Whats with the steryotype of us liking trains?

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Hello Mountain Goat, what model railroad scale do you model?

I model both HO and N scales.

I still have lots of 00 (In 2 and 3 rail form) and a tiny bit of H0 to go with it, and in the past I have briefly modelled in N, SM32 009 and H0e... But my real love which I am modelling with now is in 0-16.5 which is 7mm scale narrow gauge using 00/H0 track. In Europe 7mm narrow gauge is known as 0e and over there in the USA it is known as 0n30.
There are no British outline factory made models in 7mm narrow gauge but it is an easy scale to model in.

Trains were surely the hobby of some asperger cases and it has remained as an extereotype. We aspergers really have obsessive hobbies, but it doesn´t necessaily have to be trains.

I like trains! And I don't care who knows that!

I believe the stereotype consists of an obsession with train ROUTES, perhaps even more than trains themselves.

I can't answer what's with the stereotype without looking up other people's answers but I can tell my own experience is that I've always liked planes, rockets, boats, and trains; even 30 plus years before being diagnosed autistic.

A question can be asked, how much of my liking planes, rockets, and boats, was because I was autistic and how much of it was because Dad was a Navy pilot and because Gemini and Apollo were big things during the time?

I have always loved trains but my Dad did not work on the railway.

The answer to Kite's question----who knows?

I know of about 3 or 4 Aspies that are bus enthusiasts. I used to be but I was obsessed more with the drivers that drove the buses. I wasn't good at memorizing routes or schedules or anything like that.

I loved Thomas the Tank Engine when I was aged 2-7 but I don't think it was an 'Aspie obsession'. Lots of small children like Thomas the Tank Engine. My NT cousin (now aged 24) was mad over it when he was little. I outgrew it so I gave all my Thomas videos and toys to him and he was SO happy. He knew every single name of every character and he even wouldn't eat meals unless it was served on his Thomas plate. Even I didn't go as far as that.

A while back a friend pointed out the overlap between people interested in astronomy, amateur radio, and trains. It's like if you have the nerve receptors for one of those, you have a good chance on getting hooked on one of the others.

I've been very active in the first two and, while I've never considered myself a rail fan, I know a few and I totally get the attraction.

I’ve never liked trains or anything like that. But I am obsessed with dates. And ages. I always have to learn how old someone is and the year they are born.

I like trains, but that ties in to my obsession with Disneyland. Walt Disney was also obsessed with trains.

As a kid I was sort of obsessed by trains but what mostly interested me was the entire train scenery as a whole and in particular the lights involved in it. Be it from the trainstops, trains itself but also the lightning of the buildings surounding trainstations and in the scenery. I loved checking model train magazines for awesome sceneries, especially nightsceneries.

also Dinosaurs