quote:The problem with the recent generations of collectors, when the values began to elevate, the era of "don't touch" was born. There were many lost opportunities for kids to play trains because some thought they were too valuable. When actually the value should have been put into the children. Now, we are suffering from that and trying to catch up.
I think this "problem" is grossly overstated. Every collector I know had plenty of trains for their kids to use. And their children knew the difference between the collectable trains and the runners.
