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How many locomotives does one need?
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I know I have far more locos than I need, or have space to run at once. I tend to rotate my fleet so that three locos are in use at any one time (of a collection numbering well over 20). I've slowed down buying HO equipment of late, mainly due to the fact that I have examples of pretty much every loco and car I want - just buying up the more oddball items now (my most recent HO buy was an E R Models FP7 - wanted one of these for ages and found a store selling them very cheaply, planning to buy one of the Baldwin Sharknoses by the same manufacturer). I'm also looking out for a few locos to complete my collection - another CNW Erie-Built and the CNW DL109, both now out of stock at my LHS so eBay will be watched carefully! I'm also trying to build up usable train formations in the hope of one day building a decent size layout - working on a set of Walthers Autoracks to run with a Dash 8-40B and Dash 9 at the moment. <br /> <br />As a previous response said, it's a case of buying what you can, when you can - I keep forgetting to buy a set of Walthers 53' double stack cars to complete the train I have, though I know if I leave it too long the stocks at my LHS will sell out.
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