Oh boy, you’re going to get hooked on the American Flyer S Scale. Perfect scale! Or as we say the “S”uperior scale! Great haul of trains! Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see what engines you pick up next week. Chris from Cbtrainnut on RU-vid.
You have some nice A.F. there. All box cars or cattle cars with opening doors were made with those metal latches, which sort of catch on that nub. The white residue has leached from the plastic. It can be removed by heating with a hair dryer. You are right that one of the flat cars did have an operating search light. The two MONON (pronounced with a long first 'O", which ran from Chicago to Indianapolis to Louisville, is a line I worked for the summer it merged into the L&N) do carry semi-trailers. One is part of a set which included a ramp so that the trailers can be loaded and unloaded automatically. The yellowish flat cars are part of a Civil War era military freight set.
3:52 tenders; they are American flyer O gauge (3:16) both are to be used with an engine with out the center rail pickup, the spot in the front is for the connection to the steam engine for the center rail. If there is a switch on the bottom it has a motorized chugger inside. 16:33 caboose; is most likely a Williams made in the Kusan brand style and mold. K-line used the same body but never those type of trucks. 21:50 boxcar; is a MarX (3:16 scale) with the early metal tilt coupler, the other coupler is a Lionel adapter deal. 25:00 MarX log dump cars. The spring steel holds it down??, and the lever will release it but the tip has the spring on it so that it can back into a spot with a rod sticking up and then move move the train forward and then dump the logs, or they can be dumped by using your finger on that switch on the side.. 28:15 Boxcar made by Kusan, often used on two rail O gauge track, will mate with Lionel type couplers.
The white stuff on the tanker is mold release agent. Take a blow dryer and heat it up and wipe it off. Could take a couple tries. Then a nice clean with warm water and Dawn dish soap and a soft toothbrush. Dry it well and a nice polish with some lemon pledge. Will look good as new.
Marx guy here, that green tin GAEX 1950 was part of a 1950--54 Santa Fe # 21 set as displayed by Dave Clark Lumber recently. [ The Art of Marx Trains, Part 21: Marx FT AA 21 Diesel Freight Set 45200.] The log Dumper is triggered when you back-up to the log receiver. The Marx 3" Christmas Boxcar looks to be NEW MARX. That`s a super-duper purchase. REQUEST! I`ve been looking for a O gauge Dutch Cleanser Boxcar, if you come across one, please let me know?
If you’re looking for tubular track I would suggest Menards. Here’s a link to case count of 30” sections I use it on my layout and am very satisfied with it. They also sell 10” sections and many different radius sizes of curves. Case of 24 30" Straight O Gauge Tubular Track at Menards
