Odenville Bill posted:Hey Y'all,
Is "Tinplate" everything prewar? I'm still working on my RR vocabulary. I bought a #1680 tank car. I like it so much, I have a complete 1135W set coming soon.
Bill
Hi Bill,
Not to confuse things further, here is a nice article the TCA put out that I like...anytime Louis Hertz is mentioned, I listen up. http://www.tcaetrain.org/artic.../tinplate/index.html
Anyway, this is what the author of this article, Joseph Lechner said:
"The tubular track used for O gauge, S gauge and standard gauge trains is still made of tinplate today. Postwar trains that run on those tracks are called tinplate too, although nearly all of them are made of die-cast metal and plastic."
Mr. Lechner goes on to quote Mr. Hertz, who said:
"There is no onus associated with operating a system with tinplate equipment rather than… scale models... Tinplate and tinplaters, far from being terms of disparagement... are honored words in model railroad phraseology."
Others may disagree, but I like that definition and way of thinking...and take it a step further, if I am using tinplate track or even prewar T-Rail track, I am a Tinplater.
Tom
