"I wonder why some Lionel fanboys wander into a thread"
Good point. I think we need some system of stopping MTH fanboys from posting on Lionel threads and Lionel fanboys posting on MTH threads. I would like to nominate you as chair of the Central Committee for the Defense of the Faiths to make such classifications. OGR can fill the rest of the Central Committee by popular vote, with you having veto power, of course.
Or perhaps we could have an honor system? You must affirm under oath that you have spent at least $300 on new MTH products to comment on MTH threads, and similarly for for Lionel threads.
That should make for less tribal and more open discussion without rude interruptions by people who post unpopular opinions for the tribe in question. 
(The above is meant as a joke).
