Well here it is again, F.E.F. and I am late to the party, but here it goes anyway. Today I have some pre-war American Flyer electric engines. Two this time, the 0 gauge 1211, an uncatalogued engine from the 1920's and his big brother the 4644 New Haven wide gauge box cab from1928-33. Shown together just for a size comparison.
Here is my first front end, the American Flyer 1211 from the 1920's. Uncatalogued but not too plain with the strap headlight and fancy rails.
Here he is with is train ready to depart the terminal. The cars are un-numbered lithograph 4 wheel cars from about 1928-29
However , just to show the difference between 0 gauge and wide gauge ("standard" gauge in Lionel parlance) here is the 1211 with his "big brother" the American Flyer #4644 New Haven box cab.
Here again to show the comparison of size. Seen like this, the visual impact of wide gauge is easy to see but also in these budget tight times as the depression was on the horizon it is easy to see that the smaller trains could command a price advantage.
Happy Friday everyone , hope you have a great weekend
Don
