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Ironrooster: Well, in a way the equivalent back in the 70's to todays $25-$30 boxcar was brass. In this respect I think prices have fallen. DSchmidtt: I am not looking for "a direct comparison of price" as I know that would be invalid. I guess what I am trying to determine is what people have spent on the hobby. As I said in the first post, I understand that things today are generally better running and more detailed than the models in the past. What I want to compare is the price it took someone to enter the hobby with a decent (by the standards of the time) set of equipment . What has got me thinking along these lines are the threads talking about the high cost of the hobby recently. I do remember reading way back when that people talked about a good Lionel set costing a week's pay. I am thinking that a P2K locomotive 4 or 5 Proto or Accurail freight cars, some Atlas track and an MRC power pack cost less than a week's pay. Is this a valid thought? Is the hobby more expensive now than say in the 40's and 50's or are people not willing to pay as big a chunk of their salary on it? Or is it that there are other things attracting our free money that wasn't around then? (ie: do we eat out more? have more hobbies?)
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