At last months TTOS SP meet, our display theme was Pre War American Flyer. 3 others and myself filled up the tables. Lots of eye candy for the tin lover.
Thanks to Jeff Meyer, aka captaincog for the photo's.
Steve
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great looking stuff,thanks Steve.
Wow!
I haven't seen this much before. I have thought about researching pre-war tinplate for my knowledge. Is this what American Flyer referred to as 'Wide Gauge'? I believe I have heard that term before. Or was that for Ives? I am curious.
Thanks for posting the pictures!
wow, what a spread! Flyer sure had quite a range of variety during the prewar period.
That Wheaties box car looks a little lonesome off by itself!
Henry, "Wide Gauge" was Ives and Flyer's term for their Standard Gauge trains; they couldn't call it Standard Gauge because that was Lionel's proprietary name for it.
wow, what a spread! Flyer sure had quite a range of variety during the prewar period.
That Wheaties box car looks a little lonesome off by itself!
That would be the Bruce Jenner car...it just doesn't fit in
Awesome!
Some awesome stuff, there. The 'rector set bridge is my favorite , though.
Richie
that's cool!!!
forgive me if this has been posted before but I found this video on A.C. Gilbert company
Nice, nice, nice display. We don't often see as much of the prewar Flyer as Lionel.
Steve,
You and your friends provided a real visual delight with that display. 
You coaxed a number of relatively difficult sets to find out of their hiding places. I particularly liked that Aeoleus set on the top self of the display. You have a nice representation of both Chicago era and Gilbert era Pre War tin. I'm surprised you don't have any Wide Gauge on display - but it does take up a lot of display space.
Thanks for sharing the photos. I thought I'd post some of the Pre War Flyer that I get to look at in my train room.
Greg
Wow!
I haven't seen this much before. I have thought about researching pre-war tinplate for my knowledge. Is this what American Flyer referred to as 'Wide Gauge'? I believe I have heard that term before. Or was that for Ives? I am curious.
Thanks for posting the pictures!
wow, what a spread! Flyer sure had quite a range of variety during the prewar period.
That Wheaties box car looks a little lonesome off by itself!
Henry, "Wide Gauge" was Ives and Flyer's term for their Standard Gauge trains; they couldn't call it Standard Gauge because that was Lionel's proprietary name for it.
Steve,
Thank you for the clarification. I appreciate it!
Greg,
You have a beautiful display! Thank you for your photos!
Steve,
You and your friends provided a real visual delight with that display. You coaxed a number of relatively difficult sets to find out of their hiding places. I particularly liked that Aeoleus set on the top self of the display. You have a nice representation of both Chicago era and Gilbert era Pre War tin. I'm surprised you don't have any Wide Gauge on display - but it does take up a lot of display space.
Thanks for sharing the photos. I thought I'd post some of the Pre War Flyer that I get to look at in my train room.
Greg
I've pretty much done the opposite, mostly limiting my Flyer O Gauge to 4-wheel lithographed versions. The big exception is the 3006-3007-3008-3010 series, which are just such great litho; they are right up there with the Ives litho herald box cars, IMO. I have all the heralds except the Illinois Central 3007 gondola, still looking.
david
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