American Flyer: Unboxing Set
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2023
- Here I unbox a very nice, nearly complete set #4620A from 1948. The set includes a Hudson freight train and the operating 752 coal loader. This set will be included in my American Flyer Complete Railroad System Challenge video coming soon.
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This video was created using the iMovie app on my iPhone.
Thanks for watching!
My first memory as a child was this train and the Rocket Alco passenger set. I still have both and they have been passed on as an heirloom toy to my nephew. Unfortunately, water damaged our box and like my parents are longer with us. The memories however, are always here.
One of my first trains when I was a kid was the Rocket Alco set. That and a 4904T 290 pacific freight set with an extra Gulf tank car. So many memories trying to swap places in a siding running both trains at once. Great memories!
I have all of this equipment. But none in the original boxes. It's nice to see how this set came from the factory. 😊👌👍!
3/4 century of fun
Very nice. Thank you for showing.
Nicely detailed video Thank You 😊
Always liked the smell of American Flyer smoke units better than Lionel. AF had some great sets too!
I find it funny that this model lasted longer than the real engine.
Very true, but the Hudson is a true classic locomotive.
This set is very similar to the set my grandfather received for Christmas 1947, the 4613. It was a bit different in terms of what cars came with it, but it has the 322, which he enjoys very much. He kept it in very nice condition except for the numbers on the cab, which I remember him saying he rubbed off with an eraser when he was a kid! Unweighted couplers, black painted track, and for the most part all complete minus the boxes. He even has the smoke pellets which he kept in the box, although he used all of them. When we built his layout, we used some of that black track. That 322 is probably one of my favorite locomotives AF made.
The 322 Hudson is a great locomotive. I especially like the early ones with smoke-in-tender.
@@RichardTrotter1961 They are certainly a great loco. Does modern smoke fluid work in those or is there something special you have to use with them?
@@zenithcoinsandhobbies Yes, modern smoke fluid will work in the Smoke-in-tender units.
I use Super Smoke and ANORMAL 1 smoke fluid. Stiff link couplers are easy to loosen up. I sprayed a little WD-40 in a makeup jar, then I dipped a cotton swab in it, then I only wet the coupler all over the moving parts freeing the coupler to like new operation! CRC 2-26 is what I use more but WD40 worked just ás well. You cañ avoid all that other complicated baloney some people say to do, keep it simple!
Beautiful set. I would have thought that the set # would have started with 48.
Please make a video running that awesome set. Many of my family members worked there. I live about 7 miles away from the factory. It still stands.
The set was originally made in 1946 so they just kept the 46 designation on the set number even though it was made over the course of several years in the late 40’s. I’ll gladly give it a trial run. Stay tuned! Thanks for watching.
My American Flyer of that era had the log loader and log car, and the talking station. I don't recall what other accessories it had. I traded the train set in 2002 for an antique dining set.
I remember a Harley Davidson commercial where a grandpa is talking to his grandson about Harley motorcycles. The grandson asks “Did you have a Harley Grandpa!” And the grandpa replied with a sad voice, “no, I bought aluminum siding instead.” lol! We all have to make choices, but it’s never too late to get back in the game with model railroading. 😁
We still have the set.
Sorry, doesn't come close to Lionel's realism!!!!!
Well, I have to say Lionel puts out some good looking stuff. But I would counter with the ingenuity of running American Flyer on AC power on realistic two-rail track instead of rounded three rail was quite the innovation. 😉