Gilbert Catalog
Price in 1951: Unlisted
Get set for the railroading thrill of your life when you "ride the cab" in this crack American Flyer limited. It's a green light and clear track all the way — and there's important mail to pick up an the fly. Now you see it — the mail stanchion ahead, with the mail sack hanging heavy from the cross arm. You press the remote control button and, as your mighty K-5 locomotive thunders by, smoke streaming from the stack, the sack is whisked aboard and another mail bag is tossed out of the car. Boy, this is railroading! Set measures 4 ft., 3 in. Track forms 160 in. oval.

No. 5114 PENNSYLVANIA PASSENGER TRAIN INCLUDES:
No. 312 Pennsylvania K-5 Locomotive and Tender, with Smoke and Choo-Choo. 19" long. No. 718R Operating Mail Pick-up Car, with stanchion, mail sacks and control box. Red finish. Car is 10 3/4" long. 2 No. 650R illuminated Coaches, with inset windows. Finished in railroad red. 10 3/4" long. 12 Sec. Curved Track — 4 sec. Straight Track — No. 706 Remote Control Uncoupler — No. 712 Automatic Track sec. — No. 690 Track Terminal — Smoke Capsule and Funnel — 16 Track Locks — Illustrated Train Book.

Price in 1952: Unlisted
A passenger limited that picks up and delivers important mail on the run, without even slowing down! And it's all done by remote control! Yet that's only one of many things you can do with this big three-car passenger outfit that puffs real Smoke, has built-in choo-choo sound effects and starts, stops, reverses and uncouples by remote control operation. Coaches have full interior illumination Pennsylvania Railroad K-4 class locomotive with worm-drive motor has 4-6-2 wheel arrangement and is complete with accurate cale model details.