If you enjoy postwar, there's sure no reason to feel bad about sticking with it. The trains of that period are what truly built this hobby in ALL scales because Lionel sets were by far the most popular trains during that period (I know because I lived it). They will always occupy a very important place in the history of this hobby.
I only have a very few postwar pieces today, and most of them are in display cases because they are important to me for personal reasons (the first locomotive my dad bought for me, for example).
All of the trains I buy and run these days are contemporary models, and virtually all of the motive power is either MTH PS3/DCS or Lionel TMCC/Legacy. That includes my tinplate trains. But I certainly will never forget my postwar roots, and thanks to some of my many early postwar trains that my mom saved for me while I was away from the hobby during my college and service years, those postwar trains inspired me to get my feet wet in the hobby again (in the early 1970s). I have never looked back!
