American Flyer S Scale Alco Diesel Engines (2 of 6)
Gilbert made 28 distinct
Alco Diesel Engines as listed on a page and a half of the TM
Guide, not counting the variations on some of the 28. Lionel made
62 more up through 2017 under the American Flyer name. Because
there are so many, I have split them up over six web
pages:
Gilbert Alcos #362 through #467 are on page
1
#472 through #4945 are on this page
#21551 through #21929 are on page
3
Lionel
Alcos # 8150 through #47998
are on page
4
#48100 through #48116
are on page
5
#48117 through #48162
are on page
6
Unless
otherwise specified, the large pictures on this page are of
engines in the collection of The Upstairs Train.
If you
have a picture that you would like to share with the world of any
of the engines not shown here (or a better picture of one that is
shown!), email them to me: theupstairstrain@gmail.com. Click
here for a
list of the pictures I need to complete the Gallery.
Click on an
engine to see the train(s) it pulls.
When I get all the pages
built, that will work for all engines. For now, it only
works for the ones I own.
#472 Sante Fe
Alco A Unit made only in 1956. It is a single-motor A
unit.
There is no dummy A or B unit.
(Photo courtesy of an
anonymous donor.)
The #476
Rocket dummy B Unit was made only in 1955. It is beyond
rare,
Bob Bubeck reports "There is only one known example
of the Rocket 476 B unit."
The #479
Silver Flash Alco A Unit made only in 1955. It is a
single-motor A unit, sold with no dummy.
(Photo courtesy of
Rick
Dunn.)
The extremely
rare #480 Silver Flash Alco B Unit made only in 1955.
(Photo
courtesy of an anonymous donor.)
The #481
Silver Flash Alco A Unit made only in 1956. It is a
single-motor A unit, sold with no dummy.
(Photo courtesy of an
anonymous donor.)
#497
New Haven A Unit made only in 1957, sold with no dummy.
(Photo
courtesy of Don Hasenzahl.)
#4713 silver
painted Santa Fe Alco engine set made from 1954 to 1957.
It
comprised a #470 dual-motor A unit, #471 dummy B Unit, and #473
dummy A Unit.
A chrome
version was made in 1953.
(Photo courtesy of Rick
Dunn.)
Here's a
close-up of the B-Unit.
(Picture courtesy of Jim
Marski.)
#4745 chrome
Rocket Alco set made in 1953.
It comprised a #474 dual-motor A
unit and #475 dummy A Unit.
(Photo courtesy of an anonymous
donor.)
I have the silver painted version made from 1954 to 1955.
The rare
#4778 silver painted Silver Flash Alco set made only in 1954.
It
comprised the #477 dual-motor A Unit and #478 dummy B Unit.
#477 Silver Flash A Unit made only in 1954.
The distinctive front of the #477 Silver Flash A Unit.
#478 Silver Flash B Unit made only in 1954.
An equally
rare chrome version was made in 1953.
(My apologies. I
lost track of whose picture this is.
If you recognize this as
yours, please let me know and I will give proper photo credit.)
The somewhat
rare #4856 Santa Fe Alco set made from 1956 to 1957.
It
comprised a #484 dual-motor A unit, #485 dummy B Unit, and #486
dummy A Unit.
The rare
#4913 Northern Pacific Alco set made only in 1956.
It comprised
a #490 powered A unit, #491 dummy B Unit, and #492 dummy A
Unit.
(My apologies. I lost track of whose picture this
is.
If you recognize this as yours, please let me know and I
will give proper photo credit.)
What I have is a #492 Dummy shell on a powered chassis.
The rare #4945 New Haven set, comprising a #494 dual-motor A unit and
#495 dummy A unit, made only in 1956.
There was no B Unit.
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