I had one of these in the diecast loco and sheet metal tender version (maybe 302AC, but not sure?), and it was a "bulletproof" little loco. NO smoke or whistle, and a reverse unit in the tender. I liked the high headlight and the simulated Wootten firebox. It was my first S gauge set in the late forties or 1950, and to the best of my recollection, came with a gray hopper, a brown boxcar and a red unpainted caboose. They were all lettered American Flyer, although the caboose might have been Reading? Ran like a champ until I sold my trains at age 16. Even though I later had a Hudson, a K5, and an 0-8-0 switcher, all with smoke and "choo-choo" sounds, that little Atlantic was still a cool engine!
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