Allan Miller posted:That would be a bit more problematic due to the fact that such a significant percentage of today's active O gauge community is involved with products produced since the late 1980s or so AND tends to be involved with doing something with these products (such as building layouts, operating the trains, etc...a good thing). These folks want hands-on exposure to what is available, and by and large are not terribly interested in what was made decades ago.
I'm getting old, but the late 80's is approximatley 3 decades ago. (though I realize you probably meant Post-War and Pre-War)
People look for items of that vintage in the member halls as well. It's not all "the rust bucket" material as I have heard some who never leave Orange refer to it.
Agreed on the operational parts, but not all members are only selling trains made before 1969.
-Dave
