Gilbert Catalog
Price in 1951: Unlisted
The lowest priced smoke puffing train set you con buy, anywhere! And what fun you con have with this speedy freight outfit as you send her streaking along the rolls, smoke puffing out of the stuck and realistic choo-choos keeping time with the big drive wheels. Worm-and-gear-driven Locomotive is "Atlantic" type; cars con be uncoupled at touch of lever. Transformer included. Train measures 3 ft., 2 in. long. Track forms 120 in. oval.

No. 501T TRAIN SET COMPRISES:
No. 302 Atlantic Locomotive and Tender. Locomotive puffs Smoke and has Choo-Choo sounds. 16" long. No. 640 Hopper Car, with gray finish. 6 3/4" long. No. 642 Box Cor, with red railroad finish. 7 7/8" long. No. 638 red Caboose, with complete detail. 6" long. No. 1 25-Watt Transformer — No. 704 Uncoupler — 12 sec. Curved Track — No. 690 Truck Terminal — Smoke Capsule and Funnel — Illustrated Train Book.

No. 1 American Flyer "Safetyfirst" Transformer, with 25 Watt power output, is included with train above.

Price in 1952: Unlisted
It puffs Smoke, it sounds off with built-in choo-choos, it starts, stops and reverses by remote control, and it has a powerful worm-drive motor! Scale model "Atlantic" type 4-4-2 Locomotive has authentic sand and steam domes, valve gear, firebox, handrails, boiler pipes and other detail. Cars uncouple at the touch of a lever and couple automatically. Packed complete with cars and transformer; all ready to set up and run.

No. 501T AMERICAN FLYER FREIGHT INCLUDES:
No. 320 LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER
No. 642 BOX CAR
No. 640 HOPPER CAR
No. 638 CABOOSE
25-WATT TRANSFORMER
No. 704 UNCOUPLER
12 SECTIONS CURVED TRACK
No. 690 TRACK TERMINAL
SMOKE CAPSULE AND FUNNEL
ILLUSTRATED TRAIN BOOK