Survey for School Project - Please Answer

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Dear members, I am taking a survery for my high school economics class. If you will please take the time to answer this short survey, it would really help me out because I am severly limited in population because my school is very small. Any help is greatly appreciated.

  1. Do you know anyone who owns model trains?

  2. Do you own model trains?

  3. Did any of your parents own model trains?

  4. Do you or your parents still actively collect model trains?

  5. What type of model train do you or your parents own? (Lionel, LGB, Atlas, etc.)

  6. Do you know the significance of scale and gauge differences?

  7. Do you only erect your train set during certain occasions?

  8. Did you ever think of selling or throwing away your trains?

  9. What is your favorite make of model train?

  10. Did you receive any model trains (or set pieces) from your parents?

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Well, OK.

  1. Yes

  2. Yes

  3. Yes

  4. Yes, I do

  5. I own most anything in HO scale

  6. Pretty much

  7. If you mean I only get them out around times like Christmas, no, I keep them out all year

  8. NO!!![:O]

  9. Hmm…hard to say…maybe Bachmann?

  10. Yes

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  1. Do you know anyone who owns model trains? Y

  2. Do you own model trains? Y

  3. Did any of your parents own model trains? N

  4. Do you or your parents still actively collect model trains? I still do

  5. What type of model train do you or your parents own? (Lionel, LGB, Atlas, etc.)

HO scale Atlas, Kato, Proto2000, Athearn

  1. Do you know the significance of scale and gauge differences? Y

  2. Do you only erect your train set during certain occasions? No, I have a permanent layout

  3. Did you ever think of selling or throwing away your trains? Only when I neglect to take my medication…

  4. What is your favorite make of model train? Atlas

  5. Did you receive any model trains (or set pieces) from your parents? Lionel for Christmas, age 5

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  1. Do you know anyone who owns model trains? Yes

  2. Do you own model trains? Yes

  3. Did any of your parents own model trains? No

  4. Do you or your parents still actively collect model trains? Yes

  5. What type of model train do you or your parents own? (Lionel, LGB, Atlas, etc.) HO Standard gauge, various makes. HOn3 various makes

  6. Do you know the significance of scale and gauge differences? Yes, (see answer to #5)

  7. Do you only erect your train set during certain occasions? Nope, its always UP!

  8. Did you ever think of selling or throwing away your trains? Nope!

  9. What is your favorite make of model train? Athearn

  10. Did you receive any model trains (or set pieces) from your parents? Nope. This last is a little vague. If you mean did my parents give me one of the trains they owned, the answer is NO. If you mean did my parents buy trains for me as gifts, the answer is Yes.

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1) Yes.

2) Yes. N Scale.

3) Yes. (Father).

4) Yes. Myself, parents both deceased.

5) Kato, Atlas, LifeLike.

6) Yes, Scale= model size to full size.

Guage= distance between inside of rails.

7) No. Small permanent setup in basement.

8) Absolutely not.

9) Kato.

10) Yes, a Lifelike 4-6-2 Pacific when she was 90. She passed away the following year.

Hope that this helps you out with your project.

Blue Flamer.

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  1. yes

  2. yes

  3. no

  4. yes

  5. Lionel when young HO now

  6. Yes

  7. no up all the time

  8. no

  9. too complex to answer

  10. yes

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  1. Do you know anyone who owns model trains? yes

  2. Do you own model trains?yes

  3. Did any of your parents own model trains? no

  4. Do you or your parents still actively collect model trains? yes

  5. What type of model train do you or your parents own? (Lionel, LGB, Atlas, etc.) HO

  6. Do you know the significance of scale and gauge differences? yes

  7. Do you only erect your train set during certain occasions? no

  8. Did you ever think of selling or throwing away your trains? no

  9. What is your favorite make of model train? pfm

  10. Did you receive any model trains (or set pieces) from your parents? yes

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  1. Do you know anyone who owns model trains? Yes

  2. Do you own model trains? Yes

  3. Did any of your parents own model trains? Yes

  4. Do you or your parents still actively collect model trains? Yes, me not my parents

  5. What type of model train do you or your parents own? (Lionel, LGB, Atlas, etc.)

Atlas, Coach Yard, Train Station Products, Athearn, Challenger Imports, Tichy, Red Caboose, Walthers, Life Like (That isn’t everything, but a good chunk of it)

  1. Do you know the significance of scale and gauge differences? Yes

  2. Do you only erect your train set during certain occasions? No

  3. Did you ever think of selling or throwing away your trains? I sometimes sell certain pieces to make a buck, but have never considered selling the whole lot and getting out of the hobby.

  4. What is your favorite make of model train? The Coach Yard

  5. Did you receive any model trains (or set pieces) from your parents? Yes

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  1. Yes

  2. Yes

  3. No

  4. Yes

  5. Bachmann, USA

  6. Yes

  7. No

  8. No

  9. Tower 55

  10. No

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  1. Do you know anyone who owns model trains?

