island. Nowadays, Marbelite is in Manasquan, N.J.

Do you know if it has a year (and perhaps a month) that is stamped on the interior of the cabinet door? From what I noticed, Marbelite typically stamped a year of manufacture on each signal controller cabinet (usually on the larger cabinet that housed models such as the m-30 and m-20) that the company manufactured. Perhaps the company stamped a year of manufacture on that type of cabinet as well. Personally, I would ask the seller to check. He or she could check the back of the inside of the cabinet, too.

In any case, that is a really nice e/m signal controller from Marbelite. Quite small, which is nice. It's funny that you posted this, because I remember I saw an exact cabinet (with the equipment in it) that was auctioned on Ebay last year.

steven1981 wrote:Since I see an original label that has Brooklyn, N.Y. on it, I would guess that it dates back to either the 1950s or 1960s. Marbelite was originally in Manhattan from what I understand. The company relocated to the borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York in perhaps the late 1940s or so. Wouldn't be sure off the top of my head. Marbelite was there for a fairly long period of time. The company eventually relocated to the borough of Staten Island. Nowadays, Marbelite is in Manasquan, N.J.

Do you know if it has a year (and perhaps a month) that is stamped on the interior of the cabinet door? From what I noticed, Marbelite typically stamped a year of manufacture on each signal controller cabinet (usually on the larger cabinet that housed models such as the m-30 and m-20) that the company manufactured. Perhaps the company stamped a year of manufacture on that type of cabinet. Personally, I would ask the seller to check. He or she could check the back of the inside of the cabinet, too.

In any case, that is a really nice e/m signal controller from Marbelite. Quite small, which is nice. It's funny that you posted this, because I remember a similar cabinet (with the equipment in it) was auctioned on Ebay last year.

This one was recently retired (about a month ago) from a small town in central Ohio. I purchased several items from this seller recently, and he keeps sending me pictures of more "goodie's" that he has, I want this controller for the CH and Eagle 4-way's that I got from him. This would be a nice addition to my Econolite F type controller that control's all of my signals now. This hobby is getting addictive, more pictures of my new signals when I get them on Thursday....stay tuned!!

mcha9797 wrote:This hobby is getting addictive...

You have no idea!

Buy it!!!!! Those type of Marbs are hard to come by!!

jab8356 wrote:

mcha9797 wrote:This hobby is getting addictive...

You have no idea!

I'm on my 12th "last signal"....