Lackawanna Girder Bridge - American Flyer
I picked up this Lackawanna girder bridge at the same Christmas train show that I bought the Plasticville Town Hall building earlier this month and we are going to add it to the Mantleburg line this week. This isn't a Lionel part, but rather this is made by American Flyer . I think this might be the first American Flyer part that we've acquired. It was just $5, but looking at the various listings on Ebay and Etsy , they're mostly listed for between $40 and $50. So...thinking we scored a deal. The sticker itself is cool, right? Shows it was made by The A.C. Gilbert Company in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Who knew...but...The Gilbert Company invented the erector set ! They owned American Flyer from 1938 to 1966 , but I can't quite figure out when they put out this bridge. From the sounds of it, I would guess it happened sometime after the 1946 post-war startup and like the mid-1950's when things slowed down before their founder die...