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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by GMTRacing ... I recently got back into my trains after a 20 year layoff and am trying to get back up to speed. I just read the book Playing With Trains.by Sam Posey and wonder what we are leaving for our kids?... [/quote] JR, [#welcome]! I read Sam Posey's book too, and I loved it! Except I think he overgeneralized about some things, such as the so-called 'rivalry' between the scenery guys and the operation guys. [quote]QUOTE: (continued...) I do the train set to relax after a long day. Whats with the teams and re-enactments vis-a-vis prototyping? How do we interest a computer/game-boy generation with mountains of routing paperwork or have we become an ultimate expression of selfishness?[/quote] I know guys who go to all those 'prototype' conventions and stuff, yet their home layouts are very 'casual' -IF you know what I mean![;)] Most of the MRR guys I know are definitely NOT anal-retentive or selfish, but like the general population, you'll find all personality types in this hobby - bad as well as good. As for generating interest among the Gameboy generation, there's quite a few who participate here (Coffee Shop) and in the main Forum - I try to be as helpful as possible with these kids, without being condescending. That's one way to keep this great hobby going - even if they are NOT any of my own kids[sigh]... Again, welcome aboard!
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