Nationwidelines As for the Flyer prewar catalogs, they are missing a number of them, which are featured on the HSL CD, so I will continue to use that.
As for the Flyer prewar catalogs, they are missing a number of them, which are featured on the HSL CD, so I will continue to use that.
I would say the neatest catalog on the site is the American Miniature Railways 1909 catalog. That company was only in business for 2 or 3 years, so having a catalog showing their items is very unusual.
palallinThanks also to Flintlock for the Computers for Dummy Palallin assist!
You're very welcome, but honestly I'm no computer genius. When I post a link my computer lights it up automatically without me telling it to do so.
(I'll tell you, I have nightmares about pushing the wrong button on this thing and blowing up the East Coast!)
myflyertrains I could find. Not sure why the Jeffries site did not come up, but maybe I just wasn't doing a good enough job with my search terms.
Thanks for lighting it up, not sure why my entry did not, first time that happened. If anyone wants to see ALL the Gilbert catalogs beginning in 1938 through 1967 they are online at www.myflyertrains.net. This include Gilbert O gauge, S gauge, HO gauge, both Consumer and dealer catalogs.
Wow... can't believe I never knew about this page. What a treasure trove of catalog scans!Paging through the '58 catalog reminded me of an amusing detail I've caught before- in the HO section, Lionel's first cataloged 4-6-2 pacific, the 0615 B&M, is illustrated using a model made by German manufacturer Fleischmann. If you look at it carefully, you can note the european cab shape, and The production model was supposed to be an Athearn product... however it never was, nor was the outfit it headed up, No. 5717.So many gorgeous sets available in the late '50s, it's unfortunate knowing that the company was also right at or just over the precipace of its steady decline, even with all the eye candy on page after page after page.-Ellie
Laurastom I cannot comment on your last sentence, however, the site you are looking for is www.clintjefferies.com/catalogs.shtml.
I cannot comment on your last sentence, however, the site you are looking for is www.clintjefferies.com/catalogs.shtml.
Thanks flintlock.
Have you ever visited the site?
Northwoods Flyer
Greg
The Northwoods Flyer Collection
of
American Flyer Trains
"The Toy For the Boy"
www.clintjefferies.com/catalogs.shtml.
I lit it up for everybody.
Thanks so much for posting the link to this site. I have no idea how I have never run across this site before. I have only sampled the Prewar Flyer catalogs that are there. What a fantastic resource. I won't have to risk damage to my paper copies of these catalogs. There are catalogs from many other manufacturers as well.
I can see that I will be spending lots of time on this site, especially with our current winter weather. Check out the site for yourself.
Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby
Sometime last year, I ran across a reference to a website that had digitized versions of some Flyer catalogs on their website. I don't mean the HSL CD or such things: I mean, you could look through the catalogs--1928 is one that stands out in my memory--right there (just like you can look through the 2023 Lionel catalog on their website).
I am not dreaming this. However, I did not, apparently, bookmark said site, and now I can't find it. Perhaps it is gone, but it was there! Wasn't it?
I know that there is a great deal of prewar Flyer expertise hereabouts. Perhaps someone else knows about these things and can direct me--or let me down by noting their demise.
Please save my wife the embarrassment of institutionizing her husband!
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