Fun & Thrills with American Flyer Trains

Season 1

American Flyer was always Avis to Lionel's Hertz. Lionel outsold American Flyer, not because their trains were better, but because their marketing was better. But that doesn't bother the many "Flyer guys" today who run and collect American Flyer trains and who still insist their trains are the best, mainly because Flyer trains ran on two-rail track, just like real trains.

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S1 E1 - Part 1
September 1, 2011
47min
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A fabulous Flyer S gauge mix. Bruce Lorence - lots of train and accessory action. Bruce loves AF's Choo-Choo and has a very understanding wife. Brad Nelson - trains and accessories in a scale-detailed setting. Bruce Manson - a busy look at both city and country life plus Bruce's wry and witty observations about trains and everything else. Warning: Watching this may turn you into a Flyer fan.
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S1 E2 - Part 2
September 1, 2011
54min
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Warren Frost first was an HO modeler then switched to American Flyer and built a highly detailed, 20X22-foot S gauge layout. Mike Kolleseus - pure Gilbert layout plus fabulous scratch-built Erector accessories that you have to see to believe. Mike's concoctions work better than either Lionel's or Flyer's. Ed Fialkowski runs S gauge on three levels with six loops and a kit-built trolley overhead.
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