You know when Arnold started this thread last week, I didn't think I would have much to offer. I put together an array of mixed makers (Menards, Marx, Lionel(MPC),Mettoy, Hornby and Fandor) on 6/23 and really thought that was all I had. Well today (Saturday) I went looking for something in my storage area (think "Raiders of the Lost Ark") and found a few more. This was so much fun (Thanks Arnold) that I thought I would post the rest.
In 1938 W.O Coleman and A.C. Gilbert merged their firms and created American Flyer Manufacturing Company, a division of which was American Flyer Trains and moved all operations from Chicago to New London, Connecticut. They began to create an entirely new line of trains, 3/16" scale but pre -war they retained 0 gauge. Full "S" gauge trains would emerge after the war. However by 1940 and 41 the catalog was just about full of these new trains. For this thread, we have the 1940-41 #482 American Flyer flat with log load. Unlike many manufacturers who barely attached their logs to a flat car and hence finding the car 80 years later with the logs intact is near impossible, Flyer banded these logs to the car with form fitting metal bands. This is the ORIGINAL log load and still has the car number printed on the logs on this side and "American Flyer Lines" on the other.
A Hornby (Hatchette) flat car with vertical stanchions and chain retainers. Original car was 1950's but this Hatchette reproduction was 2000-2004
A couple of barrel cars from Hornby (also repro from Hatchette). One on left is likely whisky or maybe beer, one on right is listed as a "wine" car. Original cars from 1940's but these are from about 2004.
Finally, the magnificent Lionel "machinery car" , a 16 wheel, 4 truck brute to carry the heaviest loads. This is the Lionel #6418 depressed center heavy duty flat from 1955-1957 .
Well that's all for me at least at the moment.
Best Wishes
Don