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Wow PD what great loco's.  I have one just like the sheet metal version you pictured but no cast iron versions.  Attached are some pictures of an another old relic I found in an antique store.  Its condition is poor as you can see but you can make out the "American Flyer Lines" on the leading edge of the boiler side.  My research shows it to be (as best I can tell) a " Type 10"  most likely an uncatalogued version made between 1934-1940.  I learned it was made as a 2-4-0 and an 0-4-0 and this example shows no evidence of ever having a leading truck so its likely the 0-4-0.  Domes / piping is copper and except for the lettering is the only decoration. No cab number.   I am mostly a Lionel pre-war O gauge collector but since these AF trains are also pre-war and O gauge I have collected a number of them, mostly just unconnected freight and passenger cars and I pick them up when I see them but they are not common here in Texas.Do  I found this in May of 2014 at the enormous cost of $12 !

Happy Holidays

Don

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