How many train Cars do you have?

[jrbernier]

From the poll options, I think you are rather clueless! If one has been in the hobby for any amount of time, the number of cars grows!
At one time I had over 300 freight cars that were custom painted/decaled/weathered. This was over 10-15 years ago and most of the cars were built off of basic Athearn/MDC bodies. I have 'flea marketed' most of those cars and built P2K, Intermountain, Red Caboose cars or kit-bashed 'correct' cars - I now have about 100 cars that are correct(about 3 years work). A lot of my freinds have 600-1000 cars in their collections and will never part with them.
The bottom line is that we vtend to build freight cars far beyond what out layouts have room for! My present layout holds about 60+ cars for 'operation' and gets 'clogged up' with more cars on the layout. Those 'excess' cars are in the display shelves or are stored for 'seasonal traffic' as needed.
The same goes for engines - I have far more 'correct' engines than are needed to 'operate' the layout - The 'excess' are displayed in the display shelves.....
The only 'shortage' I have is correct bay window cabooses(Milw Road), and that will resolve itself as I get more of those $250 brass cabooses!

Jim Bernier

[Big_Boy_4005]

Well over 1000.

[Anonymous]

According to the better half, more than the real BNSF (not true)

According to my father, I have more freight cars than God (also not true)

But just remember, the one who dies with the most rolling stock wins![:D]

[johncolley]

I have a 14 car Empire Builder plus a few rex reefers. My freight is around 75 cars now although the most I have run in one train was 65 on a club layout. I also have 3 MOW cars plus a flanger and a rotary plow. Oh! I forgot about 6 or 7 cabeese!

[Ibflattop]

Well with the engines I counted around 135 and they also have cabooses with the correct roadname.
The rolling stock I lost count around 600. Just because I keep on buying, buying, and buying. Thankful we have a full basement with my trainroom!!!!!!!! Now I just have to find away to run the Inlaws ( Outlaws) away at the holiday times, so I can expand into the Family room that we use for the eating............ HEHEHEHEHEHE (evil laugh) Kevin

[CBQ_Guy]

The last time I counted was about six or seven years ago, and I had just under 400. Could easily have twice that number by now.

[SSW9389]

684 and counting. My son can add another 193, so that's 877 so far between us. We are probably due for a sell off soon and would like to work this down to a more managable HO inventory.

I don't know what my son has in N Scale.

[mustanggt]

At least 125 in HO. Of every kind too. Mostly modern boxcars, hoppers, and intermodal cars, such as container cars , roadrailers(R), and an auto rack.
I also have several Amtrak passenger cars (All walthers), And 3 GO transit Bombardier cars.

[nfmisso]

again, your number ranges ar not sufficient to get a reasonable idea of the data. 697 freight cars, 60 passenger, plus some cabeese.

[Anonymous]

3 hoppers
1 reefer
2 covered grain hoppers
7 boxcars
1 caboose
3 flats
1 centerbeam flat
2 pulpwood
3 gondolas
3 tankers
5 santa fe streamline pass
3 amtrk ph IV superliners

[pastoolio]

Enough to hold a 2 hour + operating session. Last count was 340, but I just can't stay away from ebay so it goes up by 10-15 a month.

[Anonymous]

I've got a variety of over 125 pieces of rolling stock, about 30 passenger cars and 16 engines in both steam and diesel. I'm very proud of - and humbly grateful for my little collection...

[underworld]

I really don't know.....now I'm going to have to count!

underworld

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