1957 Steam Locomotives by A.C. Gilbert

A.C. Gilbert

21004

0-6-0

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

AF

1957

21004

Plastic

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

A.C. Gilbert

263

0-6-0

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

AF

1957

263

Plastic

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

A.C. Gilbert

21030

21034

4-4-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

AF

1957

21030, 21034

Plastic

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

Dual decorated for the Reading.

A.C. Gilbert

21045

4-6-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

K5

AF

1957

21045

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

Dual decorated for the PRR.

A.C. Gilbert

21095

4-6-2

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

AF

1957

21095

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

General Wiring

Also marked for the New York New Haven & Hartford. This may very well be the rarest A.C. Gilbert locomotive. It was shown in the 1957 catalog, but very few, if any, were ever produced and sold with "21095" on the locomotive. If one were to have bought a #21095 in 1957, the box that it came in would have been marked either "21094" or "21095" with a #293 inside. According to Greenberg, and an article that appeared in the Train Collectors Quarterly in July 1982 (pages 26-27) written by D. Robinson, the #21095 was a "replacement" body that was supplied by authorized service stations. None of the bodies have a date stamp. Photo #2 shows numbers on the inside of the shell. The "PA 10886" is the number of the die-cast Pacific body casting. The second number, on the white sticker that reads "XA10A886ERP", is Gilbert's part number for the #21095. Photo #3 shows the boxes in which the main engine and the tender came in. Because of the markings on the box, Ted Hamler and others believe that #21095 was actually sold as a complete engine by A.C. Gilbert, not as just a replacement body only.

A.C. Gilbert

21058

4-6-4

fantasy: American Flyer Lines

AF

1957

21058

Die-cast

painted & lettered

AC

hi-rail

AF

Dual decorated for the NYC.