I don't think you can pigeon hole model railroaders or any sub area, like 3 rail O. There are some general assumptions, it tends to be a hobby where the age skews to be older, it tends to be something people come back to later in life once they get more established in life. Some things tend to come together, lot of train people IME tend to be car people, too for example. The common perception of people burrowed in their basement and not interacting is one that honestly bothers me, while I know that type exists, most of the train people I have met are pretty gregarious (ask a train person something, and don't be surprised if the answer takes a while
. Likewise I have found very few who are snobbish about the hobby. Yeah, there are some, have run into those into operations who pooh pooh, 'running trains in circles', or 'toy trains', but they are rare. Most of the time have seen the opposite, people who are happy others are into the hobby and go out of their way to help, been blown away by that. At the show I asked one of the modular club guys about the merits/faults of the ZW-L transformer they were using , and really gave me a good run down on it and have found the same thing with other things,too.
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