American Flyer bulb cross reference

Last Updated on February 23, 2019 by Dave Farquhar

A.C. Gilbert didn’t use standard bulb numbers for its products, so locating the correct bulb can be difficult today. Here is a cross reference chart between Gilbert’s American Flyer bulb part numbers and standard manufacturer part numbers.

American Flyer bulb cross reference — Use this cross reference to locate the appropriate substitute for your burned-out American Flyer bulb.

If these numbers look vaguely familiar, it’s because one of those other brands of electric trains sometimes did use industry-standard numbers, and both brands used many of the same bulbs.

Catalog #	Name	Volts	Color	Gilbert part#	Equivalent
all	Locomotives	14	clear	440	1449
all	Cars	18	clear	444	432
all	stations and buildings	18	clear	444	432
8b	transformer	18	clear	454	431
12b	transformer	18	clear	454	431
15b	transformer	18	clear	458	1445
16b	transformer	18	clear	458	1445
18b	transformer	18	clear	458	1445
19b	transformer	18	clear	458	1445
30b	transformer	18	clear	458	1445
592a	crossing gate	14	clear	440	1449
596	water tank	18	clear	453	1447
658	Sam the Semaphore	14	clear	452	1402
720a	switches	18	clear	453	1447
730	bumper	14	red	455	1447R
750	bridge	18	clear	444	432
759	Bell Danger Signal	14	red	455	1447R
760	Highway Flasher	14	red	455	1447R
761	Semaphore	18	clear	453	1447
769	revolving beacon	14	clear	461	461
772	water tower	18	clear	444	432
774	floodlight tower	18	clear	453	1447
778	street lights	18	clear	453	1447
	switch control box	18	red	441	432R
	switch control box	18	green	443	432G

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You might also consider upgrading to LEDs in your American Flyer trains. LEDs last longer and use less power, so you don’t need as powerful of a transformer.

Dave Farquhar

David Farquhar is a computer security professional, entrepreneur, and author. He has written professionally about computers since 1991, so he was writing about retro computers when they were still new. He has been working in IT professionally since 1994 and has specialized in vulnerability management since 2013. He holds Security+ and CISSP certifications. Today he blogs five times a week, mostly about retro computers and retro gaming covering the time period from 1975 to 2000.

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