MTH Electric Trains PREMIER GP 7/9 User Manual download pdf (Page 32)

{ }

American Flyer #4689 & #4637

Passenger Sets

Red - Std. Gauge Presidential Passenger Set

11-40072 $1299.95

Originally featured on the 1928 American Flyer Catalog Cover

Red - No. 4689 Std. Gauge Presidential Locomotive

11-2031-1 Proto-Sound 3.0 $899.95

11-2031-0 Traditional $899.95

The brass-trimmed 4637 electric engine, the rst American Flyer

St. Paul-Style Cab Electric, rst appeared in the Flyer lineup in 1928

and came outtted with remote control reverse and a new ring-

ing bell. The catalog copy said it all, “a striking example of that

consummate mastery of little things by which scaled reproduction

and brilliance is attained”.

Sporting a green body and a tan chassis, the “Shasta” headed up

the Pocahontas passenger cars or the Mountaineer freight set that

rst year. In subsequent years, less trimmed and slightly shorter

versions of the St. Paul type locomotive appeared in Flyer catalogs.

These so-named 4635 and 4685 locomotives headed up The Path-

nder and Lone Scout freight and passenger sets. But it wasn’t

until 1932, when a sharp reduction in the number of variations

was offered that the 4637 was truly highlighted in the Flyer lineup.

Heading up the 1468 Legionaire set, the green and tan 4637

pulled three 19-inch President’s Special passenger cars sporting the

same livery found on the Pocahontas passenger cars of 1928. This

spectacular set has proven itself to be one of the hardest American

Flyer sets to nd today.

While the 15” long Wide-Gauge engine was high-tech for its time,

with a “patented ringing bell and patented light in the re box”,

today’s Lionel Corporation’s beautiful reproduction justly captures

the handsome brass piping and other details of this classic 0-4-0

electric locomotive. Available with both traditional features or

state-of-the-art contemporary sound equipped functions, the 4637

and matching Legionaire passenger cars are sure to make a stun-

ning addition to any standard gauge fan’s collection.

1 2 ... 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 ... 67 68

No comments

MTH Electric Trains PREMIER GP 7/9 User Manual Page 32