Can you help me id this Americam Flyer set?

This is probably it, from 1949,50:

http://www.myflyertrains.org/A...9_catalog_page26.htm

http://www.myflyertrains.org/A...AF_catalog_page8.htm

Rusty

Kenn,  Does the tender say 'Reading' or 'American Flyer'?

I had the PR K5 No 310 with similar cars from 1946-48. I believe the early locomotives used specific road names while the 1949 and later used 'American Flyer'.

I don't have any reference material at hand so this is just from memory...

Hi Sam:

I believe the change from tenders with a road name to “American Flyer” or “American Flyer Lines” along with the logo of the specific railroad in the upper forward corner occurred in 1948 when they switched from placing the smoke unit in the tender (SIT) to the opposite configuration of smoke unit in the boiler (SIB).  Chances are there was some overlap until all old tender body stock was used up.

I have my uncle’s original 1946 322 Hudson freight set which has “New York Central” lettering on the SIT tender plus I have a later 322 model with SIB with a tender lettered “American Flyer Lines” along with the “NYC” cigar-band logo in the upper forward corner on each side.   I also have a 312 SIB with "American Flyer Lines" and a Pennsy keystone in the upper corner.

HTH,

Bill

Bill,  I forgot to mention that my 310's tender was lettered PENNSYLVANIA