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I have tried to stay out of this debate. But anyways here goes nothing: Child hood Trainset, perhaps a few cars with horn and hook couplers. Forget operation and anything fancy. Just a loop of track and a constant itch and desire to run "Dad" trains which were never run unsupervised. Teenage years. Girls, Video games and crushing loads of school work demanded by teachers with a few dollars now and again to spend on something. Athearn rolling stock at 2.00 each was a god send and so was Kaydee Couplers. Early adult with a job and perhaps a few dollars. So busy with work did not have time to spend money on hobby. Housing, utilities and other responsibilites (Vehicle, gas and insurance etc) ate up the rest. fast forward 30 years. Finally settled down with a home and a wife. I STILL dont have much to spend on the hobby BUT... what I DO spend is on stuff that is really well done. Non-Performing engines are sold on ebay. Surviving engines are very well taken care of and expected to last 10 years or more. I am happy. But instead of buying a fist ful of rolling stock, pocket ful of detail parts and structure kits years ago, I make one trip a month to the LHS that is usually planned months in advance. I usually purchase a new engine once or twice a year usually when today's production runs are sold out before the product sees the LHS. But talk to today's children who drool over very powerful computers and broadband connections, cell phones, high performance cars and all kinds of goodies before they get out of high school... it's a wonder the hobby is still around. There will always be people who enjoy playing trains (Operating etc) as long humans are around to make a dollar for a day's work and able to spend some of it at the store.
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