Train watching with your kids or grandkids is probably vital to our hobby.
They don't get to see or ride trains every day so going out of your way to do so will have an impact on them.
I still have memories before I was 5 years old of watching a NYC freight trains with over 100 cars snaking through below grade cut through Queens, NY. My grandfather counted out the cars for me.
My father had me on his shoulders as we watched a steam engine pass beneath a bridge we were on. I remember him running across the road so we could see it steam away. Don't remember the smell, but I do remember the smoke.
Train watch with your offspring!
