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 Although I am a train buff for almost all of my life, I failed to attract my son to the hobby. When he turned 11, he discovered the world of computers and has stayed with it ever since. At first, it was those computer games parents love, but he moved on to more complex (and better) things. He has just got his bachelor´s degree in computer engineering science and is no going full steam ahead on his master´s degree. Our generation grew up with trains. Visiting distant family meant taking the train - air travel was just too expensive. Trains were very much a part of our day to day life, so it was fairly easy to develop an interest in trains and model trains. Today, trains in the US are not as apparent as they used to be. There is a whole generation, who has never taken a train ride. How can you develop an interest in something you don´t know and you don´t see?Here in Germany, trains are still a common form of transport. Students ride a train to go to school, people commute to work by train. Interest in trains is still strong, also among younger people, although not to the extent it used to be. Model railroading is a hobby, which is very well received in our society, and, from what I gathered in this forum, the number of active hobbyist may even be larger than in the US. We even have a weekly TV show about model trains!It is my guess, that the situation of the hobby in the US will change with train transport becoming more of a  factor in social life again. Seeing some of the younger people´s model work here, I am not worried about the next generation!
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