QUOTE: Originally posted by CubanRailways Sod computers - what they useful for?.......chatting with people about railways on the otherside of the Atlantic -well they have some uses.....! Regards, Stephen.
Joe Fugate Modeling the 1980s SP Siskiyou Line in southern Oregon
QUOTE: Originally posted by Paul3 CNJ831 wrote: QUOTE: A great many posters, past and present, either seem to be Pollyannas or don't wi***o except the possibility that the hobby they love so much (and me too) might be in decline. And then there are the great many posters both here and on the Atlas forum that are "doom-and-gloomers", the Chicken Little-types that insist that the hobby is dying and there's nothing that can be done, so we might as well just chuck it all and take up stamp collecting or something. However, we both agree that there is no way to accurately measure what's going on with the hobby. The traditional methods of using magazine subscription numbers and page counts, NMRA memberships, and train show attendance are now flawed. The internet has seen to that.
QUOTE: A great many posters, past and present, either seem to be Pollyannas or don't wi***o except the possibility that the hobby they love so much (and me too) might be in decline.
QUOTE: Originally posted by FiremanLA Yes many of us are aging and yes we are spending probably more than ever..(yes after inflation!) I would say the hobby is good at least until we (the boomers) reach the average age of seventy or so....
QUOTE: Originally posted by ereimer when i go to model train shows i see a LOT of grey hair (mine included) .
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
Simon Modelling CB&Q and Wabash See my slowly evolving layout on my picturetrail site http://www.picturetrail.com/simontrains and our videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/MrCrispybake?feature=mhum