barrister.2u posted:eddie g posted:Mr. Mallard sir, A lot of the new people into trains consider postwar to be anything after 1945
Notwithstanding what many may think, we need objective standards to define the various eras, because nomenclatures serve as reference points for the convenience of everyone.
You may have missed my previous post, where I spelled it out. Prewar 1901 - 1942. Postwar 1946 - 1969. Modern 1970 to present. This is not arbitrary, nor did I make it up. This was coined by Greenberg, the universally recognized price guide for Lionel Trains.