I never got cured of the postwar bug. It's still the love of my life. I've got so many great memories of the many layouts,Christmases,Birthdays and my Dad showing up with boxes full of garage sale finds. He had his co-workers looking for trains and for years there was a steady supply of Lionel and Marx. He still has the 1950 model 773 that a seed company rep gave him. I still have the trains of my youth and over the years added more. I've owned hundreds of the newer hi-rail scale locomotives and control systems. The modern trains ARE beautiful AND operate well but poor quality,lack of parts and higgledy pigglety control systems gave me pause a couple of years ago. My focus has been redirected back to those wondrous trains of long ago. Most of the modern era stuff is gone and due to the soft PW market,I've been able to obtain many more postwar,fundimensions and LTI items to enjoy. 
This is my layout in 1977.
