Vintage 1955 Gilbert / American Flyer #433 HO PRR 0-6-0 Switcher MA053-LV064

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NO reserves Vintage1955 HO #433 PRR ( Pennsylvania RR) 0-6-0 Switcher Loco Manufacturer = Gilbert / American Flyer This engine will make a wonderful addition to your train collection! · Used · Cast metal engine & tender · Model # on underbody = P10024 · Has wear and tear. But, great looking for its age (Check pictures) · A coating of dust · Paint and markings are in OK shape (Check pictures) · Nickel plated wheels show signs of use wear · Missing a front coupler · Missing some hand railings on the tender · No box or paperwork · Tested on our 22" circular track = Engine great +/- also headlight works and loco smoked and chugged while going around the track! o This is the perfect addition for someone who likes to fix / restore model trains to their original formats, you will end up with a great addition to your collection · Weight without packaging = 18 oz (504 g) · Overall length = 9" (229 mm) · Package weight = 30 oz · Track in pictures not included 0-6-0 "Switcher": The 0-6-0 configuration was the most widely used wheel arrangement for both tender and tank steam locomotives. The type was also widely used for diesel switchers (shunters). Because they lack leading and trailing wheels, locomotives of this type have all their weight pressing down on their driving wheels and consequently have a high tractive effort and factor of adhesion, making them comparatively strong engines for their size, weight and fuel consumption. On the other hand, the lack of unpowered leading wheels have the result that 0-6-0 locomotives are less stable at speed, so they are mostly used on trains where high speed is unnecessary. Since 0-6-0 tender engines can pull fairly heavy trains, albeit slowly, the type was commonly used to pull short and medium distance freight trains such as pickup goods trains along both main and branch lines. The tank engine versions were widely used as switching (shunting) locomotives since the smaller 0-4-0 types were not large enough to be versatile in this job. 0-8-0 and larger switching locomotives, on the other hand, were too big to be economical or even usable on lightly built railways such as dockyards and goods yards, precisely the sorts of places where switching locomotives were most needed. American Flyer: American Flyer was a popular brand of toy train and model railroad in the United States in the middle part of the 20th century. Although best remembered for the S gauge trains of the 1950s that it made as a division of the A. C. Gilbert Company, American Flyer was initially an independent company whose origins date back nearly a half century earlier. Chicago, Illinois-based toymaker William Frederick Hafner developed a clockwork motor for toy cars in 1901 while working for a company called Toy Auto Company. According to the recollections of William Hafner's son, John, he had developed a clockwork train running on O gauge track by 1905. Hafner's friend, William Ogden Coleman, gained control of the Edmonds-Metzel Hardware Company. Hafner and Coleman began producing toy trains using Edmonds-Metzel's excess manufacturing capability after Hafner was able to secure $15,000 worth of orders. By 1907, two American retailers, G. Sommers & Co. and Montgomery Ward, were selling Edmonds-Metzel trains. In 1908, Edmonds-Metzel adopted the American Flyer brand name for the trains. The items offered here are one of over 400 HO Scale vintage locomotives and groups of rolling stock from an estate sale. It's an extraordinary collection in that the collector was primarily interested in older manufactured product dating from the 1940's through early 1980s. Check back weekly for additional items. See my 100% positive feedback and generous return policy. My return policy ... You must be satisfied with your winning bid purchase or you can return it within 14 days of receipt for ... read more

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