Excellent work everyone!!! 
Driline:I'd like to know how the future of model railroading is doing with the young crowd.....just how many other Freshman do you know at your school have some sort of model railroad in the works? And how did you become so you interested in this hobby, especially with all the computer and xbox ps2 gaming systems out there that take up so much of your generations leisure time? I must admit I am guilty as well. I can't get enough of Battlefield "Bad company" on the Xbox.
If you don't mind, I'll throw my answer in too.
As a Sophomore, I don't know anyone else interested in trains. Now, granted, it is a school of only 500 students total, but still. But even if there is no one that we know of, there could be a person in hiding, and there also others, in places like this.
On these forums, we teens have two threads, one for MRRing, and one for Railfanning. We have our own forum (which we are not supposed to speak of). We also have our own forum on another railroading site (which I am also not supposed to speak of). There is TAMR, as Sawyer mentioned. Sure, there's not millions of us, but we are out here.
As for video games, I was never really into that stuff. I live a more relaxed life, with no need to constantly be doing things. During my free time, I play hockey and lacrosse, surf, and of course, model railroad and railfan.
Just my 