Which tractor is appropriate?

[JazzDad]

I need a tractor (of course) on my model railroad layout. From left to right, which of these would be correct for a 1940 setting? Athearn - 1/50 Die-Cast Tractor Pack, John Deere #1 (4)

 

[RollTideRam]

The Waterloo boy on the left was made up until 1925. The model D on the right has steel wheels. I think these were offered during WWII because of the rubber shortage. I think number 3 (model B) would be the one.
I am not a Johnny Popper expert and I did not sleep in a Holiday Inn last night, so you might want to check with someone else. JC

 

[ShookFarm]

Tide covered it all pretty well. But, it would most likely depend on the farm setting. For an etremely rural layout, the D or Waterloo. A more developed (depending on city size) atmosphere would be more in line with the Johnny Popper (read some affluence into this).

Post a pic of the intended locale so we can get a feel for the setting. I'm assuming you are pretty much all steam on the layout, correct?

 

[JazzDad]

Thanks. I assumed the steel wheels harkened back to the days of steam-powered tractors, or just thereafter. And speaking of steam- yes, this layout will have a steam locomotive. I had always modeled the diesel era before. The Model B it is!

 

[grnspot110]

That "B" would be from the mid 40's to early 50's!

 

[RollTideRam]

The model B was introduced in 1934 as a 1935 model. The model 50 took its place in 1951. JC