At work I put up 3 engines, 15 Atlas Reefers, a cabooses, a hopper, and a pulp wood car.
The train fans are all crawling out of the woodwork. So far ~15 people have stopped by my booth and talked trains and modeling. Two confessed that model rail roading was a favorite from their childhood. And I caught someone playing with the train when I wasn’t around. (The caboose was derailed when I came back…pftttt amateurs!) [:D]
During lunch I’ve been assembling a branchline reefer and people take enough interest to watch and talk for a little while. But then again they might be hanging around to smell the CA glue fumes. [:D]
Turns out it doesn’t take a lot to generate a lot of interest.