Heres some mpc era engines that are postwar made specs.
The GP9 has magnatraction and worm gear Pullmor type 1 engine. The complaint is it has plastic gears. If you keep them cleaned and greased it runs quieter than a postwar geep.
The 785 which it came out in 1987 ,but was just a gray version of the 783 and 784 hudsons of the mpc era. This is a very close reproduction of the postwar 773 minus magnatraction. Excellent runner and nicely detailed.
So, in my opinion as I'm mainly a pre and postwar guy, if you look for and research what you're buying, there are lots of mpc era Lionel that are of high quality. Also growing up in the 80s these are the trains I dreamed of having.
Prewar and postwar had great and not so great products as well.
