post war comeback

I don't know who said that, but they must have been crazy. Postwar engines are too reliable and fun to be on a shelf!

I love my PW super reliable and durable.
Dave

Decades after the modern offerings of today are relegated to shelf queen status, pre and post war Lionel trains will continue to run with the same reliability we have always experienced with these models.

They may not be prototypical, they may all have the same sound set and they may growl like wounded buffalo, but there is magic in those trains that may never be replicated.

"Growl like a wounded buffalo". You know, that exactly describes my '46 berkshire. And oddly enough, its my only "noisey" postwar engine. The next loudest engine is my dads '49 turbine and the only noise is the "tink tink tink tink" of the smoke chamber piston. The rest are pretty smooth quiet runners and I wouldn't trade them for anything

I only run postwar stuff. I like the "mechanicalness" of the trains and find it a relief from today's electronic society. My Dad's '46 2020 is the loudest engine I have and remarkably, my stamped tin Marx 898 is my quietest. In this day of disposable stuff, I like the fact that my trains are pretty much all older than me and they keep right on running. Running around in circles a lot like I seem to do as well!

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Originally posted by handyandy:
I only run postwar stuff. I like the "mechanicalness" of the trains and find it a relief from today's electronic society. In this day of disposable stuff, I like the fact that my trains are pretty much all older than me and they keep right on running. Running around in circles a lot like I seem to do as well!

Exactly! Good point! When I read about these guys spending over a grand for an engine with out of the box failures only to send them back time and time again I can go ahead and just enjoy my old reliable postwar trains!

groundhogslayer: The growl from my '46 1666 is better than all the rail sounds put together. I love it.

Bud

My 726, 2025, 2046, 2055 and 2353 are always running on my layout. The postwar engines are easily maintained and repaired. One day I will add a scale Hudson. I like the look and the realism of today's engines but I have no use for the high-falootin' electronics.

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Originally posted by Harry Doyle:
Decades after the modern offerings of today are relegated to shelf queen status, pre and post war Lionel trains will continue to run with the same reliability we have always experienced with these models.

They may not be prototypical, they may all have the same sound set and they may growl like wounded buffalo, but there is magic in those trains that may never be replicated.

Don't see many post about those Pre-war trains running, not that they couldn't just that the folks who had them as children and adults have passed and the interest has naturally passed too.

Once the PW generation is gone it will be the modern stuff, even if converted with the latest command installed controls. It is just going to be a natural event, and many won't even know it occurred. G

A little like Pong on your IPad.
Joe

I have a few PW things I run, but I'm hooked on the
electronics. Especially the cruse control.
I still even run a pre-war set I have.

I guess the problem is I like everything I have
for different reasons.

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I guess the problem is I like everything I have
for different reasons.

I don't see a problem

By the way, postwar never went away. There are lots of people that prefer traditionally controlled stuff.

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they may all have the same sound set and they may growl like wounded buffalo,

I have unfortunately, or fortunately, never had the honor of hearing a wounded buff. But just out of curiousity, would that be an African Cape Buffalo, an American Bison or an Asian or South American Water Buffalo??

Someone once said a Cape Buff has a way of looking at you as if it thinks you owe it money.

And I'm told they can get a decided unpleasant attitude about them when wounded.

Anyhow, sounds like a "coffee grinder" is how I've heard our Post War described...

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Originally posted by groundhogslayer:
post war engines belong on a display shelf and that the modern locomotives rule layouts.

Gone for a couple of months and the stupidity still lurks like a Musky in the weeds.

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Originally posted by LS1Heli:

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Originally posted by groundhogslayer:
post war engines belong on a display shelf and that the modern locomotives rule layouts.

Gone for a couple of months and the stupidity still lurks like a Musky in the weeds.

That quote isn't really accurately attributed, as the OP was quoting and dismissing a third party.

My dad's Lionel WP F3's are probably my favorite engines. I have no intention of buying a new set of them or upgrading the old ones. The growl of those motors is a neat sound. The reliability of the old pieces is hard to deny as well. Although I prefer to model with a certain look and prefer to buy certain products, in the end I run anything that seems fun.

That quote makes me look like the bad guy...... I prefer pw locos. The only thing I really like about my modern mth is the smoke unit and the sound set. The sound is easily installed in the tender of a pw unit but the smoke unit is the only drawback. Either way I Search the train shows for deals on post war locos.

Not to start a fight but i have several postwar trains and they might run good but there boring... Dcs and legacy please...

No offense taken, Legacy and DCS do make trains more interesting, but I just prefer the old stuff. The world would be pretty dull if everyone liked the same thing.