I have 45 Diesel engines Lionel, and Atlas. I also have over 200 pieces of rolling stock(lionel, atlas, mth, K line). What is average for everyone? Just wondering because my wife always says I have enough.
Hello macaste,
I have about 200 pieces of o gauge,of very mixed makers.(Lionel,MTH,Marx,Unique,Hafner,Flyer,)
Around 20 pieces of S gauge Flyer.(just getting started in S )
250 pieces of HO scale.
And about 125 pieces in N scale
And no you can never have enough trains!
My wife says the same thing.
Cheers,
Carl T.
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I have over 1000 cars, and probably about 75 engines. I wish I could get an accurate count. I’ve tried twice, but I keep getting sidetracked before I can finish.
I have "about "100 locomotives and “about” 400 pieces of rolloing stock. Like Elliot I can never seem to get an accurate count because I order more stuff, train shows come, a good deal presents itself, well you get the idea. As for having enough, well thats up to the individual. I know that I will probably never run all the trains I own. I have just about reached the point of “enough”. As for wives, well my ex wife never cared for the trains all that much but did not give me any grief over what I spent. ( which back then was not much ) My ex girlfriend however was different. If I spent $200.00 for a locomotive, I had to spend $200.00 on something for her. She seemed to kept track too. And if I ordered something well she was home during the day to get the UPS deliveries so I was out of luck there. One time when the brown truck came and went she asked me “How many of those things are you going to buy, don’t you have enough?” I smartly responded “Well dear the Union Pacific has about 8000 locomotives so I guess I have a ways to go”. That made for an interesting week. I’ve heard it said that some wives say As long as all the bills are paied and there is food on the table I don’t care how much you spend, or well I have my hobbie so you can spend on trains if I can spend on ( fill in the blank) And of course there is as long as your interested in trains I know where you are and you not spending the money on other girls or at the bar.
Enjoy
[:P] I’ll have to use that “8000 locomotives” line ! Heh ! Heh![}:)]
I Have about 40 loco’s and 350 freight cars (which includes 100 Conrail
coal hoppers). Still working on a BN unit grain train.
I’m blessed with an incredibly understanding wife,even if she
doesn’t like trains.[:)]
I have 2 1/2 locos. 8 cars. Its not much but I love them all affectinatly! [:I][:D]
I have only what I can park on the layout: five ‘trains’ led by a pre-war 248, a pre-war 2-4-2, an MPC-era FA, an MPC 2-4-2, and the Ballyhoo circus engine - a Berkshire. They pull a smattering of cars - the obs and passenger for the 248, five pre-war litho freight cars for the pre-war 2-4-2, ten MPC plastic cars for the FA, a few Ballyhoo circus cars, and the famous ‘Flying Lionelosi’ 1701C twisty-tied behind the other 2-4-2. Apart from the Ballyhoo, the rest belonged to my dad who now has Altheimers. Like Jerry says, they’re not much, but I love 'em.
I just did a rough count and in O and S gauge together (which includes a bit of everything from American, European, Japanese and other manufacturers in electric and clockwork), I have over 110 engines and over 350 cars. In HO (which besides regular HO trains, includes vintage collectable toy HO trains), I have just under 150 engines and about 600 cars.
I’m afraid to make an accurate count. But I can safely say that I have about 10 times the engines and 100 times the cars that I need or can run.
I need help for my addiction!
Tony
Let’s see, my layout has or will have 400 feet of mainline. That translates to about 1/2 mile of 1:1 track or so. With about 10 locomotives, a passenger train, and a couple dozen freight cars, that is WAY too many for 1/2 mile of track!
O:
Around 30 engines; around 125 cars
On30:
2 engines; 6 cars
Standard Gauge:
1 engine; 5 cars
N:
! engine; 10 cars
HO:
10 or so engines; about 4 dozen cars
My sons:
8 engines; about 2 dozen cars
17TMCC engines.
13 Coventional engines.
89 pcs rolling stock.
1 burro crane,4 gang cars, 1 fire car, 1 gantry crane, 3 trolleys, 2 maintenance cars,and various handcars.
laz57
Hey tonyh my wife also says that I am addicted. She is addicted to clothes, shoes and decorations for the house. She can buy what she wants but I cannot.
I just started in the hobby a month and a half ago. So far the count is 2 locomotives and 10 pieces of rolling stock. I’d like to purchase a Beep and a Lionel small Berkshire, a NYC Flyer passenger extension set, and some more freight cars.
Jim
Gee, that sounds like my ex, except the part about me not being able to buy what I wanted.
Over the years I made a lot of sacrifices to compensate for her spending. Now she goes out and buys a new car, and I’m left driving a 12 year old pickup with over 200,000 miles. The thing is she was dirt poor when I met her, and she is dirt poor now, except for what she managed to take from me. I’m glad she’s gone, but until the kids turn 18, she still has her hand in my pocket.[}:)][:0][:(!]
Just getting started, so the count is one engine and seven rolling stock O gauge lionel.
Let me answer it in two sections, one for what is on my current layout and then what is within my display cases:
My Can-Am HO layout has 30 locomotives (diesels) - 58 passenger cars (including 8 powered RDC’s) - and 22 freight cars (including cabooses).
The three 4 x 8 ft wall mounted display cases with 8 shelves each, are loaded with trains from former layouts - all HO. 34 locomotives (one 0-4-0 switcher, rest all diesels) - 87 passenger cars (6 RDC’s) and 73 freight cars (including cabooses).
By the way, I do have an inventory of these things and at times it snaps me into reality regarding just how much has accumulated over these years!
Enjoyed the question.
Let’s see I have a caboose
I have four locos, two diesels a trolley and a gang car. How could I watch anymore than those at once?
but I do have my eye on a pw2350 New Haven - always liked those colors.
O gauge - 16
S guage - 12
Rolling Stock - about 70