04-17-2009, 04:02 PM
I think you are right, except your math is a little off. I think most modelers like to model the trains they were interested when they were first old enough to recognize a train. That would probably be somewhere between 5 & 10 years old. Since it is now 2009, a 20 something would probably be more interested in the 1990's than the 1980's. In my case, I was born in 1946. I like steam because I like seeing all of the mechanical parts moving out in the open. I don't like the modern era much, not because I don't like modern trains, etc. It is just that modern railroading has gotten so efficient that they just don't do what I enjoy about railroading. I find unit trains of any type totally boring, but that may just be my opinion. I understand why the railroads do what they do. The bottom line is to make a profit, and unit trains are highly efficient profit makers.