fantasy: American Flyer Lines 4-6-2 by A.C. Gilbert

A.C. Gilbert

282

283, 285, 286, 287, 289

4-6-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

AF

1954

282, 283, 285, 286, 287, 289

Plastic

painted & lettered

AC

AF

General Wiring

Wiring Diagram for #282

Wiring Diagram for #283

Wiring Diagram for #285

Wiring Diagram for #287

Wiring Diagram for #289

Parts Diagram

A.C. Gilbert

350

4-6-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

AF

1948

350

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

Wiring Diagram

Parts Diagram

This model was produced in 1948 and 1950. The streamlined B&O "Royal Blue" Pacific has a diecast boiler and sheet-metal tender. In all, there are 14 reported variations. The two 1948 models shown in the photo as well as the other eight 1948 models all have wire handrails while the 1950 models have cast handrails. Due that the fact that the Royal Blue was produced in 1940-41 as #556 as a 3/16" pre-war S-gauge locomotive that utilized three-rail track, there were some leftover tender shells from that production era. Therefore, in 1948 Gilbert used the excess tender shells on early 1948 models as seen on the #350 in the front of photo #4. The indented models tend to be the rarest of the #350 except for one of the 1950 models which has "Royal Blue" printed on the tender as opposed to "American Flyer" or "American Flyer Lines" that is printed on all of the other 13 variations.

A.C. Gilbert

21045

4-6-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

K5

AF

1957

21045

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

Dual decorated for the PRR.

A.C. Gilbert

21084

21085

4-6-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

AF

1958

21084, 21085

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

General Wiring

The #21085 was produced from 1958 through 1962, and, according to Greenberg, has eight listed variations. Five of the variations have the C&NW logo on the tender. The differences in these five variations include chassis design, driver material, couplers, and trucks (3 with Knuckle and 2 with Pike-Master). The three other variations reported by Greenberg are the CMStP&P versions that were all produced in 1961/62. All of which have Pike-Master trucks and couplers with the main differences being how the tender and locomotive were connected. The one variation not specifically identified in Greenberg is the CB&Q unit shown in the photo which most likely came as part of the #20813 Western 1200 produced in 1966. There are also reports that some late #21085 also has a tender marked "Reading Lines". Photo #2 has a Milwaukee Road herald on the tender. All of the electrical pickup is through the tender wheels. Photo #3 is of a very late production run of this model, where the white-wall paint on the tires has been omitted. Also, the tender is permanently riveted to the locomotive, no plug, and plastic tender trucks with a Pikemaster coupler.

A.C. Gilbert

21095

4-6-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

AF

1957

21095

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

General Wiring

Also marked for the New York New Haven & Hartford. This may very well be the rarest A.C. Gilbert locomotive. It was shown in the 1957 catalog, but very few, if any, were ever produced and sold with "21095" on the locomotive. If one were to have bought a #21095 in 1957, the box that it came in would have been marked either "21094" or "21095" with a #293 inside. According to Greenberg, and an article that appeared in the Train Collectors Quarterly in July 1982 (pages 26-27) written by D. Robinson, the #21095 was a "replacement" body that was supplied by authorized service stations. None of the bodies have a date stamp. Photo #2 shows numbers on the inside of the shell. The "PA 10886" is the number of the die-cast Pacific body casting. The second number, on the white sticker that reads "XA10A886ERP", is Gilbert's part number for the #21095. Photo #3 shows the boxes in which the main engine and the tender came in. Because of the markings on the box, Ted Hamler and others believe that #21095 was actually sold as a complete engine by A.C. Gilbert, not as just a replacement body only.

A.C. Gilbert

21099

4-6-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

AF

1958

21099

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

Also marked for the New York New Haven & Hartford.

A.C. Gilbert

21115

4-6-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

K5

AF

1958

21115

Plastic

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

NASG Dispatch, Sep 2023, pg 14

S Gaugian, Jul 2011, pg 24

General Wiring

Also decorated for the PRR.