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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSFNUT Another thing I noticed that there are many woman in toy train collecting, One told me she got into the hobby because when she was growing up nobody gave trains to little girls show she was making up for it now (BTW she also modeled in N Scale) [/quote] The stereotyping of days gone by - trains for boys, dolls for girls [V]. Even today, the classic advertising pose is a (grand)dad and young (grand)son operating their railroad; although some of the more progressive ad photos now include (grand)daughters and the occasional (grand)mother. So many posts on this forum (how long have you been in model railroading) are from those who started with a train set at age 6 (me included). If more girls had been given toy trains way back then, there would probably be far more women in the hobby now. If you have a small daughter, grandaughter, or niece etc who shows an interest in your MRR activities, you might want to consider a train set this Christmas to get her started. Love of trains and the modelling craftwork (and education) that goes with them seems to be an inborn characteristic not necessarily gender related - many boys (and men) have little or no interest in trains. If only they knew what they are missing.
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