Did the green 4151 America & 4152 Pleasant view come with green truck frames? I
just picked up a pair that does. I do not see it referenced in the later Doyle
book or the Peter Riddle book.
Steve
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Good question Steve. My green America and Pleasant View have gray trucks. I've only seen green trucks on the Pochahontas cars.
I looked in Greenburg AF book wide gauge and no reference to green trucks on these cars.
I added a couple of photo's to the initial posting. The attaching rivets etc do not look altered.
Steve
Well, from here on I guess it's speculation. I suppose they could have been taken off a Pochahontas set, but that almost raises more questions than it answers (like, why?).
The recurring tinplate question: what was going on in the toy factory in 1929? We'll never know, but there are many known cases of parts bins being raided to complete sets with parts from something else - especially towards the end of production runs. Just my opinion, but there's as good a case of this coming from the factory like this, as there is of it being replaced later.
Nice set by the way, looking good!
Thanks Hawk..you know, for everything 
Thanks for the input Rob & Nighthawk. Sounds like Flyer standard gauge was run as loosely as the O gauge stuff.
Steve
Originally Posted by Steve "Papa" Eastman:
Thanks for the input Rob & Nighthawk. Sounds like Flyer standard gauge was run as loosely as the O gauge stuff.
Steve
Steve,
Actually the cataloged versions run pretty tight to the catalogs, but a ton of stuff came out of the plant in Chicago that was either custom made for good customers, repainted returns, and/or "shopworn"... making for many variations, most of which are not particularly valuable, but interesting nonetheless.
