Modeling Passenger Trains, Yay or Nay?

[Green_Elite_Cab]

As the hobbyists in this line get younger there are folks that have never seen a passenger train, therefore they have no interest in them.
I think we tend to model the eras we grew up in or the era just prior to that.
I would be as bored running a van train or double stack as younger folks would be with a passenger train, and as far as today's passenger locomotives, IMHO they can't ever find enough paint to cover ugly Even the old electric box cabs had more design.
Charlie

Perhaps its the geographical location of many of the modelers I know who are 25 and under, but my experience is the opposite.

Its usually the younger folks trying to model the passenger trains (frequently Amtrak and whatever local commuter agency they see). Several people I know are trying to build Amtrak's Silver Meteor in its current form. There is much anxiety to be had on eBay, seeking out the now retired Amfleet II long distance coaches. Several others are trying to build Amtrak's Metroliner cab-car rebuilds. Not to mention whatever local commuter agency they see on a daily basis.

Unfortunately, nearly every car in the mix is retired or hard to obtain. If you're good at surfing the net, you can find these things on places like HO Yard sale for a good price, and even if you're lucky, on eBay.

However, even though i can go out and get all the special, unique cars that made up some sort of 1950-60s era streamliner, the every day basic Amfleet Coach is nearly impossible to locate.


Hey, those modern trains aren't ugly! They have Character!