Youth In The Hobby Clinic at the NMRA Midwest Regional Convention

[trainmaster247]

Thanks, curently there is even a chance Cody Grivno will be coming and for sure Charlie Getz

[JEREMY CENTANNI]

You have a long road ahead of you.

Keep up the good work.

 

[trainmaster247]

True again!

[ATSFGuy]

Keep in mind kids these days aren't as open minded as they were 14 years ago, that and there's less of them, so it's definitely a gamble.

[trainmaster247]

True in that displeasure, though sadly I see it the other way around to. A few shows I have been to people have had the looks of don't touch or get close and when buying things trying to cheat me out of a fair price. I really wish I would be treated as an equal at some places I really am. It will be really fun going to my first operating session to at this convention.

[MisterBeasley]

Thank you for doing this for the kids.

We have several chapters of Youth in Model Railroading here in Massachusetts.  Over the years, I've had the pleasure to watch their club modular layouts evolve, and see them a couple of times a year at train shows.

I'm not a big fan of modules with dinosaurs, or oversized military equipment taking on aliens, but, as we say of each other, "It's their railroad."  I let them be, and concentrate on the highly detailed farm in the next module.

I always like seeing a couple of layouts at every show where the throttles are handed over to young viewers.

There are always one or two young attendees at every train show who aren't into it and show their displeasure pretty vocally, but a train show ranks right up there with a circus at keeping 99% of the kids entharalled.

[trainmaster247]

Hello all, I am here to put out some info on a clinic I am giving at the NMRA Midwest Regional Convention at the end of this month. It is on youth in the hobby and this is the second time I have given it. It was very well recieved when I last gave it and I had many well known people attend. I go over many things from the club I started at my middle school and also just some photos of my model railroading work. In the end I go over some of my money saving cheapo ideas as I survive on a budget much smaller than most. 

The description of the clinic is as follows:

 

• Teenagers: The next Generation - You won’t want to miss this clinic, McKeegan is a young boy who has some great ideas on how to bring the next generation of model railroaders into this wonderful hobby.

 

 

I would love to see some of you attend this clinic and hear some thoughts.