Coupler with Truck by A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Category:
Coupler with Truck
Model Number:
528
Scale:
S
Product Type:
A.F.-compatible
Material:
plastic
Color:
black
Sold:
assembled
Introduced:
1953
Notes:
The #528 was produced from 1953 through 1956. They were replacement knuckle couplers, for streamlined passenger cars, that were packaged in the box shown in the photo along with rivets to attach the trucks to a lighted streamline passenger cars. From a collector's standpoint, the value of this item requires the original packaging.
(image copyright © Ted Hamler; used by permission)