How Many American Flyer Guys Here?

Classic Toy Trains Forum
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I love this forum, but it seems to be dominated by Lionel guys.

I count Sturgeon-Phish, green97probe, and Timboy as American Flyer guys for sure, plus me. How many others?

Rich

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Tim,

Wouldn’t that dress up the bland Lionel layout a little? [:-^]

Rich

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I’ve got American Flyer stuff, but in Standard Gauge.

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I have American Flyer equipment in all gauges that they produced. The largest concentration is in S, then Pre War Narrow Gauge (O gauge), followed by Wide Gauge, and a smattering in 3/16 O and some HO.

Enjoying the World’s Greatest Hobby

Northwoods Flyer

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American Flyer? Sounds like something made in China…

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Oh boy, I smell a Lionel guy here. Keeping your name on the B-list, Sula ! [}:)]

Rich

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My bad. I said Standard Gauge but I meant Wide Gauge.

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Prewar Flyer - count me in.

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Count me in! Grew up in Chicago and still have my AF Royal Blue #350 and was a White Sox fan. Most of my friends had Lionels and were Cubs fans. That was many many years ago! I have American Flyer S & O pre and Post war. I have lived in Texas for 50+ years, there are very few American Flyer folks down here and even fewer White Sox fans![8D]

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I’m a collector operator of Gilbert HO. Does that count?

Planning a 7 x 11 layout that could be under a '50s Christmas tree

I hang out mainly on the POT 'cause I like the people

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2 points for American Flyer, 1 point for Gilbert HO, 0 points for Lionel.

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Born and raised at 60th and Artesian, right across the street from the old American Can Co. White Sox rule! Still have my American Flyer #312 steamer.

My son is a Cub fan with no interest in trains. I have taken him out of the will. [:)]

Rich

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I’ve often thought that this is because Flyer’s S-scale period was so short, compared to Lionel’s O-gauge period.

If Flyer S-scale had been around longer, I think there would be a lot more Flyer collectors around today. It’s a pity that the glory days of the toy-train era ended before American Flyer could really eke out a larger market share.

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So, arkady, are you AF or Lionel?

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Lionel. But American Flyer made a good product, and one that deserved a better chance than it got.

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I straddle many worlds. I have just recently started collecting some AF equipment, but I must confess my current “serious” MRR interest is in O-scale narrow guage. Prior to this I have had a full N-scale layout, which I have only recently dismantled, and for a couple of years I also dabbled in G-scale. I gave that one up because there’s not much of a season for outdoor model railroading in Iowa.

But if you wonder where my heart truly lies, here is where it all began:

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Add me to your AF count. I have some pieces from 1950 through 1953 that my parents gave me. They also built a great 5X12 layout complete with paper mache montains, telephone poles with sewing thread wires and hand made trees. Wish I still had the layout as it was back then.

Fast forward to 2005 and I got the trains out again and have a 5X10 without little scenery, but loving running trains and adding to the collection.

I plan to start a new U shaped layout soon, looking for 3 - 4 feet wide and about 22 - 24 feet of of total length.

Happy rails,

George