From a pure nostalgia perspective, it would be the mid to late 1970s. In 1975, after some tough times for our family, my mom took me (12 years old at the time) to a local train store. I'd saved up some money from mowing yards, etc. over the summer. I bought two cars (Frisco box car and a N&W three level auto rack) to go with the used/second hand set I got for Christmas a few years earlier, and the owner gave me a Lionel catalog. I spent hour upon hours going through the catalog and wanting pretty much everything. Over the next 10 or so years I made more purchases from the shop before getting a job in a different city. Even with the new scale items that I have, I still have a soft spot for the MPC era trains.
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