Dwayne B posted:But for me I want original, not a perfect shiny fake. I would rather have a terrible condition original piece than a modern perfect piece. I look at trains the same way you would collect artwork. An original is a piece of art and a modern train is just a modern train.
I hear you Dwayne, but if you were ever at the York MTH display, or perhaps your local train shop, & saw the shiny, gleaming tinplate trains in motion, you would have to love them. I am not even a tinplate guy, but must say the new ones are attention getters... & especially (for met) the red & green Christmas stuff! Hey, they are all trains & there is room enough for whatever we all happen to like.