| Trains were the first viable form of transport to | | | | own homes! |
| hit America, especially after the Civil War. Few | | | | There are many manufacturers that offer replicas |
| people today actually know about their roots and | | | | of steam model trains now because they are |
| do not much care, apart from railroad model | | | | proving to be so popular at the moment. Most |
| enthusiasts that is. They are fully aware of the | | | | model railroad enthusiasts will have at least one in |
| significance of steam trains and that is why many | | | | their collection to remember the days gone by |
| of them today have steam model trains. The | | | | fondly. They are classic in every way and look |
| steam train enabled man to travel across America | | | | extremely stylish. Steam model trains can really |
| and allowed goods and services to find their way | | | | enhance your model railroad experience and it is a |
| to the west coast. They were only available in the | | | | small price to pay to get hold of one for your |
| east up until that point. Steam trains were | | | | collection. There is a real market for the steam |
| powered by coal. The burning coal produced | | | | model train. They are much sought after by |
| steam, which was then converted into kinetic | | | | collectors and individuals will often fight over |
| energy to propel the train forward. Steam model | | | | limited edition ones. |
| trains paid homage to these earlier marvels of | | | | You can get hold of a steam model train as part |
| technology. | | | | of a set or starter kit but these are much more |
| It was only after the Second World War that | | | | expensive that regular starter kits. They will cost |
| they were actually replaced by the electric | | | | you no matter how you buy them though so if |
| powered trains that we have today. One of the | | | | you are a beginner it would probably be better to |
| major reasons that steam locomotives were | | | | purchase one in this form than on its own. |
| popularly replaced by electricity is that they were | | | | Steam model train enthusiasts are spread out all |
| much slower and less efficient so ticket fares | | | | over the globe and will wax lyrical about them. |
| were much higher than they were after electricity | | | | They do have a little something that other model |
| trains took centre stage. Steam locomotives | | | | trains lack. Every collector should have a steam |
| were completely gone by the 1970s and were | | | | model train, if only to remember the past and |
| sorely missed. They soon had a nostalgic following | | | | how technology has advanced transport in recent |
| that demanded their return. As a result, the | | | | years. Once you set your steam model train in |
| steam model trains were perfect to appease | | | | motion though, you will realise just how addictive |
| those enthusiasts with because they could still get | | | | they are! |
| a taste of the past, but in the comfort of their | | | | |