>>1028130In around 1986 the MR club I belonged to was invited to set up a display at a money management show that showcased investment opportunities.
Curious as to why we were invited to something like that, it turns out they couldn't fill all the exhibitor spots so they looked at what was then (still is???) the most popular hobbies in terms of dollars spent world-wide.
#1 stamps
#2 model trains
#3 coin collecting
Surprised us (but with todays prices totaly believable heh). But the neat thing were all the suit types that loitered around the displays and portable layouts with HO, S, O gauge, and classic Lionel. Due to their ages the Lionel was most popular. Many of the suits would wait until no one was around to ask if ..uh.. if someone still had a box full in the attic..you know.. how much would it be worth. kek! Or do people still run them or where to buy more. Lots of closet model railroaders out there.
In my community model railroaders are lone wolves who do their own thing.. no clubs & very little fraternizing. Which sucks as I don't have much room and miss having a large club layout to operate on. I really should just put up a shelf layout along a wall I have that's about 15 ft long. Having a brass passenger set and a pair of my favourite locos stashed away in my "toy box" isn't really fun at all.
