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Larry, I gave my son all the works - from a Playmobil train set when he was 3 years old, to LGB when he was 8 years to one of the early train simulators when he was 12. He never developed an interest in trains or model railroads. Things would have been different, had I given him a Lego train set, as he loved to "work" with Lego bricks. The little one is now 30 years old and has a summa cum laude degree in computer engineering science. His hobby? No trains, but dioramas and those dreadful looking war hammer figures. Incidentally, I recently saw an interview with Florian Sieber, the new boss of Marklin, who, for the first time in decades, was proud to report a growing customer base. He owes this to a new line of kid´s trains and a budget line in the key market of 3-rail AC HO scale trains. The budget line is not as detailed as the premium line, but still sufficiently detailed and at the same level of engineering and built quality. May be there is a lesson to be learned in this with respect to the future of model railroading.
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