I know about the 1:64 steam locomotives that ran on O track, but can someone please straighten me out on this once and for all: did American Flyer produce any prewar 1:48 steam locomotives or not and if so, what were they and were they all tinplate or were some cast metal? I have seen a tinplate engine with a large headlight I believe might be 1:48.
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Yes they did. I just googled - American Flyer O gauge trains and there is plenty of info out there about this. They also made standard gauge trains, what they called wide gauge.
I have a couple of AF #429 0-6-0 locomotives that have die-cast bodies. They are nicely proportioned and detailed locos. This is a junk-box #429 that I converted to clockwork:
I'm in the middle of trying to clean up and repaint an AF 447 or 1680 which is O gauge and roughly scale to my eyes with a diecast rather than tinplate boiler.
Here is a topic on that series of engine https://ogrforum.com/topic/pre...bout-my-unusual-1680
Another topic on that engine https://ogrforum.com/topic/ame...-variations-1680-447
Here’s my Flyer O gauge 0-6-0 switcher. It was produced circa 1938 and was a gift from a friend of my father. I replaced the Flyer coupler on the tender with a Lionel coupler, painted over American Flyer on the tender and added NYC decals when I was a kid.
John
American Flyer 429. This is a scale sized 0-6-0 switcher.
American Flyer 435 Pacific. This is scale sized with drivers that are small for a Pacific.
cbq9911a, nice examples of O gauge Flyer. The Pacific looks like it has the same size drivers as the 0-6-0. I think my Flyer 0-6-0 is larger than scale, compared to an Atlas 0-6-0 and other scale steamers I own.
John
Flyer 429 and Lionel 701 (1991 version). The Flyer engine is chunkier and sits higher than the Lionel engine. But it's within the range of variance for an 0-6-0 switcher.
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