Ever had your tastes change?

When I first got into O gauge I loved  big articulated locos - could not get enough of them.  I still like them but now prefer smaller locos like Pacifics, Berkshires, etc.  I still keep the big guys on the hslef - fun to look at, but I run only the smaller locos.

Sure, trains are no different than in life.

I love late steam, but recently I really like the early scale diesels.  

My tastes in locomotives constantly changes.

The only ones I don't waffle between liking more are those pre-1900, but that could change at any moment.

Not really for me. I think that over the years my tastes in terms of equipment, accessories, etc. has been very consistent.

I go back and forth between steam and diesel several times. I can't tell you what makes my taste change but it does.

Rare but I sometimes even go between moods of Conventional and control.

The good thing is that I have what I need to satisfy these moods and really don't have to sell or run out and buy more.

My tastes have stayed pretty constant.  I loved the Santa Fe streamlined trains of the fifties, and that led to liking all cab units.  When I got into HO around 1959, my first steam engine was a consolidation, and that's still my favorite style of those.

I think the fact that we have several quality manufacturers of 3-Rail O Scale nowadays simply gives us more to chose from.  There are more (high quality) doors to open, so to speak.

And besides, changing train interests is a lot eaiser than getting divorced or switching careers!

I can remember the new MTH catalog coming out around around 2000. I told my dealer "I just don't get it- this tinplate stuff doesn't make any sense to me."

Scott Smith

Is Farmer Bill feeling well? I thought by now we would have heard about blondes, brunettes and  redheads. 

My tastes change with some degree of frequency, but they usually stay within the era/locales I have chosen.  Mainly, it's got to do with what's on my wish list: what do I REALLY want, and what items are just "fillers"?  When I think I've settled on what I would like to have, suddenly I end up revising the list.  Some are constants; others may be there one moment, removed the next, and then placed back on once more.  I really don't want a "wall of trains" collection--only what stands out to me the most.  It certainly gives me time to think!

Aaron

I used to love chocolate, now, not so much. Does that count? 

Use to like English blends w/ Latakia but now only Virginia/ Vapers

When I got back into the hobby, I was in to the conventional, traditional-sized Lionel trains.  When I first got my hands on a scale, command controlled engine (my TMCC Cass Heisler), my taste changed faster than can be measured by man or machine. 

Since then, my taste has expanded to include equipment made by a wide variety of manufacturers (MTH, Atlas, Weaver, Williams, SMR, etc.), and I have even dabbled in tinplate.  Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately ), my train budget has kept me from fully pursuing tinplate, but I will get a Standard Gauge Blue Comet some day!

Andy

yeah Scott - sorta rings a familiar bell with me!

When I first got back into the hobby I started with postwar and newly-made traditional-size engines and rolling stock. As more and more scale, command control, highly detailed models came out, and I got over sticker shock, my tastes moved in that direction and now I hardly ever run or even display my postwar and traditional size models.

Then Lionel came out with the enormous Standard Gauge Hiawatha and I couldn't resist, even though at the time it was just a mantel decoration. Later on I bought some more Standard Gauge trains, built a layout with both 0 and Standard Gauge track, and now I'm in charge of a Standard Gauge museum layout as well. 

I've also gotten into European trains - first ETS and then MTH when they started with their beautifully detailed Euro line. Never thought I'd be running the Orient Express or a tinplate Beyer-Garratt, but there they are.

And finally, I've gotten less and less interested in diesels and modern era rolling stock. One of these days I will most likely clean house and unload most of my diesels to make room for more steam/transition era stuff.