My trains were acquired in the early 1960s, so things had changed somewhat. There is something else that needs to be remembered. Train purchases were quite often CASH purchases. Having children and homes and cars hasn't changed that much. Then like today there was always something that you could be spending money on. Even for families that could afford to buy trains with what they could set aside over two to three months, there would have been a huge temptation to raid the train fund for other purposes.
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