Talk:A. C. Gilbert Company

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027 and S gauge are not the same. Gilbert produced and sold O gauge trains prior to WWII. The O gauge American Flyer trains were purchased from William O. Coleman who manufactured the line in Chicago. Prior to WWII Gilbert moved the newly acquired A.F. trains out east. He redesigned them to S gauge following WWII. These trains were 3/16" to a foot. In terms of scale and ran on two rail track, a novel departure from 3 rail track O gauge. The realism of two rail track was a primary marketing feature of "S". [Comment relocated from Reference section -- no endorsement implied.]

The Link to http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/slideshow/47/the+golden+age+of+chemistry+sets.html is broken. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.208.15.17 (talk) 21:43, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gilbert Hall of Science. During the 1940's as a young boy, I made several visits to the New York City "Gilbert Hall of Science". It occupied the ground floor of the wedge shaped "Flatiron Building" on the corner of Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street. It was a young boy's dream come true. It contained displays of an elaborate layout of America Flyer trains, major Erector set working versions of the Coney island parachute jump and the Wonder Wheel, Electric sets with a working "Jacobs ladder", among other things.

http://www.americanflyerdisplays.org/ghos/1stfloor_1.htmPT39 (talk) 17:58, 11 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]