I think it is 2 rail??????
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Please post a picture of the underside. Also, try a straight on side shot. That may help us help you.
Chris
LVHR
getting more pics in the next day or so ,will post then
It looks like an American Flyer pre WW2 switcher, the whitewall tires and the general look of the loco make me think it is. I will check my Flyer guide later, and post tomorrow, unless there is someone out there with a quicker answer.
If it's O gauge, most likely a repainted Flyer 574 from 1941. Should be Nickel Plate Road.
Steve
that's what I was thinking.
I think you got it Steve.
If this is the prewar O gauge version, I heard that most of those locos have been damaged or destroyed by zinc pest. If that is true, then this might be a very rare survivor.
It is an American Flyer S 0-8-0 Steam Switcher. They came in various numbers depending on features starting with 342 for an early link version to 343 and 346 for knuckle models with pul-mor and with the 346 a horn. It also came in a 5 digit version. The white walls on the drivers make it post war and these were rarely subject to zinc pest.
Gandy
You have an American Flyer post war S gauge 282 pacific loco originally lettered for Chicago Northwestern, and a 343 0-8-0 switcher with tender that would have originally been lettered for Nickle Plate Road. The 282 if all original and in excellent condition would have been worth $45. The 343 if all original and in excellent condition would have been worth around $225. The 343 can be restored as the shells are cast metal and able to be stripped easily and repainted. The 282 is a parts loco at this point or run it as it is.
Gandy
