Most of my post-war trains were given to me as gifts from my parents. I started buying my own trains in college around 1973 in the MPC era and was amazed at the “improvements” over post-war!!! The (then) amazing mighty sound of steam... steam engines that all weren’t black... and very colorful freight cars. I bought quite a bit of MPC, and loved it - I really looked forward to each new catalog. With the advent of more scale offerings and command control, my MPC fell out of favor, and a lot of it I have gifted to new homes were they are enjoying a second life (including the SP Daylight and NKP Berkshire). I have kept and display several of my favorite MPC acquisitions… the Pennsylvania Tuscan F3 ABA and the 15” rib sided aluminum passenger cars, the New York Central F3 ABA and the 15” smooth side passenger cars, my first GG-1 (the Tuscan 5-stripe 8753), and the NYC 783 Hudson. I also have the gray NYC 785 Hudson, but I think that might have been post MPC. I have read a number of comments that MPC engines are under-powered, but both F3’s and the GG-1had no problem pulling their full consist of the aluminum cars.
