> The hobby never recovered the sales enjoyed in the 50's. I read an
> article on Con-Cor's web site that there are fewer than a quarter of
> a million model railroaders in the U. S. today and that figure is
> dropping. Video games, increased school activities (paid for by
> taxpayers - Groan..) and of coarse, television, all take up a kid's
> time and that is time not spent playing with trains. Ask a kid what
> he wants for Christmas (or his birthday) and chances are that trains
> won't even make the list.
>
> If the trend continues, kids won't be playing with electric trains
> and growing up to be model railroaders. That means old farts like us
> will go the way of the dinosaurs...
>
> Raleigh in snowy Maine!
>
What they got for Christmas were the new cell phones with Swiss knife
accessories and MP3 players like IPods. But I gave Chris Caines, the leader
in the student MR Club, John Riddell's CNR Colour Guide Part 1. He was
thrilled. The rest got similar items.
cheers,
Andy Malette
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