Here we have an American Flyer O Gauge Lithographed 8 wheel Caboose produced from 1921 to 1929. However, since this one has type IV trucks, it was actually produced only from 1924- 1927.  It has 8 Wheels, and “American Flyer” plus “1117” (two places) lettered in white on each side.  It is all original and complete.

#1117 American Flyer Caboose: Overall condition is VG(C-6) with a few scratches and some surface rust/oxidation on one frame end.  In detail: Both ends and both sides are EX+ (C-7+) and nice & shiny. Main roof is VG+ (C-6+) a few nicks. Cupola sides are EX (C-7) while its roof is G (C-5) with scratches showing oxidation. Frame is G (C-5) with paint loss and surface rust on one end (rest of frame is EX (C-7). Couplers and trucks are EX (C-7).

Please verify the condition with the photographs supplied. If you are the buyer, you will receive the American Flyer #1117 Caboose shown in the photographs. 

 

Very fair asking price and no reserve!

 

ABOUT AMERICAN FLYER O GAUGE

Edmunds Metzel and American Flyer in Chicago manufactured O Gauge trains from 1907 until 1937. AC Gilbert bought American Flyer, moved production to New Haven, CT, and continued O gauge production until 1942. These trains included both clockwork (1907-1932) and electric (1918-1942). The prime market for AF O gauge is for collectors. There are some people who operate them, with the nostalgia that entails, and they like the fact that they can rather easily be repaired for operation.

To date, no one is reproducing American Flyer O Gauge Trains, which enhances and slowly increases their value to collectors, as, over time, the O Gauge trains available decreases. There are no more AF O gauge trains, other than what was originally produced through 1942, and many of these have been lost, broken, thrown away, or destroyed in fires or floods and this will continue.

Lastly, from 1907 through 1942, the American Flyer Line included lithographed models which are among the most realistic and most beautiful trains ever produced, as Louis Hertz, the dean of toy train collecting, has repeatedly said.