I have not read all the post on this thread so if this has been said forgive me. OR NOT ! Many Many people received their first train as a small child and added to that to the point that by the time they were adults and financially able to have some nice trains they had so many three rail trains they felt they could not conveniently make the switch. My father and I had some two rail locos and cars built from kits but the great majority of our trains were three rail. We ran everything on Gargraves track and would have to remove all the three rail equipment from the layout before we could run two rail locos. I traded or bought the trains from all my friends and more likely than not they were Lionel and if not Flyer. Today two rail train collections are being sold by the heirs of the people who originally owned them and can be acquired for prices quite competitive with high end three rail scale so If I were doing it all again I would likely choose two rail. Too late, for me that train has already left the station. On occasion I still buy nice two rail locos if the price is right. Then again, every now and then I have a longing for a really nice postwar Lionel layout with all the operating accessories. It's very hard to out-grow the seeds which were planted in our youth. Let that be a warning. j
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