This is the title of the thread that I started 17 years ago and hosted until the early photos disappeared and the old Forums became inaccessible. I will post many of the photos from that old thread over time and new photos of equipment that I have added to to my collection over time. I would like to invite folks to post photos of American Flyer trains and accessories that are in their collections and to ask questions. I would like to keep the focus on prewar items to begin with.
Some examples:
Here are examples of Narrow (O) Gauge passenger cars. Photos from 2007
So this is a start.
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Northwoods Flyer
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Really nice colors on those
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Love the progression in sizes, so typical of the times.
I find that I have only one still from my Christmas layouts with Flyer on the track. Please excuse the Lionel, et al., buildings and accessories. I will try to get some additional pics of my Flyer stuff later.
I really like all of the SG offerings, but I have come to like the Flyer Wide Gauge the most. They look “right,” somehow, given their proportions.
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Here is a comparison of Flyer’s Wide Gauge and their Narrow Gauge. I like Flyer’s marketing scheme of producing similar equipment in both gauges,
And here is their Wide Gauge Hamiltonian.
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OMG I love this thread please keep it up Northwoods flyer , if it ok I will get with my kids to show me how to post picks and I would love to show some of my s gauge flyer.
Chuck
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It would be great to have you post here.
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My entire Flyer prewar collection. Aside from these 3 pieces I only have pea green and maroon MTH reproductions of Flyer’s single and double street lamps which never came with the correct bulbs with the metal finials.
I like to pull the boxcar, the Ives and Dorfan gondolas flanking it and 4 wheel Ives caboose top shelf center behind the 3195. I have one rod and I’ve been searching for it’s mate for years. I don’t run the loco often because it turns into a smoker after a few minutes. Anyways, here she is in action:
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Since I posted the catalog page yesterday, here is the Lone Scout
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Penny,
Its always great to see your trains running, and your scenery is always spectacular.
Thanks,
Northwoods
Unfortunately that layout is long gone and this one has a long way to go 
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@pennytrains what is the larger loco in the video?
I like the backdrops @pennytrains on this new one
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Matt, the S Gauge Pennsy K5 was a #312. Unfortunately I ended up selling all of my S Gauge when I moved here.
Oh I see now that was S gauge. When I previously wrote I thought both loops were O
Here is a very common and easy to find Narrow Gauge set, the Oriental
Set #1337. A previous owner added some frosted windows to the two passenger cars.
This is the #3112 Midsized Boxcab available in 1928 -1929
Matching baggage car
“Paul Revere” Pullman
And the “Lexington” Observation
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I always liked the lithographed items.
Gonna try and post this we’ll see
This is my prewar stuff not much but it still runs great!
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Hi Dorkeymiller,
Welcome to the thread. It looks like you have a great start on an endless opportunity for collecting. Are these family pieces?
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Northwoods Flyer
