I am asking for some informational help from the American Flyer people on the forum. Recently I bought a large box of AF items most of which, although not knowlegible about AF, I at least am familiar with. One item stumps me. It is a transformer number 1282. All AF material I have doesn't list it or on line I found no info. I did see one for sale on line but it had no info about date or anything. The fact that the label says Chicago, Il makes me think maybe pre-war.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am trying to become more familiar with AF. Thanks Wayne
Wayne,
Your question made me do some hunting through my Flyer catalogs.
The #1282 transformer is indeed prewar. All of American Flyer's transformers that were produced during the Chicago era were numbered in the 12XX range.
The #1282 was cataloged for only 1 year, 1937, and appeared in this catalog
As you can see from page 4 it had a new feature, the automatic cutout.
The transition to Gilbert occured in 1938 and the #1282 - 75 watt transformer became Gilbert's #7 -75 watt transformer. So that number (1282) only appeared in the American Flyer catalog for one year (1937).
I hope this is the information you were looking for.
So, what other goodies did you get in that box?
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Thanks a lot for your answer and great explanation. As to the other goodies they were all what I generally would consider the usual. Aside from a couple of lionels all the others were S gauge AF I think from the 50s. 322 Engine/tender - 904/905/924/941 cars. Lots of track and I think 720 switch.
One oddball was a lionel milk car glued to a cast metal flatcar with AF trucks/couplers.
That's pretty much it and thanks again for your help. Wayne
You are welcome. I'm glad to be of help. If you have any other questions the thread on Pre War American Flyer pictures might be of help.
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