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It's one of my pet peeves too. Eras are fine for geologists and students of ancient history who deal with enormous periods of time, but the history of railways changes year by year, and even month by month with the tacky packaging that passes for liveries these days. Giving an 'era' for a model is useless if you still have to ask what it means or what part of an era they are talking about. It's about as much use as the 1st and 2nd radius and so on that has appeared in track nomenclature over the last few years - it's a term that doesn't actually provide any factual information. I would be happy to see it dropped.
