Which era toy trains do you have?

[3railguy]

Most of my stuff is postwar along with some modern Atlas, Lionel, and MTH scale stuff.

[Nick12DMC]

Still early days for me. 1 Modern Lionel and 1 RMT loco at the moment. I think I will be going for Williams when it comes to new locos. As these are more in my price range. May upgrade them to TMCC and sound with kits from Electric Railroad Co. I have done this with the Beep and it works great.

Wish list is a AA Santa Fe F3, S2 Turbine, and a scale Hudson. Can't decide which to get for Christmas , any suggestions?

 

Nick

[okiechoochoo]

I have postwar Lionel and some of the newer PWC rolling stock, 6464 boxcars, etc.  Most accessories are postwar.  Engines are all postwar, as I don't like the complication of the newer engines.

[jwse30]

With the exception of about a dozen pieces, my trains are about 1/2 postwar and1/2 MPC. I have one LTI engine, a few LTI cars, a few MTH cars (4 hot metal cars), a few Weaver cars, and a K-line boxcar. Oh, almost forgot about  the Thomas set I picked up last fall.

Most of my operating accessories are MPC, and most of my buildings are Plasticville, or K-line.

J White

[MikeE44]

I have a lot of pre-war Lionel standard guage.  I also have quite a bit of post war Lionel.  I have been collecting some newer MTH and Williams.  I like Lionel but a lot of the post war is not to scale although I like the operating accesories.  I always wanted to model HO for realizsm but never have the time.

[brianel027]

The only era Dave you didn't list: the Affordable Era.

Of course this means that I might be missing a rivet or two... AND a truckside might not be accurate... AND a car or engine might not be a prototypical scale length in a roadname that might not be prototypical as per the type of equipment... might even be a roadname Lionel LLC has never heard of (at least on smaller starter trains).

And totally lacking any kind of digital control or speed control, one might think "Dang, how can I possibly have any fun with trains?"

Actually, I do have speed control.... I place my hand on the transformer throttle. I know, it's a little low tech, but it works surprisingly well.

[Anonymous]

Mostly Modern era engines but I due have a few post war engines also. (My Dad gave them to me)

[Dr. John]

Predominately postwar. Some modern (mix of Lionel, K-Line, Williams and MTH), some Marx from the 50's and 60's, a little MPC and a little prewar.

[dwiemer]

Majority of my stuff is post war, but I have a good bit of everything.  I love the old stuff, but find some of the new productions to be pretty good.  Really like the Dockside engines and some of the Hudsons that have been produced lately.

Dennis

[chuck]

All of the above, though the LTI/MPC stuff is pretty much just rolling stock or Motorized Units.

[csxt30]

I have Modern , LTI , MPC , & Postwar !! Just not enough !!  

Thanks, John

[FJ and G]

In another fine post, Jim writes the eras (I didn't know about LTI):

Prewar - anything before 1941

Postwar - 1945 - 1969

MPC 1970 - 1985(ish)

LTI - mid 80's - 1994/5

Modern - 1995 - present

A rivet counter is someone who likes accurately detailed, scale replicas.

Wet water = scotch and soda

Which eras do you have:

I have all but prewar and LTI (although I had some prewar Marx at one time).

Wet water: I use rubbing alcohol AND soap to make wet water (mixed with adhesive).

Used to do scotch and water/ice in Japan decades ago. Really miss the companionship there too!