In 1950 Gilbert American Flyer changed from the die cast metal street lamps that had been in the catalog since 1940 to plastic street lamps manufactured for Gilbert by the Colber Company. The posts are molded in a gold color plastic with a white plastic diffuser/shade over the bulb at the top.
The first single bulb and dual bulb street lamps entered the Gilbert American Flyer product line in 1940. This was after the acquisition of the American Flyer train product line in 1938 and cataloging double lamp posts designs No. 233 and No. 2210 the same year.
From the acquisition of the American Flyer train product line in 1938, the A. C. Gilbert Company included street lamps in the cataloged product line. Several models were developed over the years along with those inherited from the American Flyer Manufacturing Company in Chicago.
The American Flyer Locomotive 308 Atlantic 4-4-2 would have had 4 leading, 4 driving, and 2 trailing wheels. Gilbert produced 13 models of the Atlantic 4-4-2. Modeled after a Reading Railroad prototype, the Gilbert American Flyer Locomotive 308 Reading Atlantic Flyer locomotive was produced after World War II (1956) as an S Gauge engine at 1:32 scale.
The Gilbert American Flyer Locomotive 299 Atlantic Reading train 4-4-2 would have had 4 leading, 4 driving, and 2 trailing wheels. The locomotive was made in 1954 and was modeled after the Reading Railroad.
This Gilbert American Flyer designed street lamp entered the product line in 1940 and included a No. 690 Track Terminal and wires.