American flyer pre war

Can you post some clearer/closer pictures?  Be sure to include a photo of what type of coupler is on the tender, and a nice profile shot of the engine itself.  I am not a pre-war flyer authority in any way, but I do own a similar engine.  The single picutre makes it really hard to tell what you've got.

John Z.

You've  got a 3309 combination consisting of a 3307 loco and 3189 tender ca.1932-1933... If you have a bell ringing mechanism its a 3308 combo... ca 1934

Thanks for the info, been mostly into Lionel pre war and the cab number usually tells the tale. AF locos don't seem to have numbers and or two different ones , best i could come up with was a 402 comparing it to photos on line. not sure weather it's a bell ringer yet as the gears have crumbled , new wheels ordered and on there way. thanks again  Rick

been looking at some Flyer steam myself. Really quite good looking locomotives, but is it just me or are the trailing trucks too far towards the rear?

Rick Rubino posted:

Thanks for the info, been mostly into Lionel pre war and the cab number usually tells the tale. AF locos don't seem to have numbers and or two different ones , best i could come up with was a 402 comparing it to photos on line. not sure weather it's a bell ringer yet as the gears have crumbled , 

Yes Rick, Flyer is a pain to identify! But that's what forums are for.... they all have numbers, just not on the loco.  In fact they have three numbers Combo, Loco and Tender.  Very confusing.  Look in the cab...if you see a bell...then its a bell ringer... and needs a special wheel to operate it.

Steamer posted:

 but is it just me or are the trailing trucks too far towards the rear?

and about 700 times too big,  Yep, thats Flyer!

Ok  got the new wheels from Henning's in the mail Saturday and installed them. It's quite the mouse trap in this thing, it seems to have a manual forward reverse lever (up and down in the cab) and a reverse lockout on the bottom. the loco runs now but I am confused as to what the cam on the center gear and the arm it is connected to does.  it runs better on clip leads on the bench than on the track ,i think the center rail pickup might have a loose wire. Rick

Hi Rick.  Do you still have the American Flyer 3308?  If so, could you post a photo of the bell switch inside the cab?

Thanks!

M

Michael,  I just got a 3308 with the bell. Posting pics of the lever, hope this helps.

John