@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:"“We’re kid-friendly. On Saturdays, we’ll get 30 or 40 kids to come to the store,” Ro says. “That’s what the hobby needs.”
I could go on, but I think that sums up what we should know about the hobby being in good hands. Every time I go to my local train store, there is at least one kid with their parent(s) in the store.
But the key question is, are these kids (or their parents) buying anything substantial?
I see kids at the local model train shows I go to, but I rarely see them or their parents buying anything. Nor do I see or hear of kids with their own layouts. That, to me, is the true measure of if kids are into the hobby or it's just a passing phase.
