This is how I see O Scale 2-rail market. It will never be attractive to the younger generation. O Scale is always behind the times. Why would they buy O scale when they can have a HO locomotive with walkway lights, ground lights, lit number boards, and other light packages. They can have DCC Ready (DC) models where they can add their favorite decoder or have DCC and Sound. In O Scale we have a manufacturer who produces Tank drive and poorly accurate models like missing handrails, wrong paint choices and incorrect details. Another company has China drive with open frame trucks so it collects dirt and dust. Another company that did 2 and 3 rail and would take molds from different models to save cost. Example, use steps from another locomotive and use it on a different model that had different steps. When O scale decides to do locomotives with DCC Ready (DC) or a DCC and Sound that are well researched and correctly executed then we will see younger people come into the market. Cost and Size will not be such a problem as they will make it happen. For now O scale will always be behind other scales.
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