Many members have now left behind their carefree student days, when they could travel freely, and begun to raise a family, so they can no longer devote all their energies to the society's affairs. Others who are so obsessed with the railways that they work for the society for a tiny salary are accused by their families of falling down on their responsibilities.
許多會員脫離了無憂無慮，可以到處旅遊的學生時代，要開始養家活口，不能全心投入會務；也有人為鐵路廢寢忘食，只領取微薄的薪水，卻被家人認為「不務正業」。