A.F. passenger cars

[Anonymous]

RaleighTrainFan, 

Nice tower and great billboard. I tell you I remember running my friend's American Flyers in the 1950's and they were like tanks. In fact we use to set up some tunnels out of encyclopedias and then collapse them on the train.... sorry but we were pretty young. Anyhow, those engines would just keep going!

To Philly: hey sorry if those weren't A.F. made in USA American Flyer parts at the site I posted. I can understand the desire to stay with that if possible....but sometimes any port in a storm maybe eh?

Jim

 

I agree they are great, but the ones in the picture are Sturgeon's, not mine. My Colbers are the gray water tower with the little red "cap" on top, red base, and the gray oil derrick with red base. I believe that some time in the distant past the water tower probably had a "COLBERVILLE" decal on it, but that is long gone.

I'd thought to pair them with a Colber floodlight tower but people want an arm and leg for them, so it's a Lionel 329 floodlight tower that keeps the night shift working at the freight terminal. Nice and bright, it keeps the Marx Freight Terminal well illuminated so that no slackers can skulk in the shadows!

I actually keep the Colber towers in darker areas of the layout so that their lights and bubbling action really stand out at night.

[phillyreading]

Marxalot,

I am looking for A.F. compatible parts, can be a Chinese part as long as it is close to the A.F. in size.  Not looking for A.F. parts exclusively.

Also those websites were not of any help finding any parts as the hobby shop did not understand what part I was looking for.

Lee F.

 

It sounded to me like you were going to be modifying an existing car to add lights? The site shows a light fixture (2358), a pick up shoe kit (K2368), insulalated bushing if needed and metal wheels if needed. Don't know if they would work on your car though......

Jim

 

Jim,

Basically correct except that I want to add a light to a car that has the recepticle for a light to be put in, similar to the A.F. 630 caboose.  I will need wheelsets or truck assemblies and the light fixture to go in, I can wire it myself.

Just went to the website and ordered what I think are the correct parts, now I have to wait for the parts.

Lee F.

[marxalot]

Marxalot,

I am looking for A.F. compatible parts, can be a Chinese part as long as it is close to the A.F. in size.  Not looking for A.F. parts exclusively.

Also those websites were not of any help finding any parts as the hobby shop did not understand what part I was looking for.

Lee F.

 

It sounded to me like you were going to be modifying an existing car to add lights? The site shows a light fixture (2358), a pick up shoe kit (K2368), insulalated bushing if needed and metal wheels if needed. Don't know if they would work on your car though......

Jim

 

[phillyreading]

Marxalot,

I am looking for A.F. compatible parts, can be a Chinese part as long as it is close to the A.F. in size.  Not looking for A.F. parts exclusively.

Also those websites were not of any help finding any parts as the hobby shop did not understand what part I was looking for.

Lee F.

[marxalot]

RaleighTrainFan, 

Nice tower and great billboard. I tell you I remember running my friend's American Flyers in the 1950's and they were like tanks. In fact we use to set up some tunnels out of encyclopedias and then collapse them on the train.... sorry but we were pretty young. Anyhow, those engines would just keep going!

To Philly: hey sorry if those weren't A.F. made in USA American Flyer parts at the site I posted. I can understand the desire to stay with that if possible....but sometimes any port in a storm maybe eh?

Jim

[Sturgeon-Phish]

^ Thanks for that link, marxalot. I found the long-lost socket with wires for the base of my Colber bubbling water tower. Soon it will bubble again just like its oil derrick counterpart.

Hey, glad to have helped.................. you just can't have too much bubbling water on a layout!

Jim

Gotta love 'em

 

I am biased, but I think those Colber/AC Gilbert bubbling towers are some of the coolest accessories ever made. They are quiet, they don't take a lot of space, they add tremendous visual benefit, and they work.

[phillyreading]

Thank you Sturgeon-Phish,

I want to be as close to original American Flyer as possible.

Lee F.

[Anonymous]

^ Thanks for that link, marxalot. I found the long-lost socket with wires for the base of my Colber bubbling water tower. Soon it will bubble again just like its oil derrick counterpart.

Hey, glad to have helped.................. you just can't have too much bubbling water on a layout!

Jim

 

I am biased, but I think those Colber/AC Gilbert bubbling towers are some of the coolest accessories ever made. They are quiet, they don't take a lot of space, they add tremendous visual benefit, and they work.

[marxalot]

^ Thanks for that link, marxalot. I found the long-lost socket with wires for the base of my Colber bubbling water tower. Soon it will bubble again just like its oil derrick counterpart.

Hey, glad to have helped.................. you just can't have too much bubbling water on a layout!

Jim

[Sturgeon-Phish]

Try Port Lines Hobby

http://www.portlines.com/

Jim

[Anonymous]

^ Thanks for that link, marxalot. I found the long-lost socket with wires for the base of my Colber bubbling water tower. Soon it will bubble again just like its oil derrick counterpart.

[marxalot]

The site below lists car lights for S and HO American Flyer. Maybe you could adapt one of them.

http://www.rfgco.com/catalog/index.html

 

Jim

[phillyreading]

Where can I find the parts to add lights to American Flyer passenger car # 247 or caboose # 630?

Lee F.