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).
The American Flyer 590T Train Set was also referred to as the Atlantic Three Car Freight train set. The Atlantic refers to the type of Locomotive.
The Gilbert American Flyer Train Set 501T Atlantic was the cheapest train set with smoking unit and choo choo you could buy in 1951. The set featured an Atlantic type locomotive.
Gilbert American Flyer made the American Flyer Train Set 490T for the first time in 1949. It was in the 1949 catalog and then issued again in 1950. The set represented a 3 car Atlantic freight train with a transformer and track that could make a small loop.