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American Flyer Parts Source?
Posted by arkady on Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:25 PM
The recent "American Flyer Guys" thread got me to thinking. I'm a Lionel collector, but some years ago -- more than I care to count -- I acquired some AF equipment that someone had decided to "upgrade." The locomotive is a die-cast Hudson that's been badly repainted, but that's a separate question.

The part that I intend to tackle first is the cars. I've got eight or ten original postwar AF freight cars that are in beautiful undamaged shape, with the exception of the trucks. These have had the couplers cut off and Kadee HO couplers substituted.

Now that I'm retired and have the time, I'd like to start returning the whole thing to original configuration. Can someone recommend a source for American Flyer freight trucks?

Thanks in advance.

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Posted by Sturgeon-Phish on Thursday, May 27, 2010 2:14 PM

There are trucks routinely on ebay.  I but a lot of stuff from Portlines.  I have also bought lots of cars and stripped them for parts.

Jim

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Posted by aflyer on Thursday, May 27, 2010 8:57 PM

Portlines is a good source, I have added the link below.  I also buy parts from Joes Train Repair in North Carolia, he is a very active memeber of the Carolinas division of NASG, his conatct information is listed below.

 http://www.portlines.com/

Joe can be contacted at joestrainrepair@yahoo.com

Good luck with your projects,

George

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, May 28, 2010 4:42 AM

Marty's Trains is another good source. 

Here is the link:

http://americanflyerwarehouse.com/

Rich

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Posted by arkady on Friday, May 28, 2010 10:27 AM
Thanks to all who replied. I checked out the links, and will be ordering some trucks.
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Posted by wm #734 on Friday, May 28, 2010 8:06 PM

 I'm no American Flyer guy by any means, but I'm sure it would be better, and easier, to just replace them with modern trucks. I know of a few manufactures that make them: 

American Models: http://www.americanmodels.com/misc/wheels.html

The S Helper Service also has them: http://www.showcaseline.com/index2.html

       

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