My children are all grown and two of them have children of their own. When my kids were young, my trains held their interest. My sons buddies would marvel at the many operating accessories. These are kids that grew up with Nintendo and the like. My three grandchildren have shown some interest in my trains. I have set up a small layout for my eldest grandson, 10, in his basement, but I think his interest in it isn't going to justify expanding the layout. Not yet anyway. My son was watching my trains the other day because his son wanted to see the trains. My son said, apologetically, "Pop, I can't seem to get an interest in the trains".
Now, to veer off a bit. I think the newer technology has sparked some interest in model trains among the younger folks. It's what they're growing up with. Technology that we as kids couldn't even fathom. So hooray for all the modern electronics ! For us older farts, like me, I still need to see the mechanics of it all.
