I still like MPC Lionel Trains do you?

Pat,

I share similar feelings for MPC.  Though I love the modern, big, scale stuff, I miss the charm of MPC / Marx trains.  I have kept all of my childhood trains just for that reason, they are a blast to run and I love the smell of fried ozone each time!  Plus I get a kick out of watching them.  Makes me feel like an 8 yr old again.

I always enjoyed the tobacco cars.  There was a certain charm in this era-like the State Set and the Mickey Mouse Train.  I really wish I would have bought the Mickey train-passed on it and now really regret it.

Or how about the BN and Chessie SD-40 sets?  UP or IC passenger sets, which are still really desirable.  Great stuff, thanks MPC for the memories.

wife and I like the mpc billboard cars.

Hi Pat

Well I run mostly my modern trains. I still have a spot for my MPC era trains.and older items. Her are some pic. 

Some pieces were converted to tmcc with ERR. and others sit on shelfs never know what I will run.

Nah, I'm totally over MPC. I have a ton of it that I really should get rid of, cause it's just taking up space. Conventional and non scale pieces are obsolete in my world.

I have lots of MPC rolling stock, I liked the graphics and colors, no other criteria :-)

Nope.  Engines couldn't pull their own shadow.

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Dennis

I could say the same about Lionel Trains Inc. engines. These ones are sort of a happy medium of all three eras: prewar tinplate (Lionel Classics), postwar classics, and modern scale. Nonetheless, there are many favorite trains that are MPC era, and provide a lot of nostalgia.

I run both conventional and command frequently, and MPC, LTI, and later TMCC as well as current Legacy share the loops often.

I think we are very blessed do to the MPC ERA. THIS might be called the General Mills Era as this saved Lionel from possibly going out of business. Then, out of his Love for Toy Trains, Richard Kughn, Bought Lionel and This was the Beginning of What we have Today.

So, Many of us saw some nice engines being reproduced, The Norfolk &Western J, the IC Passenger set with beaitiful ABA's, and one at a time great Post War Reproductions...

Then, TMCC,LEGACY, and Now The I -Pad ERA.

Yes, Lionel has survived for many Decades, and that's because, they have always given us Their Best Shot, And we are the reason for Their Success, WE BUY THEIR PRODUCTS.

Happy Railroading!!

I have about nine of those very first MPC (by way of Pola) "Standard O" boxcars and reefers. NO add-on details except the brakewheels, but nice diecast sprung trucks and colorful bodies.

And I also have the Milwaukee Special set and the add-on cars (except the diner). Engine has Sound of Steam with the whistle and both work fine!

I like some of the MPC trains. Judging by bidding activity and closing bids, interest in collecting early MPC is on the rise.

No interest whatsoever in what is being made today.

My collection covers the entire Knuckle Coupler era so I have many MPC+ PRR pieces.  The collection wouldn't be complete without them.

MPC trains are just something I don't do.  I have a few pre- and post-war trains, and everything else is mostly 1990 or later (most much later).  It's not that I don't like trains from the era - it's just not what I do.

I love MPC.  Great color's.  Consistent in design and manufacture making for a few parts that can be used over decades of production.

Did I say I love MPC.

Stu

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All Lionel, All The Time

I love MPC stuff.  The 6 wheel diesels tend to pull better than the 4 wheel versions, but the rolling stock can't be beat , as well as the steamers

Rick (PLE_Rick) and I like the MPC era "standard" O cars, the full scale size boxcars and reefers...

Thanks,

- Mario

I respect the history that got us to where we are now, but I have no desire to replace the modern era with the trains of yesteryear. Just my thoughts.

No MPC here

I still like MPC Lionel Trains do you?

No, I’ve been trying to get rid of my large traditional MPC collection.

Anyone interested, email me.