02-16-2012, 12:13 PM
MountainMan Wrote:That's why interest is dying out. History isn't taught all that much in our schools these days.
I don't know that history being taught or not will have too much to do with it. I was taught history in school back in the 1960's and the total railroad history consisted of the transcontinental railroad, and perhaps the De Witt Clinton. They covered the civil war, but not a single mention was made of the railroad involvement in the civil war. In any event, Colorado narrow gauge was not covered. It might have been covered in Colorado schools, but not outside of the state to my knowledge, definitely not in California. Model railroading is somewhat of a niche hobby, and 19th century historical railroading is a niche within the niche.