Railroading is and has always been huge as far as I can tell. I know quite a few folks who are into it and the projects they build are featured in our local museums. It turns out that kids LOVE trains and of the 3 history museums in my city, all of them have an exhibit for model trains. One of them (our heritage park) provides funding to the creators, paying them to transport and set up their models in their museum. So far, the room that has such exhibits shows off 20+ large scale train models.
It's pretty cool seeing the older train hobbyists training new folks on how to create trees, little homes, automated circuits, etc.
What's even more cool is them interacting with the community and sharing their knowledge to wide-eyed little kids. Warms the heart seeing people of all ages bonding over a shared interest.
It's pretty cool seeing the older train hobbyists training new folks on how to create trees, little homes, automated circuits, etc.
What's even more cool is them interacting with the community and sharing their knowledge to wide-eyed little kids. Warms the heart seeing people of all ages bonding over a shared interest.