I've noticed that I like owning lots of trains. I think many hobbyists are the same. We accumulate a lot of stuff because we like having it, even if we don't have the space or collector gene. Because of space, availability and cost, O scale 2 rail is one of the larger and more costly for locos and rolling stock. These factors make it harder to have a collection and/or layout that is literally or aspirationally attractive to many prospective hobbyists. Some of the same thing happened in large scale I believe. Aside from the LGB magazine, there is no hard copy magazine any longer for large scale, whereas there is a hard copy for O 2 railers. There is no on-line large scale magazine for large scale (G) but there is one for O gauge two railers. So things could be worse. Two rail O scalers seem pretty happy with their choices, and are amongst the most active and creative scratch builders, so maybe there isn't a problem of any substantial magnitude? O two rail works for lots of people, and for those for whom it doesn't, there are lots of other choices, including O three rail, HO, N, etc.
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