@Guitarmike posted:I have liked doing the same things since I was a kid, I am 57 now. I am an old metalhead, been playing guitar since 1981. I have had some sort of layout since 1970. Sure at times I put other interests ahead of them but they were always waiting for me. During my highschool years I do not remember more than 3-4 kids that were active model railroaders. The older generation kept a bit of distance between themselves, their trains, and the teen modelers. We probably scared them with our long hair. 😜
On the tmcc sub forum Ryan has been integrating Alexa with tmcc. I can see a time in the near future where you could merge something like trainsim with your layout. The kids that like trains (but do not show it) may just surprise us yet.
Mike, I'll be 64 soon so we are from the same era. I did not know of anyone other than myself who was interested in model trains at my rural high school. There were probably other lone wolf modelers there, but I was not aware of any.
I think you are correct, there are more teenagers out there who are interested in trains than we would think.
