@Robert S. Butler posted:One Car Wonders
During the last part of the 19th Century and into the second decade of the 20th many toy train manufacturers offered for sale what I call one car wonder train sets. These are sets consisting of an engine, a tender, a single passenger car, and a small circle of track. These sets were most often the lowest priced set offered and, while undoubtedly many were sold, their survival rate as far as complete sets in nice condition is not good. Below is an assembly of some of the one car wonder train sets I've managed to locate. From left to right they are American Flyer Hummer, Issmayer, American Flyer set #0, Hafner with New York Flyer passenger car, American Flyer Set Number Unknown, and Rossignol.
Wow Robert, those are some excellent set’s! I really love the look of early American flyer sets, especially from the metzel era. I’ll have to try to get my hands on a set at some point.
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