Since I am a car and a train nut, I make comparisons between the two, and I do not see the vintage car market as down as it has, to me, spriraled up and out of sight over the years I have watched it. I just think a lot of the trains are not old enough to be collectible yet, and are not valuable to the market. The other problem is that a lot of the same prototype models are made over and over, with, and often without the latest gizmo and go-faster. Given a choice of the GG-1 cited above, or brand new one that does everything but vote, many will choose the latest version. (there are, I am sure, a very few who want every version of that or some other prototype that has ever been made, but they shop prices, too) And, there is planned obsolescence.... For me, what is collectible and expected to rise in price is that which is not made any more.
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