Our Club has been asked to help identify the set number, year, and value of an Ameican Flyer outfit that includes a 312AC 4-6-2 and tender, 634 floodlight car, 717 log car, 632 hopper car, 631 gondola car, 625 tank car, and 630 lighted caboose. The owner is not sure if the set included all of those cars or if some were added after purchase. Thanks for your help,
Joe S.
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Our Club has been asked to help identify the set number, year, and value of an Ameican Flyer outfit that includes a 312AC 4-6-2 and tender, 634 floodlight car, 717 log car, 632 hopper car, 631 gondola car, 625 tank car, and 630 lighted caboose. The owner is not sure if the set included all of those cars or if some were added after purchase. Thanks for your help,
Joe S.
Well you have some choices. From the Tufts guide to AF sets:
The 312 AC came in five sets.
4607A (1948) had a 632,625,630...very possible...other cars could have been added.
4609A (1948) was a passenger set...650,650,651...So this IS NOT the set.
4619A (1948 and 1949) same cars in both sets...717,627,632,630...the 627 (a flat car) is not in your set but the 717 is. other cars could have been added. Possible.
4850 (1948) had a 632, 625,635 (a crane car), 630...possible but you have no crane car.
5114 (1951) was a passenger set...718,650,650...so this is NOT the set.
So my group gives you these possibles...set#'s 4607A, 4619A or 4850.
Any one is a possible as any cars could have been added later, traded for another car, or even possibly substituted by store personal to make a sale. Who knows?
As to value, well that's all about condition.
The 312AC in Excellent condition goes for about $100.00. All the other cars are very common with mediocre value. Again, condition of the boxes (if any) and all other components of the set will raise values if in pristine condition.
Hope this helps.
Mark
Our Club has been asked to help identify the set number, year, and value of an Ameican Flyer outfit that includes a 312AC 4-6-2 and tender, 634 floodlight car, 717 log car, 632 hopper car, 631 gondola car, 625 tank car, and 630 lighted caboose. The owner is not sure if the set included all of those cars or if some were added after purchase. Thanks for your help,
Joe S.
Joe:
The 312AC was made in 1949-51 and those car numbers are for link coupler cars made before 1953.
Scans of all pages of all American Flyer catalogs during the Gilbert era can be viewed on this site: MyFlyerTrains.Org - A.C. Gilbert Catalogs Index
HTH,
Bill
banjoflyer and Wft trains,
NIce, fast job on the research. This should give the club the info they need to make an educated guess about the set # and year the the K-5 and cars were made.
Ed Boyle
Many thanks for your very helpful information.
Joe
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