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Collecting Toy Trains O'Brien's Edition #5 by Stephan Soft Cover
Collecting Toy Trains OBriens Edition #5 by Elizabeth Stephan Post war and Modern Lionel, American Flyer, Ives, Marx, more. Soft Cover 448 pages.
OBriens Collecting Toy Trains Edited by Elizabeth A Stephan
Soft Cover
447 pages
Copyright 1999
Contents
Editor's Note5
What's on the Cover6
American Flyer7
American Flyer HO30
American Flyer S Gauge44
Buddy "L"72
Industrial Train73
Outdoor Railroad 73
Carlisle and Finch76
Accessories79
Freight Cars80
Mining Cars 82
Mining Equipment 82
Passenger Cars 83
Steam Locomotives 84
Trolleys 87
Carlisle and Finch Outfits90
Dorfan91
Elektoy 99
Elektoy Outfits 102
Howard Electric Novelty Company 103
Howard Electric Outfits 106
Ives 107
Ives Set List 170
Lionel 181
Lionel, Modern-era299
Accessories 301
Chicago Lionel Railroaders 308
Engines and Caboose 308
Lionel Ambassador Society 315
Lionel Century Club315
Lionel Collectors Club of America315
Lionel Employee Christmas Cards316
Lionel Promotional Sets 316
Lionel Visitor Center316
Nassau Operating Engines 316
Rolling Stock 318
Sets 338
St. Louis Railroader Club346
Toy Train Operating Society 346
Vapor Records346
Marx347
Tootsietoy 412
Unique419
Miscellaneous424
Auburn Rubber426
Barclay Mfg. Co.427
Beggs429
Bliss 429
Converse 430
Corcor430
Dayton430
Dent430
Doepke 430
George Brown430
Hafner431
Hoge Mfg. Co. 431
Hubley432
Kansas Toy & Novelty 433
Kenton433
Keystone 434
Kingsburg 434
Kingsbury 434
Nosco Plastics434
Ranger Fast Freight-Rangers Steel Products 434
Reed 434
Remco434
Revell 435
Scheibel435
Voltamp436
Weeden436
Wilkins 436
Various Manufacturers 438
Auction Houses446
Clubs447
Collectors and Dealers 447
American Flyer began in 1900 when William Hafner of Chicago, Illinois went into business as a toy manufacturer. When wind-up trains were added to the line-up, William Coleman was brought in as a financial partner. By 1910, trains were the firm's strongest line, and the company's name was changed to American Flyer.
Hafner left in 1914, with Coleman remaining. In 1937, A.C. Gilbert, best known at the time for his Erector sets, began to negotiate a take over of American Flyer and by 1938 the deal was consummated. The base of operations then began to slowly shift from Chicago to New Haven, Connecticut where Gilbert began to redesign the trains. HO-scale were introduced in Gilbert's first catalog, and in 1939, he began 3:16-scale which were more highly detailed and realistic-looking than anything in the previous history of toy trains. By 1941, the entire line was 3:16-scale, which, despite its heightened realism, still ran on three-rail tracks.
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