American Flyer Displays & History

Rare Items

Pre-Production Design & Engineering Samples, Limited Production Items, and Other Rarities

While most of these were not created as displays per se, they are certainly worthy of display today.  These are mockups of ideas for possible production or other rarities. 
My thanks go to the those who have shared photos of these items.    This section is under construction so come back often as new items will be appearing from time.

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Alco PA Design Sample

 Alco PA Diesel Prototype

Photo Courtesy of Gary Baloun

Salesman's Cutaway Display

 Salesman's Cutaway Display
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Photo Courtesy of Richard Trotter

Yellow Striped Silver Streak

 Silver Streak with Yellow Decal, not Red
(Shown on 1952 catalog cover)

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Photo Courtesy of Gary Baloun

GM SW Diesel Switcher Design Sample

 1956 Catalog Cover Layout
Photos Courtesy of Clay Buckage

Click Here to see Maury Romer's Descriptive Tag

GM GP-7 Diesel Switcher Design Sample

GP7 Prototype

Photo Courtesy of Gary Baloun

Mallet Design Sample

Mallet Breadboard Model

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Photo Courtesy of Richard Trotter

695 Track Trip from 1946

695 Track Trip
This is a very rare item from 1946, so rare that some have thought it was never made, but it was.
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Photo Courtesy of Lonny Beno

0-8-0 Switcher Engineering Sample from 1945

0-8-0 Engineering Sample
"The Rarest of the Rare"
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Photo Courtesy of Paul Burkholder

The First Smoking LocomotiveFirst Gilbert Smoking Locomotive

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Photo Courtesy of Gary Baloun

Early Post-war Scale Flange Cars

Caboose wit Scale Flange
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Photo Courtesy of Paul Burkholder