PICTURE YOUR RAILROAD EMPIRE IN ADVANCE
In all the world of playdom, Miniature Railroading offers a pastime of
never-ending thrills and countless hours of pleasure.
There’s something fascinating about our great railway systems and their
charm reflects on the imagination and inventive genius of youngsters and grown
ups with the resultant desire to imitate and reproduce. Such
a
desire can, and
probably will, become an accomplishment with you now that you own an
American Flyer Train, for you are actually at the very starting point to enjoy
all the thrills that such a hobby presents.
Picture your train speeding over the rails, passing green lighted signals
and semaphores
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roaring through tunnels and over bridges, smoke streaming
from its stack, the noise of its “choo-choo” beating against the walls, and finally
slowing down with a grinding of couplers and screeching brakes, as your station
looms into view. Picture a scenic background with green fields, winding rivers,
waterfalls and lakes
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big cities and little towns nestling in the foothills along
the right of way
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tree-studded slopes with towering mountains and passes,
and you have a panoramic view of your railroad amid the scenic grandeur of
the great outdoors. You have something tangible to exhibit to your friends,
something to view with pride
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an example of your skill and handiwork. Such
an achievement can easily become a reality, for American Flyer engineers and
technical experts of the Gilbert Hall of Science have created dazzling new
features in scale model trains and equipment for the further perfection and
realism of miniature railroading.
On the following pages you’ll find suggestions and helpful hints for plan-
ning and operating your railroad empire. Whatever your plan may be, build
carefully, for precision and realism. You’ll soon realize your hobby has an
ever-widening horizon, that there’s always something new to add, always
something to keep your interest at highest pitch. There’s a never-ending fascina-
tion in a hobby that carries all the fun of railroading
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its air of adventure
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its soul stirring sounds
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its sense of mighty power that you, as the owner
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the big boss or “Brass Hat”
as
they say in railroading
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can control with
a
finger.
THE ROMANCE
OF
MODEL RAILROADING
In a short time, if not already, you will find that the operating facilities of
your railroad empire are too limited. Expansion is in order and the Board of
Directors must be approached for funds. I t will be much easier to obtain this
appropriation if
a
fairly definite plan of operation is laid out. Your railroad
must have work to do in order to exist and you should decide what type of serv-
ice, passenger or freight, it is to give and what communities and industries it is
to serve before
you
purchase new equipment or prepare your permanent right
of
way.
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