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Experienced railroad workers explained their job duties, and the work was illustrated by showing A.C. Gilbert's American Flyer model train layouts created for the series. [2] The series was touted as "honoring heroes of the railroading business" and presenting dramatic stories. [3]
SP used the Simulator Camera Car (under its number 8799) to film for a training program set up by SP. Since the camera of the Camera Car sat about at eye level with an EMD SD45's eye level, the unit was used to train engineers on how to operate such a locomotive. A mock SD45 cab was fabricated and installed in the fixed-base simulator facility ...
In 1918, American Flyer introduced its first electric train, an O gauge model that was simply a windup model with an electric motor in place of the clockwork motor. This was a common practice at the time. The same year, William Coleman died and his son, William Ogden Coleman, Jr., took over the company. At that time the factory and ...
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This is a category for companies who have made products related to model railroading or railway modelling. See also Category:Toy train manufacturers . Subcategories
Two American Flyer coaches behind a New Haven EP-5 electric locomotive. The American Flyer was an early streamlined American passenger railcar built by Pullman-Standard in the 1930s. They were the first streamlined equipment operated in New England and acquired their name from the model trains that their design inspired. [1] [2]
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