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DCC CONSIDERING DCC FOR YOUR  S  LAYOUT ?  (Courtesy of Michael Greene)
AF SMOKE UNITS # 1: REPAIRING AMERICAN FLYER® SMOKE UNITS--STANDARD, & FRANKLIN
LINK COUPLER CONVERSION # 2: LINK-COUPLER (LC) TO KNUCKLE-COUPLER (KC) CONVERSION INSTRUCTIONS
RAILSOUNDS # 3: CONTROL & ACTIVATION OF THE LIONEL/AF RAILSOUNDS DIESEL HORN & BELL
CONVERT 370 GP7 TO KC # 4: CONVERTING LC GP-7 TRUCKS TO KC GP-7 TRUCKS
TRANSFORMERS # 5: PHASING TRANSFORMERS
TRANSFORMERS # 6: TRANSFORMER TESTING AND SAFETY SUGGESTIONS
SOLDERING # 7: SOME SOLDERING TIPS
PRE-WAR CHUGGER # 8: SERVICING THE AMERICAN FLYER CHUGGING TENDER MECHANISMS
TRACK CLEANING # 9: TRACK CLEANING FLUIDS
WIRING STEAM ENGINES # 10: WIRING DIAGRAMS FOR AM. FLYER STEAM ENGINE
STEAM ENGINE DRIVE WHEELS # 11: REPAIRING & REBUILDING STEAM-ENGINE DRIVE-WHEELS
MTH 785 COAL LOADER SPEED # 12: IMPROVING THE MTH 785 COAL-LOADER PERFORMANCE
KNUCKLE COUPLER TRUCKS

# 13: RE-ATTACHING DIECAST SIDEFRAMES TO KNUCKLE-COUPLER TRUCKS
WIRING DIESEL ENGINES # 14: WIRING DIAGRAMS FOR AM. FLYER DIESELS
WIRING GILBERT HO ENGINES # 15: WIRING DIAGRAMS FOR AM. FLYER HO ENGINES 
ALUMINUM PASSENGER CARS # 16: ALUMINUM PASSENGER CARS:  REMOVING THE FLOORS 
RE-CHROMING # 17: CHROME-PLATING  AM.  FLYER SHELLS  
FLYONEL ERIE ENGINES # 18: IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF THE  FLYONEL  ERIE  PA
RESTRINGING CRANES # 19: RE-STRINGING THE 644/944 CRANE
"FASTER IN REVERSE" # 20: THAT  "FASTER-IN-REVERSE" SYNDROME
WIRING AIR CHIME WHISTLE #21: WIRING THE AIR CHIME WHISTLE CONTROLS
BULB SELECTION #22: BULBS-- WHAT BULB IS USED WHERE ?
AF REVERSE UNITS #23:  SERVICING THE AF REVERSE UNITS
785 RESTRINGING #24:  RESTRINGING THE 785 COAL-LOADER
PULLMOR DIESELS #25:  PULLMOR DIESEL WHEEL ARRANGEMENT 
FLYONEL MIKADO SMOKE UNIT #26:  REPLACING THE MIKADO SMOKE UNIT   
WIRING 785 COAL LOADER #27:  785 COAL LOADER WIRING  
WIRING 760 FLASHER #28  760 HIGHWAY FLASHER WIRING
QUARTERING TOOLS #29  AC GILBERT QUARTERING TOOLS
BUILDING TURNOUTS #30  BUILDING A CLOSED FROG SWITCH   (Courtesy of Tommy Robichaud; from Bristol S-Gaugers website)
FLYONEL SMOKE UNITS (2) #31  IMPROVING "FLYONEL"  DOCKSIDER & NORTHERN SMOKE OUTPUT   (Courtesy of Harwood Owings)
FLYONEL NORTHERN SMOKE UNIT #31A  REPLACING "FLYONEL"  NORTHERN SMOKE UNIT  (from S-Gaugian)
WIRING 752 COAL LOADER #32:  752 & 752A  COAL LOADER WIRING
FLYONEL REVERSE UNITS #33: REPLACING  FLYONEL  ELECTRONIC  E-UNITS
RE-BUSHING DIESELS #34: REBUILDING DIESEL POWER TRUCKS
S-I-T  SMOKE UNITS #35: REBUILDING SMOKE-IN-TENDER UNITS
TALKING STATION NEEDLES #36: TALKING STATION NEEDLES
752 RESTRINGING #37:  RESTRINGING THE 752 COAL-LOADER
761 SEMAPHORE #38:  WIRING & OPERATING THE 761 SEMAPHORE
USING "BULLFROG SNOT" #39: "BULLFROG SNOT" TRACTION TIRES 
   
   
   

 

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