Yes

  1. Do you own model trains?

Yes

  1. Did any of your parents own model trains?

Yes

  1. Do you or your parents still actively collect model trains?

Yes

  1. What type of model train do you or your parents own? (Lionel, LGB, Atlas, etc.)

Lionel (pre/postwar) athearn/atlas/walthers

  1. Do you know the significance of scale and gauge differences?

HO 1:87 Proportion

  1. Do you only erect your train set during certain occasions?

No, building new layout

  1. Did you ever think of selling or throwing away your trains?

Never

  1. What is your favorite make of model train?

Toss Up Post War Lionel Operating Cars/Athearn Blue box kits

  1. Did you receive any model trains (or set pieces) from your parents?

Yes

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Dear members, I am taking a survery for my high school economics class. If you will please take the time to answer this short survey, it would really help me out because I am severly limited in population because my school is very small. Any help is greatly appreciated.

  1. Do you know anyone who owns model trains? YES

  2. Do you own model trains? YES

  3. Did any of your parents own model trains? YES

  4. Do you or your parents still actively collect model trains? YES

  5. What type of model train do you or your parents own? (Lionel, LGB, Atlas, etc.) Atlas, Lionel, Others (Mostly N but some O)

  6. Do you know the significance of scale and gauge differences? YES

  7. Do you only erect your train set during certain occasions? N scale layout is permanent (year-round), but Lionel comes out only at Christmas

  8. Did you ever think of selling or throwing away your trains? NO

  9. What is your favorite make of model train? Atlas

  10. Did you receive any model trains (or set pieces) from your parents? YES

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Being a science fair judge, I would say that a survey here on a railroad forum is really going to skew the results.

  1. Do you know anyone who owns model trains? Yes
  2. Do you own model trains? Yes
  3. Did any of your parents own model trains? Yes
  4. Do you or your parents still actively collect model trains? Yes
  5. What type of model train do you or your parents own? (Lionel, LGB, Atlas, etc.) All of the above, probably at least one of every brand that has ever been commonly sold in the USA - except Marklin.
  6. Do you know the significance of scale and gauge differences? Yes
  7. Do you only erect your train set during certain occasions? No, but their are special events that get special set ups!
  8. Did you ever think of selling or throwing away your trains? No
  9. What is your favorite make of model train? Favorite in what sense? W&R, even though I don’t own any. Or do you want the Brand I buy most - Atlas.
  10. Did you receive any model trains (or set pieces) from your parents? Yes
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This seems to be harmless enough. I would be interested in knowing what conclusions you will draw from this self-selected set of respondants who already frequent a model railroad forum.

  1. Yes

  2. Yes

  3. Not unless you count that they purchased them for me for Christmas when I was younger.

  4. Yes

  5. HOn30 and HO, Broadway Limited Imports, former Life Life Proto 2000, Trix, Lionel, Internation Hobby Corp.

  6. Yes

  7. No.

  8. No.

  9. Broadway Limited Imports.

  10. Yes.

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  1. Yes

  2. Yes

  3. Yes

  4. No - I don’t collect. I don’t buy things to hide away on shelves, I only buy things to put on the layout and actually run.

  5. Dad’s Lionel, Dad’s Flyer, rest is all HO.

  6. Yes

  7. No

  8. No

  9. Tough one. P2K or Stewart

  10. Yes

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  1. Do you know anyone who owns model trains? Yes

  2. Do you own model trains? Yes

  3. Did any of your parents own model trains? No, but grand father did (Didn’t know him though)

  4. Do you or your parents still actively collect model trains? I do

  5. What type of model train do you or your parents own? (Lionel, LGB, Atlas, etc.)

Athearn,Bachmann,Proto200,Walthers,Atlas,LGB,Lionel,USA Trains

  1. Do you know the significance of scale and gauge differences?Yes

  2. Do you only erect your train set during certain occasions?No, Have Layout and setup for Christmas

  3. Did you ever think of selling or throwing away your trains? I sold them and switched scales

  4. What is your favorite make of model train?Athearn/Lionel

  5. Did you receive any model trains (or set pieces) from your parents? Mom

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1-4 yes.

5 HO; 6 yes; 7 no;

8 sell, yes…through away, never!

9 make? I have many. favorite? not sure. Walthers, Atlas, Athearn, Stewart

10 Yes

GOOD LUCK

GET AN A+

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  1. Yes.

  2. Yes.

  3. No.

  4. No.

  5. Bachmann, LGB, Lionel (from 50s, 60s), scratchbuilt rolling stock.

  6. Yes.

  7. No.

  8. No.

  9. Bachmann (Spectrum Large Scale and On30), some LGB.

  10. Yes, some pre-WWII Lionel.