palallin posted:To reply to the Original Question:
1) Promote it to whom? Retiree looking for a hobby?
Success is mostly Management of Expectations.
I think this would be helpful, possibly with a article or ad in magazines like AARP. I came back into the hobby big time since I retired in 1995. The kids had finished collage, and I had spare cash (wife was still working). Although I've always had hobbies and interests, a lot of guys are clueless about what to do after their "work" life.
I agree that expectations are a key issue. Given the fact that "playing with trains as a kid" is not the factor it used to be, and that people are less interested in "collecting", and that eBay and on-line has become a major place to buy and sell, and that fewer kids today want any form of hobby.....
Maybe a few very dedicated "train nuts" could get together in a barn twice a year to talk, trade, and sell trains to each other...but not make the mistake of calling it an "association".
