Why do I like the 1950s/'60s so much?

[RobertInOntario]

Oddly the only thing I like from the 50/60s is the music,'57 Chevy and 65 Mustang.

I recall the railroads was dirty,grimy and in some ways ran down..The 60s the railroads didn't fair that much better being grimy,more run down looking and the era of short passengers trains.

I suppose that's why I have lost my interest in the 50/60 era railroads.

Interesting! Good point. I know that British steam engines in the 1960s became VERY run down -- I have several books showing colour railway pics taken in the 1960s. Steam locos ran in Britain until 1968 and British Railways allowed many of them to become very run-down and rusty. Instead of being black or green, many were a rusty brown or grey -- very undignified. Some were even shorn of their numbers or name plates and appeared to have chalk numbers scribed on their sides!

I do a fair bit of current rail-fanning with my kids and -- while the diesel engines appear to be in good condition -- most of the freight cars are very rusty and many are covered in graffiti! So the same is partly true of the modern era but maybe not as severe as the '50s/60s?

Rob