As the title says, I'm just curious how many of us are part of the "next generation", and what we model. For example
I'm 23, and model the 2000s-present Wheeling and lake Erie railway east end in Pennsylvania. Its a protolanced though- more industry and a freelanced switching road at the one end.
(My Model Railroad, My Rules)
These are the opinions of an under 35 , from the east end of, and modeling, the same section of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway. As well as a freelanced road (Austinville and Dynamite City railroad).
Well, at 31, I just miss the mark. But I'm still at the younger end of the spectrum.
Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad in N Scale.
www.prr-nscale.blogspot.com
I am only in this category for 6 more months. I will be 30 in December.
Colorado Front Range Railroad: http://www.coloradofrontrangerr.com/
I will be 30 in October.
Will
I used to be under 30, a long long time ago! Does that count?
Sorry - couldn't resist - seniors' moment!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I was under 30 when I joined this Forum...13 years ago! Ugh, has it been that long?
Paul A. Cutler III
Well I'm 29 yrs old and model the modern era 1998-2007 in Union Pacific and BNSF. Then I'm trying to model the New York Central in 1957 and Conrail 1987-1989.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
I was 3 when return of the Jedi came out.
T e d
I was under 30 - 30 years ago!
I turn 30 in October as well.
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60361449@N02/
Anthracite Modeler - YouTube
26 in August.
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pt714 26 in August. P
Same here
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
My wife sometimes says I'm like a 5 year old on a sugar rush!! Unfortunately, I haven't actually been a 5 year old on a sugar rush since the Nixon Administration!
I suppose I might just be the youngest guy here, heading into my Sophomore year of High school this fall.
Modeling everything midewest in HO steam on a 4x8 sheet of plywood. MOPAC, Illinois Central, Nickle Plate, Wabash, and Frisco. With N&W/NYC as an exception. Everything second-hand DC.
-S. Connor
Oh, yes! I remember my sophmore year at high school.
That was they year that Kennedy was shot.
ROARING
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
S. Connor has it as youngest so far, as I am a year or so older than him.
-Alex Warshal
My Layout Photos- http://s1293.photobucket.com/user/ajwarshal/library/
Wow, a lot of 29-year-olds. Me as well, i'll be 30 in September.
It's nice to see that i'm not the only one, it's easy to feel that way. I've been to a couple of ops sessions in my area, but I always end up feeling a little funny hanging out with guys twice my age (my fiancé came to one, that was weird). Not that they aren't wonderful people with much to share, it's just that it would be nice to share my hobby with some of my peers. Usually when social aquaintances ask me what I do in my spare time I say kayaking or riding bikes - both of which I enjoy and both of which are much easier to explain than model railroading.
It's always suprising, however, when one of my 30y/o friends finally makes it back into the laundry room of my house and see's my little part of California in the 50's. The reaction is always positive; they even end up asking things like "hows that going" in conversation later on, and there were high-fives all around when one of my pictures made the Model Railroader newsletter. Of course, none of them have taken it up... yet.
In early August, I'll be celebrating my 33 anniversary of turning 21. LOL.
In the near 2 years of being on these forums, I've seen numerous threads expressing concerns about the future of this incredible hobby...that we're losing the interest of the younger generations. This thread might just show otherwise.
Mark H
Modeling in HO...Reading and Conrail together in an alternate history.
I have been 30 twice. I wonder what my chances are of making it a third time.
Lackawanna Route of the Phoebe Snow
I was under 30 when Jaws came out (the first one). As for being a 5-year-old on a sugar rush, that was during the Truman administration. Only yesterday, it seems. Good memories.
I have tried to maintain my behavior on a decidedly juvenile level throughout my entire life, and see no advantage in changing now. It works well for me.
Tom
I'm 30 in my mind but my body is 2 and a half times that. I'm still having fun with my trains.
Joe
Close.. 32 here.
I turn 23 in late July
The Beaverton, Fanno Creek & Bull Mountain Railroad
"Ruby Line Service"
I turn 20 in November.
Modeling the Bellefonte Central Railroad
Fan of the PRR
Garden Railway Enthusiast
Check out my Youtube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PennsyModeler
SP&S modeler, 1960's give or take a decade or two for some equipment.
http://www.youtube.com/user/SGTDUPREY?feature=guide
Gary DuPrey
N scale model railroader
28 and my modeling interests are listed below
When I've got a throttle in my hand and I blow the whistle when approaching a crossing, I'm about 8 years old. My Truman Era birth date does not matter at all.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
I am 29, going on to 30 in november.
I model the Wisconsin Central and CN fusion along with another shortline: St-Lawrence and Atlantic.
29. Proto-lanced regional carrier. (Fictional line that connects to two real lines in the same area, partnered with one....)
Ricky W.
HO scale Proto-freelancer.
My Railroad rules:
1: It's my railroad, my rules.
2: It's for having fun and enjoyment.
3: Any objections, consult above rules.