Hello, can we bypass the speaker in the tender? I can't figure the wiring to bypass the speaker.

Sweet under the tree layout, loving the Marx.

Just found your channel, awesome run session. 😎👍

A friend of mine had one of these recti-formers as a child. He said that before it came to him, it had been modified with a full-wave bridge rectifier to replace the tube. It's unfortunate that new tubes aren't plentiful and cheap, that blue glow is way cool!! If/when the tube goes, you can probably replace it with a solid state alternative.

Cool intro to this video. Is “Chicken Beek” a common description of a control handle or is it your terminology? Either way, I could immediately visualize what it would look like.

Nice mountain train. I like how the billboard train cruised by other billboard cars on the siding.

Was this over engineered or what? I live in the New Haven area, and had many family members who worked at AC Gilbert, and I can almost promise you that the handle was not made by Gilbert. They most likely used a plastic handle.

Now I have to find one ! To go along with the tube radio and guitar amplifier I use.

That is a great transformer. And I think the hand machined art deco control handle looks perfect. Well done.

The Silver Streak looks great.

My uncel gave me two switch track sections the Crain and a flat car all American fly er I wished I had more but I got my first lay out when I was 4 years old.

Nice find! I hope you’ll be able to locate needed restoration parts. Thanks for your fine videos! 🚂 🇺🇸

1956 was my favorite catalog cover.

Great stuff as always....... New years request, more repairing videos!

Fun stuff 👍🏻

When Gilbert first introduced the 4-8-4 locomotive in the late prewar era, it was called The Challenger of the Rails. The name has stuck. I have the prewar unit, and it's probably one of the best pulling locomotives in my collection.

I have this set (No. 20455) with the set box. Lived in Connecticut for 7 years and am heavily into New Haven rolling stock. Gilbert hit its peak in 1958 with several freight sets having eight or more cars. This particular set has nine cars, but no transformer. And the NH Electric is my personal favorite loco. The 21573 came in both shiny and dull finishes. The former came with this freight set while the latter came with the Bankers passenger set in 1959. I even rigged one of my 21573s to draw power through the pantographs. Five-digit items began to appear in 1958, but they still had existing stocks of three-digit cars. Many sets from 1958 had three-digit cars in five-digit boxes until the three-digit stock was used up. Virtually all of these sets came with the 913 GN box car. Only a handful of 24006 cars were ever made.

Excellent idea for a video! 🎉 My brother and I grew up with AF trains, and at one time we had both the 1952 and 1956 catalogs. Both have since disintegrated over time, due to usage and age. Since then, I’ve acquired both a mint 1951 and replacement mint 1956 catalog. The artwork that went into these catalogs were fantastic, eye-catching and very enjoyable to peruse. They were “wish books” to us, growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Much treasured nostalgia, for sure! 🚂❤️🇺🇸

I like these catalogue much better than computer advertising. Have a great day 👍🏻

I really enjoy their catalogues. The color and art are super cool! Thanks for posting.

The K5210 set at the bottom of pages 12 and 13 was the first AF train I ever received for Christmas! I still have it some 72 years later. I refurbished it a few years ago and it still runs fine. And I also have that same catalog. The non metal buildings were made by Mini-Craft in 1952 - 53. I believe their factory burned down in 1954. I have most of the Mini-Craft buildings as well.

They were one of the largest employers in the city of New Haven. At their peak, they employed over 4,000 people. My mom worked there, as did many of my family members on both sides. I addition to what was shown in the catalog, they also made power tools, electric fans, mixers, vacuum cleaners, etc. It was quite a loss to this area when they closed. The buildings still stand.

I have that same catalog in my collection.

Very good to know what the quality is like on these reproduction parts... I think I will avoid buying them unless I absolutely have to. Lead is just much too soft for this sort of application, and on top of that I would prefer to avoid having exposed lead castings on my trains wherever possible. Mostly though, I worry about how easily damaged those parts must be. Really not the best quality. I would presume that whoever is manufacturing these parts couldn't justify the investment in tooling required to make new Zamak parts, and opted to use lead so they could cast from home-made rubber molds. Lovely to see this engine running, definitely a model I'd love to have one day. I have the 565 Atlantic and it's quite charming.

I have both the 583 and the later 583A which does not have the reverse unit. It's motor is wound differently and uses a 2 button control to select the direction of operation. Very cool toy. The electromagnet was also included in some Erector sets as well.

Very well done.

Very nice Christmas lay out 🎄

That looks very nice and is running very smoothly. Nice Christmas garden too. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

I have the same engine and cars. The prewar Flyer made in New Haven was superb.

Nice setup 👍 Merry Christmas 🎄

You really got that running smoothly now! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!🚂🎄🙏🎅

It all looks great. Nice to see it running. I have used the silver dry transfers from Doug and had great success with them.. I purchased the Nickel Plate Road stamp and silver ink but have not tried it yet. Merry Christmas

Very cool, merry Christmas 🎄

Well done 👍

Are these only dc or dcc, because I’m not sure if mine is dcc?

Pre-war Flyer is a complete mystery to me so I love that you’re putting out these restoration and operation videos! Merry Christmas.

The brush holder for 1946-47 S gauge is the same as 1941 prewar.

Great video, I find vintage O scale brass like this very interesting

The Pocher model’s coupler was very common in Europe. If you replace it with a Kadee coupler worth the shank at the bottom of the knuckle, it should come to standard night. The flanges on the Pocher are also typical of European models. I have 3 4-4-0s that I purchased from AHM YEARS ago and all 3 have the deep flanges. I believe they were manufactured by Rivarossi. By the way, the model of the V&t “Reno” you have is of the later version. When “Reno” was delivered to the V&T, it was a wood burner, as were all the American locomotives purchased by the V&T. The 3 locomotives modeled by Rivarossi were “Reno”, “Inyo” and “Genoa”. There were others as well the other one that I remember was “Dayton”. All of these locomotives were named after communities served by the V&T. I don’t know why no one has produced the “Dayton”, which the V&T converted to a “plow locomotive”.

Very nice. You made a good runner and good consist for it.

Nice repair and modification to the whistle to get it running again. Very innovative. 👍

Great job

Very nice work, I really like how it turned out!

Nice job 👍