The Gilbert Train Engine 21005 was made for one year in 1958 and was a switcher. The American Flyer Locomotive Switcher 0-6-0 would have had 0 leading, 6 driving, and 0 trailing wheels. There were 5 models of the Switcher 0-6-0 produced by Gilbert. The American Flyer 21005 Pennsylvania 0-6-0 Yard Switcher and Tender was a catalogued version from 1958.
The Gilbert Train Engine 21004 was made in 1957 and was a switcher. The American Flyer Locomotive Switcher 0-6-0 would have had 0 leading, 6 driving, and 0 trailing wheels. There were 5 models of the Switcher 0-6-0 produced by Gilbert. The American Flyer 21004 Pennsylvania 0-6-0 Yard Switcher and Tender was an uncatalogued version from 1957.
The American Flyer Locomotive 283 lettered for the Chicago North Western made its debut in 1954 with a plastic tender and knuckle coupler. This was Gilbert’s first postwar, newly tooled steam locomotive with a plastic boiler.
The American Flyer Locomotive 293 lettered for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad ran from 1872 until 1968 and dominated rail traffic in the region.
The American Flyer Locomotive with catalog number 301 is part of the series of Atlantic wheel arrangement was introduced in the 1953 catalog. (Actually a 301 Atlantic was shown in the 1946 and 1947 catalogs but is thought to not have been produced).
American Flyer had three basic types of diesel trucks. Diesel naming convention moved away from the steam Whyte system and focused on Axels instead of wheels.