fantasy: American Flyer Lines Center-cupola Cabooses
Model Manufacturer Info
Prototype Info
Style:
center-cupola
Body:
steel
Road Name:
fantasy: American Flyer Lines
Model Info
Gauge:
AF
Introduced:
1958
Road Number(s):
24610
Product Type:
plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Wheels:
hi-rail
Couplers:
AF
Online Article:
(image copyright © Ted Hamler; used by permission)
(image copyright © Jim Hammond; used by permission)
Model Manufacturer Info
Prototype Info
Style:
center-cupola
Body:
steel
Road Name:
fantasy: American Flyer Lines
Model Info
Gauge:
AF
Introduced:
1958
Road Number(s):
24626
Product Type:
plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Wheels:
hi-rail
Couplers:
AF
Product Notes:
Notes:
The #24626 was produced in 1958 in three variations. The first variation is shown in the photo which has a red-orange stripe, grab irons, and no window coverings. The second is identical except it has window coverings. The third has maroon stripe and grab irons.
(image copyright © Ted Hamler; used by permission)
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer ID:
25031
Prototype Info
Style:
center-cupola
Body:
steel
Road Name:
fantasy: American Flyer Lines
Model Info
Gauge:
AF
Introduced:
1958
Road Number(s):
25031
Product Type:
plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Wheels:
hi-rail
Couplers:
AF
Notes:
This action caboose is one of the rarest of all post-war cabooses. The reason being that it was not sold separately even though it was listed in the 1958 catalog. In 1958 Gilbert had an abundance of 977 cabooses and sold them in sets and as separate sale items. The only known source for the 25031 Action Caboose was part a very limited number of 1958 Meteor sets as reported by Dennis Bagby in Greenberg's Guide to American Flyer S Gauge Volume III Sets, First Edition. The 1958 set with an action caboose was advertised as having 25031, however, nearly all sets contained the 977 caboose.
(image copyright © Ted Hamler; used by permission)