American Flyer O-gauge trains

winced36 · Post by **winced36** » Sun Jul 15, 2018 7:46 pm

A new project on the pile - a refurbishment for a set of 314X-series Flyer coaches:

Hopefully just a deep-cleaning and a polish.

Paul II

javinda · Post by **javinda** » Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:24 am

Will love to see the results!

winced36 · Post by **winced36** » Wed Sep 19, 2018 6:48 am

A reasonably nice Flyer 3008 found recently:

These are tough to find in nice shape. Flyer paint of this era doesn't seem to hold up very well, especially the lighter colors.

Paul II

javinda · Post by **javinda** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 6:42 am

very nice!

winced36 · Post by **winced36** » Sat Oct 20, 2018 7:11 am

Yet another Flyer 3012 boxcar, this in better shape yet:

Wrapping up a big project over the next few months...hoping to get back into the basement soon and get the layout sorted.

Paul II

winced36 · Post by **winced36** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:02 am

From the archives, smoke-box shot of a Flyer 3315:

Haven't been to the basement in quite a while.

Paul II

javinda · Post by **javinda** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:38 am

yowza!

winced36 · Post by **winced36** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:24 pm

A Flyer 3208, one of the last variations of the prewar 1/4" O-gauge box car. This introduced link-couplers as a replacement for the tab-couplers featured on earlier equipment. The link provided an automatic coupling capability, whereas the tab-coupler required manual connection. The black trucks gave a bit more "realism" to the car's appearance.