As the title says, I’m just curious how many of us are part of the “next generation”, and what we model. For example
I’m 23, and model the 2000s-present Wheeling and lake Erie railway east end in Pennsylvania. Its a protolanced though- more industry and a freelanced switching road at the one end.
Well, at 31, I just miss the mark. But I’m still at the younger end of the spectrum.
I am only in this category for 6 more months. I will be 30 in December.
I will be 30 in October.
I used to be under 30, a long long time ago! Does that count?[:o)][swg][(-D][(-D]
Sorry - couldn’t resist - seniors’ moment![;)]
Dave
I was under 30 when I joined this Forum…13 years ago! Ugh, has it been that long?
Paul A. Cutler III
Well I’m 29 yrs old and model the modern era 1998-2007 in Union Pacific and BNSF. Then I’m trying to model the New York Central in 1957 and Conrail 1987-1989.
I was 3 when return of the Jedi came out.
T e d
I was under 30 - 30 years ago!
I turn 30 in October as well.
26 in August.
P
Same here
My wife sometimes says I’m like a 5 year old on a sugar rush!! [;)] Unfortunately, I haven’t actually been a 5 year old on a sugar rush since the Nixon Administration! [:'(]
I suppose I might just be the youngest guy here, heading into my Sophomore year of High school this fall.
Modeling everything midewest in HO steam on a 4x8 sheet of plywood. MOPAC, Illinois Central, Nickle Plate, Wabash, and Frisco. With N&W/NYC as an exception. Everything second-hand DC.
-S. Connor
Oh, yes! I remember my sophmore year at high school.
That was they year that Kennedy was shot.
ROARING
S. Connor has it as youngest so far, as I am a year or so older than him.
-Alex Warshal
Wow, a lot of 29-year-olds. Me as well, i’ll be 30 in September.
It’s nice to see that i’m not the only one, it’s easy to feel that way. I’ve been to a couple of ops sessions in my area, but I always end up feeling a little funny hanging out with guys twice my age (my fiancé came to one, that was weird). Not that they aren’t wonderful people with much to share, it’s just that it would be nice to share my hobby with some of my peers. Usually when social aquaintances ask me what I do in my spare time I say kayaking or riding bikes - both of which I enjoy and both of which are much easier to explain than model railroading.
It’s always suprising, however, when one of my 30y/o friends finally makes it back into the laundry room of my house and see’s my little part of California in the 50’s. The reaction is always positive; they even end up asking things like “hows that going” in conversation later on, and there were high-fives all around when one of my pictures made the Model Railroader newsletter. Of course, none of them have taken it up… yet.
In early August, I’ll be celebrating my 33 anniversary of turning 21. LOL.
In the near 2 years of being on these forums, I’ve seen numerous threads expressing concerns about the future of this incredible hobby…that we’re losing the interest of the younger generations. This thread might just show otherwise.
Mark H
I have been 30 twice. I wonder what my chances are of making it a third time.