I have been to a few TCA meets here in my area. I had visions that most of
the "O"guys there would be like those I've seen at "O" and "S" West, in their
80's. I was surprised at the number of attendees since the meets are the first
Saturday of -EVERY- month. Usually around 60 to 80 attendees and most of them
in their 40's to 60's. Most of them are in O with only a few in S. I could not
find any HO or N and only one or two into the larger stuff.
The local TTOS has several display layouts at one of the local malls. Stop
by on a Saturday and there will be a large crowd of kids there PLAYING with the
trains. That would be the S gauge layout that they can play with and not the O
gauge . I think that is because the O guys tend to keep their backs turned
towards the kids and ignore them. The O layout is also about 4 ft high and the
S is 30" high. Yes it is all Flyer, SHS and AM., no scale.
A very common question from the parents is where can I buy the S. Not at the
local hobby shop here.
Rusty
--- In [email protected], "Roy" <hoffmanroy@...> wrote:
>
> Back in 2001, I had a talk with Tony Koester. The "World's Greatest Hobby"
> was just starting up. He said that they were going to aim at the boomers who
> found those old trains in the attic and were thinking of getting the
> grandchildren involved in trains. The hobby as a whole risks dying and the
> WGH is an attempt to get new blood into the hobby. Losing battle? Time will
> tell.
>
> Roy
>
> --- In [email protected], "Michael & Linda Marmer" <mlmarmer@> wrote:
> >
> > Many of you on this list are one of kind, dedicated to your love S, but
> > what will the hobby look like in 10 years. Unless the makers of these
> > products find new buyers, as you have to be doing that all the time to
> > continue to grow, things could be bleak.
> >
> > I hope I am wrong. But if new generations are not introduced to S then new
> > and current product sales will fall.
> >
>
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