The 450 Noma Talking Station was made in the 1950s by Noma Lites – a Christmas light company to go with Lionel and American Flyer trains. The mechanism was powered by two regular D batteries.
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Category: Postwar S Gauge
This is American Flyer’s largest steam engine. Made in 1952 only, the K in K335 refers to the knuckle coupler. Earlier Northerners – 332, 332AC and 332DC had link and pin couplers.
This loco is also called the Challenger because Flyer referred to it as the Northerner and as the Challenger in their catalogs.
This is the most common version of American Flyer’s popular 0-8-0 switcher. The DC in 342DC means it doesn’t have a reverse unit and was wired for DC operation.
This was made between 1946 and 1952. The 342DC shown above is the last one from 1952.
American Flyer made this interesting accessory for only three years. Catalog number 23791 cow on track.
The operator pushes the red button on the controller and the cow swings out over the track. The train stops before hitting the cow. When the green button is pushed the cow swings away from the track and the train starts up again.
Many of these when found are melted. There is a resistor under the green base that blocks off most of the current so the reverse unit won’t cycle. If the cow is left over the track for long periods of time, the resistor gets hot and melts the base.