New American Flyer items from 2017 catalog appear to be shipping!

Got my one woodside reefer today.  Excuse my crummy photography.  The  car is as you'd expect - minimal molded on details.  I show a SHS  WR for comparison.

Brendan

The graphics are very good.  I took a closer photo of the graphics.  If you are accustomed to the typical lever of flyer detail, these cars will not disappoint.

Brendan

I just got charged for my auto carriers.

Brendan

Got a FedEx notification from Ro yesterday. 1.8 lbs must be a Christmas car, too light for a pair of PA's.

From left to right, Crown, American Flyer, and S-Helper "banana" reefers.

I bought the Monarch but there are already pictures of that.  I will probably buy the Bangor and Aroostook reefer from the 2017 v2 catalog.

Craig

I got my UP Auto Carrier today from Charles Ro.  It is much larger than I anticipated.  I will test it on my layout tomorrow and decide if I want to keep it.

Christmas car and a universal remote without the upgrade

Mark, The ladders are cast in plastic and it is fully installed out of the box.  Sorry as it is not what you wanted.

I bought a universal remote and it was shipped with the auto carrier car.  It has Bluetooth on the package so can I assume it has the latest software? 

Mark, I haven't run it yet, but I am pretty sure it will go back to Ro.  I will have to look at the sticker on the remote too.

Still haven't received them, yet!  I am waiting to see what they did, as well.

Brendan

You probably saw them already, but these were there when I got home today.

Brendan

I am sending the auto carrier car back.  I tried it and it won't clear Gilbert accessories like the Gilford station (People Mover) and others that are track side.  To Wide.  

banjoflyer posted:

I hope they offer these trucks for separate sale in the future. They would be handy to have for other conversions that need longer coupler arms.

 

Or at least the extension.  Maybe they will have a part number for it.

Brendan