The station building was in use until 1996, but is now only used as a stop by regional trains and tickets must be bought on-board trains.

After 15 years as the manager of Train World, John Tricarico cannot be fooled: "Men buy trains for themselves and then give them to their kids.

"People are buying trains to play with," Judy Hoffman, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Lionel, the toy-train manufacturer.

The two have also discussed bond proposals to finance Amtrak's deficit, largely a product of Amtrak's need to keep buying modern trains.

From 1990 on, the BVG bought more trains, which were called F90/F92, which also featured no major changes.

Collectors usually buy vintage trains and put them in showcases.

Collectors spend a lot of their time going to shows to buy rare trains.

The authority had $10 billion in debt seven years ago, from borrowing that helped it to buy new trains, rebuild stations and draw riders back to the system.

Refurbishing a single ICE 1 trainsets costs about three million Euro, a fraction of the cost of buying new trains.

Compared to buying new trains, the program saves about 1.3 billion Euro.