Originally Posted by aussteve:
... Since 1969 there have been ample substitutes available to satisfy the demand for many of the original postwar and prewar trains. ...
really?...
where is the cast iron?
where is the lithographed tin?
even if anyone were to reproduce CI, good luck in getting approval to use Japan Black to finish them.
when you say 'ample' you are likely referring to Lionel repros. Hafner, Hoge, Marx or O gauge Flyer? if anything, ...limited. anything clockwork? not that i've seen.
you can have your State Sets and Blue Comets. there are likely dozens of originals and hundreds of reproductions available any day. i doubt if i will ever find or even see another Flyer Type XIII, "A.F. 9". not mint or NIB, but to me and likely its next caretaker, it's priceless.
cheers...gary
