American Flyer S Scale Mint Cars

In the 2013 American Flyer Catalog, Lionel introduced a line of Mint Cars. Production continued through 2019.

Unless otherwise specified, the pictures on this page are my own.

# #48844 Christmas Mint Car in the 2013 catalog.

#48845 Fort Knox Mint Car in the 2013, 2015, & 2017 catalogs.

#48846 Gilbert Mines Mint Car in the 2013 catalog.
(Artist's rendering from the 2013 American Flyer catalog.)

#48847 NYC Federal Reserve Mint Car in the 2013 - 2015 & 2017 catalogs.
(Artist's rendering from the 2013 American Flyer catalog.)

#48848 San Francisco Federal Reserve Mint Car in the 2013 - 2015 & 2017 catalogs.
(Artist's rendering from the 2013 American Flyer catalog.)

#48854 Boston Federal Reserve Mint Car in the 2014 & 2015 catalogs.
(Artist's rendering from the 2015 American Flyer catalog.)

#1919410 The Polar Express Mint Car in the 2018 & 2019 catalogs.

Over the years, Gilbert made four different kinds of couplers, three of which are common and familiar to most American Flyer owners: link, knuckle, and Pike Master. The fourth, the so-called "solid knuckle coupler," was short-lived and not used on very many cars. Lionel later came up with its own version of knuckle coupler. American Flyer has therefore gone through five generations of couplers. Because there seem to be a lot of people confused by this, I created a page to show the differences. Click the picture below for more detail.

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