as you know i like trains of the 80s and 90s but don't know much about toy trains from non lionel manufacturers of that era
who else was in 3 rail o scale at that time?
were there trains that reflected that era's music, tech etc
have you ever owned trains from this era
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The 1980's for o gauge you had:
Weaver models
Williams
K-Line
Right of way industries
Others to mention;
Pride lines
H&B engineering
Skillfingers
For the 1990's you had the above plus:
Phoenix rail- gone by 1994
MTH went on their own in 1993
Right of way industries folded by 1995
Pecos river brass dabled in 3 rail by 1996
Lionel took a 3 mil loss trying to pimp their oversized and overpriced trains- not catering to the up and coming scale trains.
Atlas O started back up in 1998.
K-Line went more scale in 1999
prrhorseshoecurve posted:The 1980's for o gauge you had:
Weaver models
Williams
K-Line
Right of way industries
Others to mention;
Pride lines
H&B engineering
Skillfingers
For the 1990's you had the above plus:
Phoenix rail- gone by 1994
MTH went on their own in 1993
Right of way industries folded by 1995
Pecos river brass dabled in 3 rail by 1996
Lionel took a 3 mil loss trying to pimp their oversized and overpriced trains- not catering to the up and coming scale trains.
Atlas O started back up in 1998.
K-Line went more scale in 1999
thanks but i can't find anything on Phoenix rail o scale
i'm looking for pictures
I re-discovered my PostWar trains in 1980 while living in Baltimore and having an attended a Greenburg Show at Towson State University.
My prize train from the 80s is my New York Central 20th Century Ltd set.
My prize trains from the 90s are numerous and include my 6464 remakes and my AC motored TMCC beeps.
Another favorite, my D&H service station set from the early 90s.
Peter
Putnam Division posted:I re-discovered my PostWar trains in 1980 while living in Baltimore and having an attended a Greenburg Show at Towson State University.
Peter
While living in Baltimore did you ever visit Antique Toy & Train World on Falls Rd.?
My favorite is a Lionel but I don't care, it was the first new train set I bought with my own money....
Paul
wild mary posted:Putnam Division posted:I re-discovered my PostWar trains in 1980 while living in Baltimore and having an attended a Greenburg Show at Towson State University.
Peter
While living in Baltimore did you ever visit Antique Toy & Train World on Falls Rd.?
All the time......I lived in Mt Washington from 79-83. Bud Ritter was always very helpful! Still have many of the trains I bought there. Wish I had pulled the trigger on a Burlington Alco passenger set that was like-new, but I waited too long......
It was there where I bought my complete set of Toy Trains magazine......for $20!
Great memories, thanks for waking them up in me!
PeteR
Much like the rest of the world, in the 80's the train hobby got a lot of focus on electronics. Companies like QSI, Depotronics, Dallee, and Roanoke to name a few were offering so much innovative product.
The Fisher Price PXL-2000 to name a few of the then innovative cameras were made not long before Lionel's RailScope, and things like Yamaha keyboards and the Sony Walkman that produced excellent sound quality probably followed the same steps that improved sound systems like the Right of Way sounds and Lionel's first edition of RailSounds walked through.
Not to mention the majority of trains being produced in the 80's were very colorful and bold (look at the Lionel Alton Limited and Chessie Steam Special).
I thought there were just cast iron floor toys and a few alcohol burning live steamers in the 1880-1890's, with maybe a few stamped tin ones.
Wasn't there a revamped pastel colored girl's set that was marketed with a tie in to Miami Vice? 
MTH did some really impressive scale locomotives back in the 90's. It felt like every year there was new tooling.
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