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Need help identifying American Flyer items recently acquired.

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Need help identifying American Flyer items recently acquired.
Posted by teledoc on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 5:00 PM

I have a Flyertown Freight Station with 2 buildiings and the smaller building has the number 91 on it.  I will attach pics below.  Wondering exactly what year is was made, and what actual identity, as research shows similar buildings, with different numbers associated to them.  The other item is 2 rail track with elevated cross ties, which I think are American Flyer, but not positive.  I rewired Freight Station, and repainted the base and roofs, as they were in terrible condition when I got them.  Any help would be appreciated on identifying what I have, and when they were offered for sale.  I think they are from the 1930's.

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Posted by Nationwidelines on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 8:01 PM

Your station is known as a 237 Station Set, which featured a 104 station (the larger one) and a 91 station (the smaller one) as well as a semaphore and light all on the same base.  This item was made in the mid 1930s. 

 

As for the track, although it is banked track, which is one of the Flyer characteristics, it looks like you have a mixed lot of tracks that feature two different types of railroad ties.  The group of tracks in the lower portion of the picture look like they could be American Flyer track, but the group of tracks in the upper portion of the picture do not look like American Flyer track.

 

NWL

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Posted by teledoc on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 8:25 PM

Thanks for the quick reply, and you are correct about the track.  I have two sets of 2 rail track, of which the elevated ties were my question.  I just used the other set to hold the track up to show the end of the rails and the elevated ties.  The elevated ties have the bottom profile of "0" gauge ties, and the other set has flat "027" profile ties, which I got with a bunch of other Lionel 3 rail track a fews back.  I searched for the freight station, and did find "Trainz" had sold one listed as a 104 Kenilworth and 91 Flyertown 91 set, so i am presuming that the larger building is named a 104 Kenilworth building.  My main collecting is Postwar Lionel, and the extra things that a cousin returned to me included some AF items along with some MARX stuff (a 100% complete 25000 set).  I am not familiar with American Flyer stuff at all. 

thanks

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Posted by Penny Trains on Thursday, April 10, 2014 6:38 PM

I think the sqared corner track was made by Ives (and then became Lionel Junior during the transition).  But I wouldn't bet money on that, it just seems to be stuck in the back of my mind as having heard that somewhere.

Becky

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