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I'd say that the hobby is either stable or slightly growing. For example, take a look at Hornby - they floated on the stock market last year and have been performing amazingly well - surely a good sign? They also show consistent profits. <br /> <br />I'm not convinced by the argument about people today wanting instant gratification and as a result being unwilling to put in the time to produce a decent model. Look at the growth in the modified car scene and in the modified computer scene - both these require skills, patience, etc to achieve. I would argue assembling a computer from parts (as I and many of my friends have done a few times) takes a similar amount of time to building a train of Athearn freight cars. I suspect that it is more a case of needing to convince people that model trains are cool - the World's Greatest Hobby campaign is an excellent idea here, as are ROCO's cheap (ish) DCC starter sets (not sure if these are available in the States, over here you can buy one containing a German diesel loco, a couple of freight cars, an oval of track, and a basic DCC control unit for around £80-£90, have noticed a set that looks virtually identical but with a GP40 and three US freight cars advertised in MR this month). I would argue that DCC is the way to attract the "Playstation Generation" as it allows you to operate in a realistic manner without needing isolating sections, etc.
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