How did I ever servive growing up in the 1940s with all that Lead Based Paint on my Lionel Trains (and everything else). Maybe I was old enough to run them, not eat them. Maybe if a kid is going to chew on them he is too young for trains.
Do all of you keep your old Lionel Trains ( that were painted with lead paint)(wonderful shine) away from small children? CPSC also claims "tinplate" trains have sharp edges and are not for young children. Also, you should be 8 years old to operate an electrical toy!
Where will it end?
Don U. TCA 73-5735
DMUinCT wrote: How did I ever servive growing up in the 1940s with all that Lead Based Paint on my Lionel Trains (and everything else). Maybe I was old enough to run them, not eat them. Maybe if a kid is going to chew on them he is too young for trains.Do all of you keep your old Lionel Trains ( that were painted with lead paint)(wonderful shine) away from small children? CPSC also claims "tinplate" trains have sharp edges and are not for young children. Also, you should be 8 years old to operate an electrical toy!Where will it end?
We're not talking about electric trains for 8 and above. We are talking about wooden trains made for children 3 and about. Many 3 year olds do have a tendancy to put things in their mouth. I think the recall was the right move.
I'm waiting for the recall on my lead fishing weights.
I understand about keeping things safe for the kids but I believe we've gone over the edge.
To qoute Dennis Miller, "I don't mean to get off on a rant here", but here have been posts from people who are concerned over the health risks of train smoke and other things we use in our hobby. 50 - 60 years ago homes had lead paint and lead water pipes, asbestoes insulation on the furnace and steam pipes and thermometers with mercury in them, where are hordes of the babbling, the deformed and the pshycotic out there?
I had a chemistry set and model rockets and a pocket knife and a Thing Maker and a BB gun when I was young and never burned down the house and I still have both eyes, 10 fingers, good hearing and no scars worth bragging about.
If it was truly serious why is it a voluntary recall and not a mandatory one? Probably because the kids would have to actually eat a couple dozen of the trains to get enough lead in them to do any harm, he'd probably get sick and throw up after the first 2 or 3 cars anyway.
That's my rant for today, I'll be waiting for the criticism that is sure to follow.
"No childhood should be without a train!"
Every child and person is differant. Thats why. Just because you didnt get hurt on anyo of these things dont mean lil tommy down the street wont. Not picking sides but times have changed. Ppl care more about longer life now and all.
btw billarman, i seen your videos on you tube...nice..looks like you had fun
I continue to get ribbed about this hobby at work. While walking to the parking lot Friday, I was told about this recall, as if I had Thomas the Tank Engine. I was carrying out my 763e that was just delivered. I pulled it out and said, "well I wonder when they'll put this on the recall list for lead paint."
I Take this with a grain of salt.
My Dad's Prewar Marx and Postwar Lionel and Marx never met my lips. If they did, so what.... Lead paint...... Heck we used to mix Diazinon with our house paints to keep the spiders out of the house as I grew up. I do not wish to live in a bubble.
A child chewing on paint all day is a child bored. No time to be bored with chores. Don't get me started.
Rod L.
i ate alot of elmers paste when i was little. Hope that wasnt to bad.
And dont forget biting or holding a lead fishing weight in your mouth.
Thats why im getting fat.....i knew it wasnt all the food i was eating...lol
You know they say that if you eat paint as a kid it will kill your brainn sells. Well let me tellll youuu when i was a kide i wood eat pant chips like potato chips. And let me tell you all my cells are stilllll fireing.
They now call it "The Greatest Generation", the ones that grew up with Lead in Paint, Lead in Gasoline, Asbestos blanketing locomotive boilers, Asbestos covered heating pipes, Asbestos fire proofing!
Remember how much fun it was to play with the Murcury from a broken thermometer!
They are now living to an old age. Maybe the "stuff" is good for us?
Jock Ellis Cumming, GA US of A Georgia Association of Railroad Passengers
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