End Of a Era.

[Mike Kieran]

Add in the fact that the population of model railroaders is also smaller than it was in years past (less clubs, less hobby shops, and less rail publications).

Source?

I can't remember which editorial I read in the hobby magazines, but they included data from market research. I have to research where it was. The bottom line is that there are more hobbies out there to share the market than there were 30 years ago.