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bought this #473 Santa Fe Alco dummy to use its chassis for one of the
C&O shells, but it turned out to be a nicer engine than I expected
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later got another 473 that was on an LTI can motor chassis that I used
for the C&O engine. Then I got an old 481 Silver Flash
chassis for that 473 and voila - a double engine set! |
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| I finally found a 471 dummy B-Unit on ebay and ... |
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| An assembled 4713 Sante Fe Chief ABA engine set! Gilbert made these from 1954 to 1957. |
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| The other Sante Fe Chief Alcos: #4856 that was used in three freight train sets in 1956 & 1957. |
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| The 484 powered unit |
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| The 485 dummy B-unit |
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| The 486 dummy A-unit |
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| I
assembled a 4745 Rocket Alco set the same way as I did the 4713.
I bought a batch of chasses and found a 475 shell to put on one of the
dummy chasses. New decals, couplers, horns, and air vent will
restore it to Very Good condition. And I just bought a 474
powered Rocket A-Unit to complete the set. |
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| The powered 474. |
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| And the completed 4745 engine set as made by Gilbert in 1954 & 1955. |
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you or your friends have some American Flyer trains and would like them
to go to a nice home where they'll be loved and cared for, this is the
place! Email me: theupstairstrain@yahoo.com. See my Wish List for the items I want most. On the other side of the coin, I post pictures of surplus items I have for sale from time to time on my For Sale page. |
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