My Neighbors American Flyer Trains and Accessories

He has a 48T set (the royal blue, 633 boxcar, 631 gondola, 630 caboose and the No. 2 transformer.) The 350 Royal Blue is the early production with the indented tender sides. All other items were a later separate purchase addition. Nothing unusual or rare but still nice and in excellent condition. I will do a rough estimate that there is $500 retail, half of that to a reseller. There are some AF sellers here, lets see what they say.

Thanks Tom, I thought it was a set.  I'll post some more pictures a little later this evening.  I'm now trying to find all the boxes a newer big box for them to live as the others are so dried out from the heat that they are falling apart.  Thank you again for your comments.

What a trip back in time!  I remember the boxes, the trucks and those couplers.  My Dad had a terrible time trying to pry the couplers off and replace them with the "new" knuckle couplers AF was selling.

Thanks for sharing the pix.

Ed

Wow, that stuff is in excellent condition.

Ed and Chuck, here's a few more that I missed.  Chuck, everything is in good to excellent condition.

That is the less common 4 rail fence version of the 771 stockyard. The double door action car for it is in the first set of pictures. Add another $120 retail for those three accessories. The track is worth maybe $1.00/section.

It looks like there are several OB's there. They are hard to value by photograph but accessory boxes with legible number stamps can be valuable, depends on the accessory.

That all looks like what l saw in the stores at Christmas when l was wanting to add to my Marx, and l know nothing about Flyer. The two neighbor cousins each had Atlantic sets (each other's cousins).  If l was offered that, l'd pay the price, and learn something about Flyer.  Wonder what the contemporary UP Northern and tender, same era, link couplers, go for?  $!!, I'd guess.

Make certain those "tired boxes" aren't the original ACG boxes before tossing them!!! If they are, then just put them inside new boxes to protect them. Yes, everything looks really nice.

Make certain those "tired boxes" aren't the original ACG boxes before tossing them!!! If they are, then just put them inside new boxes to protect them. Yes, everything looks really nice.

Very Nice!

Ray

Very nice pieces. Where I live in Connecticut, there is interest in American Flyer trains, which were manufactured in New Haven - as can be seen on one of your pictured boxes.

MELGAR

AmFlyer, Colorado hirailer and train david, thanks for your comments as well, my neighbor asked me to go ahead and list the stuff on the For Sale or Trade list, I'll get that done in the very near future, he's in his 70's or early 80's and no longer wants to keep them.  Thank you everyone who has commented on them and I hope they will find a good home.

Cheers to all,

Good luck! They should sell quickly.

Yes, given the condition they are in, you may be surprised at the selling prices!

When do you plan to list them?

Gunny