how old are you?

[Anonymous]

I am fifteen
[:D]

[Anonymous]

Im 21 Years old. Been modeling since I was 4.

[Anonymous]

I'm 17 right now, so I'm one of the younger people in this hobby. I've loved trains all my life and my interest has done nothing but grow over the years.

[Anonymous]

jeepers! it's good to know I'm not the only kid around. I'm 16.

[FThunder11]

Im only 15 and haved loved trains since i was able to realize what they were. My grand Father worked For Grand Central Terminal when i lived in New York. I never new him, he died just after i was born, but I get to hear all of the stories from my father.

[vsmith]

Too young for Rachel Welch and too old for Brittany Spears.

[Anonymous]

I am 28 soon to be 29 in dec. been modelin 13 yrs now

[Anonymous]

I'm 13. Loved trains all my life.

[Anonymous]

I am, in what they call the golden years, 66. I'll be damned if I know why they call them golden, it seems like a bit of the body kind of gives out or gets arthritis with each passing year over 55. You kids are in your golden years so enjoy them, old age comes way too soon.

[AggroJones]

I'm 21.

[Anonymous]

I'm 12 and have loved trains ever since I was 2 yrs. old.

Alex in the sooner state

[Jetrock]

I'm 34 and have been a train nut since about age eight, although I took a break from model railroading from ages 19 to 33.

[Yampa2003]

41 - 46 age group but only just!
Been modeling nearly as long!
Brian

[Anonymous]

I guess I'm Too young for Rachel Welch too, but just about old enough for Elizabeth Hurley. I'm 33, have been a fan of railroading all my life since my grandfather hand build brass steam engines in narrow gauge. I didn't get my model railroad start until I was 12 though. Tough to stop now, too much fun.

[Anonymous]

I,m 75 and glad I had this wonderful hobby to fall back on when I retired. My mother said the first word that I said was train( I think it might have been the second). I've been building HO trains since I was 12.

[Anonymous]

I'm glad this question was asked. I thought this forum was skewed to a younger modelling audience - now I know. This is not intended as a value judgement, just an observation.

[Hawks05]

i'm 17. just started in the hobby.

its nice to see that there are people my age that are in this hobby. i was a show recently and i was the youngest person there i think that was actually buying stuff. not just there with dad because mom was out shopping or something.

if any of the people in the 16-18 yr. old range want to talk. i'm on MSN all the time or i have AIM but never use it.

[Anonymous]

I am 24 soon to be 25...althought i usually feel 74 soon to be 75. I have been into trains since my eyes opened, and have been into this hobby in depth since i was about 14. As for Rachel Welch or Britney Spears???? I dunno call me crazy but i think im just the right age for Jessica Simpson (and not to sound concieted but i think im a lot better lookin than Nick Lachey) LOLOLOL

[krump]

approximately 14,429 days, and 14 hrs (however leap years might change the #s a bit), but then again, who's counting

[Anonymous]

I am suprised to see that the majority of modelers that have voted to this point are from 20-40 years of age after all that we've heard about modeling railroaders becoming an aging group. I suspect though that this is due to many older generations lack of interest in the internet and computers in general.

[Anonymous]

I'm old enough to know better[8D]...and yet too young to care![;)]

[Anonymous]

wow and i thought i was the only one im 12 and have always loved trains my gramps has a massive HO layout and i have a board with that pre ballasted track its more about the building and getting the trains working to me than the scenary plus i cant nail into the board it my dads
Codyr

New Zealand (u know under hawiai and to the right of australia)

[Z For Me]

Me I'm 43!
Became addicted to model railroading at the ripe age of seven. From the first time I laid eyes on my friends dad' layout that ran between two rooms and that little brass swichter that was arranging cars in the yard I was hooked.
To this day I can't explain the atraction to the lure of model railroading and trains and forget about trying to explain the hobby to a person that has zero intrest in our world is something that I just can't do. Anyone here know how to inform me of why we are addicted to the hobby? Please inform me!
Take care, Mark in Nevada

[Anonymous]

i think the addiction is due to our childhood i (dont know about the rest of u) beleive if u grow up with trains in the house it sought of pemanently singes itself into your head so u are more likely to take it up if grew up with it than if u didnt!!!!!!!
CodyR
12Y/O
New Zeland

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[IRONROOSTER]

I'm 56 and have been in this hobby 32 years next month. Started in HO, switched to O, and the last ten years I've been in S. It's been fun all the way.
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

I'm 43, just starting out in this hobby with my husband.

Cindy

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Z For Me

Me I'm 43!
Became addicted to model railroading at the ripe age of seven. From the first time I laid eyes on my friends dad' layout that ran between two rooms and that little brass swichter that was arranging cars in the yard I was hooked.
To this day I can't explain the atraction to the lure of model railroading and trains and forget about trying to explain the hobby to a person that has zero intrest in our world is something that I just can't do. Anyone here know how to inform me of why we are addicted to the hobby? Please inform me!
Take care, Mark in Nevada

Mark, my opinion about our addiction (and what better addiction to have? [:D]) is that first and foremost we find the prototype fascinating. Sitting at a grade crossing in the pick-up truck with my grandfather as a kid, watching that s-l-o-w moving freight train with it's many different boxcars, hoppers, etc. was never boring. I'd stare, as did my granddad, in rapt fascination. My grandfather loved trains and shared that love with me. So that's one way I became hooked for life. Later in life, my grandmother took me on my first train trip from Chicago to Memphis during my summer vacation break from school. While awaiting our train, I was mesmerized by all the activity both inside and outside the terminal: the passengers scurrying towards gates to catch their outbound trains...the train personnel engaged in conversation with one another about, I suspected, trains [:D]...watching other trains crawl into the station as we waited for ours to be called, and watching the people disembark, wondering where everyone hailed from. It was the excitement of the hustle & bustle that awed me--not to mention the actual train ride itself--and which ultimately lead to my unwaivering love for passenger trains, both prototype and replicas. So that's another reason, I feel. Finally, I think we revisit memories from our childhood and we want to recreate them in miniature to have forever. Sadly, so much of what fascinated me as a kid is now gone. It's like eating your favorite hearty meal--you never seem to grow tired of it, nor do you ever want to have to be without. Of course, memories alone doesn't always cut it--the real allure is one's absolute fascination with trains themselves. But man, what an allure! In modern times, where computer games and technology seem to overwhelm us at every turn, it's really cool to escape all of that and return to a favorite pasttime of old...its like escaping to a slower, simpler space in time. I'm 41 years YOUNG [:D], and wouldn't give up my trains for all the computer gadgetry in the world. Well, that's my twenty-five cents worth. I wonder what other modelers think?

[AltonFan]

40 this year, been interested in trains as far back as I can remember, model railroading on and off since I was 5 or 6.

[therailnut]

I am 26 getting ready to 27 on friday.

[Anonymous]

heck im 29 and i'd still go for raquel welch!