I have to agree with Dick Dorn one hundred percent. There are more railfans in their 20s and 30s out there doing incredible photography, and enjoying the hobby in additional ways like train simulators and digital modeling, than most older folks realize. (And there's WAY more to train simming than simply running a train on your computer.)Just because they don't all have the time or the interest in volunteering to sand rust off some old boxcar or tender on their weekends doesn't mean they're ignoring history or preservation, either. Both of my grown kids, one recently earning her Masters in History and the other in his final year of Civil Engineering, would love to work at a tourist railroad or museum, or volunteer in limited capacity while working elsewhere to gain their foothold in society and pay off those dreaded college expenses. As for younger fans ignoring books and magazines, all I can say is when my son peruses my collection of older issues from the days when important articles exceeded that 8- or 10-page length barrier, when the photos were crisp and jumped right off the page (remember drum scanning?), and when the language wasn't overly simplified for a daisy picker audience, he asks me, "Why don't magazines look like this today?" Young railfans today have far more tools and technology at their disposal and are way more interconnected. In some ways their pursuit of the hobby is different from what us older guys used to do, but in other ways it's every bit the same. Not seeing any young'ns around the hobby shop or swap meets? Probably because they're out trackside enjoying the real thing.