When I review my current and past loco roster, I have sold more locos than are currently on my layout. As you suggested, it was more than tempting to purchase a lot of equipment early in my model railroading pursuit that were not a great fit later as I discovered more about my preferences and interests. So the urgency that I felt when just starting out turned out to be inefficient.
But did you have fun doing it? With all do respect to financial efficiency, one must be able to enjoy themselves along the way. If you don’t, the financial efficiency aspect will take care of itself. You’ll buy nothing further for model railroading.
richhotrain
When I review my current and past loco roster, I have sold more locos than are currently on my layout. As you suggested, it was more than tempting to purchase a lot of equipment early in my model railroading pursuit that were not a great fit later as I discovered more about my preferences and interests. So the urgency that I felt when just starting out turned out to be inefficient.
But did you have fun doing it? With all do respect to financial efficiency, one must be able to enjoy themselves along the way. If you don’t, the financial efficiency aspect will take care of itself. You’ll buy nothing further for model railroading.
I did have fun purchasing and running but less fun selling when I typically got only 50% to 70% of my original purchase price. [:'(]
Rich