A little off subject but I think American Flyer made a good move when they did S gauge. They knew the could never catch Lionel. They advertised true scale trains but they never went all the way. Those silly wide white tires on all their steam engines, American Flyer plastered on all the engines and cars, diesels with names like Rocket or Comet just didn't look right. Even as a kid I thought they missed the boat. I think they could have put a dent even with the HO crowd if they really did scale trains. Don
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