ok i see alot of guys that model smaller railroads will collect ,said run of certain locos
say guilford 500s
well I model union pacific transition era , so slowly i have decided that im going to collect the whole big boy run , all 25
so far im up to 12 i have 5 BLI, 1 athearn 1 MTH,5 rivarossi , & no im not going to collect high end brass but if 1 shows up on evilbay that is reasonable i will get it .
does anyone else collect a whole run of locos of thier" road "
Not the whole run but i have several CSX locomotives of the same type.
I don’t “collect” but I have a sack full of SP Cab Forwards (16), all Rivarossi. The Cab Forward is my favorite locomotive followed closely by the AC-9.
I enjoy restoring the clunkers sold on eBay to better than new condition. A real Clunker is bait for a kitbashed AC-9.
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
Well, I collect Maryland & Pennsylvania as they are available and reasonable - not that all 21 steam locomotives have been produced.
Paul
Since I model the NYC and given the large expanse of its roster, there’s NO way I’ll be collecting an entire series of anything. Like Mel - I’m not a collector, per say. One to two pieces of primary power and switchers is all I need and desire for my layout.
Tom
For a real rarity you should seek out the Bowser metal Big Boy which was not available for all that long (compared to their UP Challenger which they sold for decades). The tender was an interesting mashup – the plastic tender from the Monogram plastic unpowered Big Boy with a frame and metal wheels from Bowser so that it could pick up current. You’d also want to seek out the Bowser detail set for the Big Boy because the unadorned kit was just that – stripped down.
Just which series or order of Big Boy the Bowser and other models represent, I do not know. I believe there were subtle detail differences.
Dave Nelson
I do not have a picture of it (shocking, because it is my favorite diesel), but I have the entire run of STRATTON & GILLETTE EMD SD-7 locomotives. All one of them, number 2600.
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-Kevin
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As I model the Santa Fe, they had a few locomotives of which they just had one or two. Examples are a single Alco RS2 (I have that, made by Kato), an Alco DL107/108 AB set (I have that, made by Overland (brass), plus an additional Proto 1000 A unit), or the Fairbanks-Morse Erie-built ABA set (Proto 1000). However, in my case, the winner is the only true articulated “doodlebug” ever produced, the Santa Fe M-190. While the Santa Fe only had one, I have four (all brass). Two were imported by Hallmark; they are OK. The other two are imported by Key, one in green gullwing delivery, the other in Warbonnet paint. While they are much improved over the Hallmark products, they are not on the same level as the truly excellent non-articulated Key ATSF doodlebugs.
To the OP: You are not the first one to “collect” all 25 Big Boys, not even on this forum. Around 2008, there was a poster, Magnus Lillen, who got 25 Big Boys from PCM, as shown in the exchange below.
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Maybe you should ask Magnus why he has 25 PCM BBs and the PCM brass BB on order ? I will end up buying a H-8 and an A class (love em both), I have a SP GS-4 and a PRR T-1 on order from BLI, I’ve got a couple of N&W Proto Ys and a PCM Y6, plus a number of other RRs equipment. I like BIG engines and streamliners and while these other engines will not be run on the layout all the time, they will be run. I just like TOO many trains ! Cheers, Warren |
Hi, I was wondering when my
I tried to collect every type of locomotive, than reality sets in. I managed to get 6 to 8 modern diesels like the SD90, AC4400CW, C44-9W, SD70 series. I’m okay with that.
I’m waiting for athearn to make #4004 Big Boy.
I’m not a collector. I’m a model railroader. So I don’t see the point of acquiring 25 model big boys.
Yes, actually. I have obtained the entire roster of Western Pacific’s GS-64s “War babies.” Ordered by Espee but these six were diverted to WP by the War Production Board in '43. Nos. 481-486.
I don’t see the point of collecting for collectings sake. I have collected quite a few engines but with the purpose of modeling some trains and operations. My goal is to build a representative roster which mirrors what the D&RGW had in the 1970’s thru early 1980’s in rough proportion to what that RR had. They had a lot of SD40T-2’s, 73 in all. It makes no sense to try to have that many SD40T-2’s and I’d never be able to run them all. As it is, I have sold off some of the earlier run versions but still have 18 as it is, which is still more than I may be able to use. Really what I want to do is model D&RGW operations with enough diesels to cover the major freight trains across the west end of the route.
I’d imagine it is a pretty costly goal to collect a sizable roster of large steam engines but if you aren’t going to be able to run them all, some day it may become someone elses job - perhaps your wife - to find a way to sell them. Food for thought.
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I am not a collector, but I do buy some equipment that will never run on my layout.
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I have a few “Modern” cars painted for the STRATTON & GILLETTE that are for fun.
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I have a bunch of steam locomotives I call the “Prop Fleet”. These are for photographic purposes only and are functionally dead. I even have a BigBoy I bought for $15.00 that will be redetailed and painted for the SGRR. I only plan to have 8 to 10 operating steam locomotives, but I plan a lot of dramatic photographs. These guys are just actors.
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I also have collected a few pieces that are special to me. Old N scale stuff that I painted for the SGRR when I can find it. Tyco train cars from my childhood. Things like that.
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I have no railroad memorabilia in my house. Model trains only.
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-Kevin
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My era is the Southwest SP 1950 to 1956 but I couldn’t resist getting a pair of Krauss Maffei diesels because they’re different and weird looking. The SP bought 18 in the early 60s and acquired 3 more later from DRGW. They didn’t last very long, scrapped by 1968.
I rarely run them, they sit on my display shelves most of the time so I guess I’m somewhat of a collector.
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
lol mel because of you I’m going to be kitbash cabforwards into AC9s thanks ha ha ha ha ha[8D][8D]
Post lots of pictures.
Mel
Modeling the early to mid 1950s SP in HO scale since 1951
My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/
Bakersfield, California
I’m beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps.
I’ve collected a few modern diesels (horrors!) that I’ll occasionally run in “flash forward excursions” on my 1930-1945 era layout once I get it back into existence…
Collecting Big Boys??
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I think Darth SantaFe has built one–maybe he knows…