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Poll Finds 1950 – 1960 A Popular Decade For Model Railroaders To Model

There were 1371 votes from 732 respondents in our recent poll which asked, Which decade do you model?
Respondents could select more than one era if required, hence the difference in numbers.

The numbers favored the timeline from 1940 to 1970 with 713 people registering a vote. 1950 to 1960 recorded the highest results (312 people model that decade).

Full details are as follows:

Pre 1900 = 37

1910 -1920 = 36

1920 -1930 = 65

1930 -1940 = 115

1940 -1950 = 224

1950 -1960 = 312

1960 – 1970 = 177

1970 -1980 = 110

1980 – 1990 = 77

1990 – 2000 = 71

2000 -2010 = 76

2010 – Present Day = 71

No particular era = 129

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