Lightweight Combine (Baggage/Coach) Passenger Cars by A.C. Gilbert for 1954
Prototype Info
Era:
lightweight
Car Type:
combine (baggage/coach)
Doors:
2
Windows:
6
Road Name:
fantasy: American Flyer Lines
Road Number(s):
960
Car Name:
Columbus
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer ID:
960B
Gauge:
AF
Introduced:
1954
Product Type:
plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Wheels:
hi-rail
Couplers:
AF
Lighted:
yes
Supplemental Part:
Supplemental Part:
Supplemental Part:
Notes:
The model was produced through 1955 in only one variation. It has a satin silver painted finish over a black body and a blue color band (the "B" in the model number).
(image copyright © Ted Hamler; used by permission)
Prototype Info
Era:
lightweight
Car Type:
combine (baggage/coach)
Doors:
2
Windows:
6
Road Name:
fantasy: American Flyer Lines
Road Number(s):
962
Car Name:
Columbus
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer ID:
960C
Gauge:
AF
Introduced:
1954
Product Type:
plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Wheels:
hi-rail
Couplers:
AF
Lighted:
yes
Supplemental Part:
Supplemental Part:
Supplemental Part:
Notes:
This model was only produced in 1954 in three variations, all with a chestnut-colored band (the "C" in the model number):
1. satin-silver-painted finish over a black body.
2. satin-silver-painted finish over a white body.
3. painted satin silver over a chrome-finished white body.
(image copyright © Jim Hammond; used by permission)
(image copyright © Ted Hamler; used by permission)
Prototype Info
Era:
lightweight
Car Type:
combine (baggage/coach)
Doors:
2
Windows:
6
Road Name:
fantasy: American Flyer Lines
Road Number(s):
960
Car Name:
Columbus
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer ID:
960R
Gauge:
AF
Introduced:
1954
Product Type:
plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Wheels:
hi-rail
Couplers:
AF
Lighted:
yes
Supplemental Part:
Supplemental Part:
Supplemental Part:
Notes:
This model was produced through 1958 in two variations, both of a black body painted a satin-silver color with an red band (the "R" in the model number):
1954-56: uses a metal nameplate for the "960 Columbus 960".
1957-58: has "960 Columbus 960" stamped directly on the body.
(image copyright © Ted Hamler; used by permission)
(image copyright © Jim Hammond; used by permission)
Prototype Info
Era:
lightweight
Car Type:
combine (baggage/coach)
Doors:
2
Windows:
6
Road Name:
fantasy: American Flyer Lines
Road Number(s):
960
Car Name:
Columbus
Model Manufacturer Info
Manufacturer:
A.C. Gilbert
Manufacturer ID:
960S
Gauge:
AF
Introduced:
1954
Product Type:
plastic
Finish:
painted & lettered
Wheels:
hi-rail
Couplers:
AF
Lighted:
yes
Supplemental Part:
Supplemental Part:
Supplemental Part:
Notes:
The model was produced only in 1954 in three variations. It has a satin silver painted finish over a black body and a silver color band (the "S" in the model number).
1. white or black body painted silver.
2. chrome body painted silver.
3. black body painted silver (very rare); it is a factory-modified 1952 #500 car; "baggage" was painted over and re-lettered "American Flyer Lines"; the #500 nameplate was reversed and marked "960 Columbus 960"; the link couplers were converted to knuckle couplers.
(image copyright © Ted Hamler; used by permission)