Originally posted by Billba. A local guy, (Detroit area) had almost a thousand engines the last time I saw his collection, about 10 years ago. [:O] No intention to build a layout, just one whole wall full of shelves with engines on them. Now that's a serious collector!! Sounds like someone I know in the Troy area, but he has a great layout (ops there tongiht). Tons and tons of locos, biggest collection I've ever seen. Larry http://www.youtube.com/user/ClinchValleySD40 http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/ http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/page/1/ppuser/8745/sl/c Reply PennsyHoosier Member sinceOctober 2004 From: Northern Indiana 1,000 posts Posted by PennsyHoosier on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:42 PM I have 32 locos. Favorite steam: Pennsy K4s (just got a T1--uh oh) Favorite electric: Pennsy GG1 (is there any other?) Favorite diesel: Pere Marquette E7A (not a Pennsy!) Lawrence, The Pennsy Hoosier Reply Billba Member sinceJune 2003 From: Detroit area, Mi., U.S.A. 167 posts Posted by Billba on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:13 PM I have about 80, all but 7or 8 are steam. Most are assembled, but about 15 are still in kit form. A local guy, (Detroit area) had almost a thousand engines the last time I saw his collection, about 10 years ago. [:O] No intention to build a layout, just one whole wall full of shelves with engines on them. Now that's a serious collector!! I've been collecting for 40 years, about 2 a year average doesn't seem too excessive!! Favorite, Oriental Limited PowerHouse series 2-4-4-2. Took me 15 years to find, but it was worth the wait!![:D] Bill. Quote: "Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers. Motto: "It's never to late to have another happy childhood" Reply james saunders Member sinceNovember 2004 From: Brisbane Australia 1,721 posts Posted by james saunders on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 7:45 PM i got 2 because i had alot of modern diesels (about 10) and downsized cos i was moving back in time and nothing fitted the era so i got 2 p2k locos a S-3 and SW-9 but lookin to add another 2 or 3 p2k or atlas early geeps even though i only need one loco for my 4x8 layout but oh well cant help it can you James, Brisbane Australia Modelling AT&SF in the 90s Reply tatans Member sinceMay 2004 4,115 posts Posted by tatans on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:56 PM This monthly topic should be titled " I have more locos than you and that's all that matters" Reply Train 284 Member sinceMay 2004 From: Redding, California 1,428 posts Posted by Train 284 on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:05 PM I have a lot of diesels, but only about 6 steamers. That is about to change though! Matt Espee Forever! Modeling the Modoc Northern Railroad in HO scale Brakeman/Conductor/Fireman on the Yreka Western Railroad Member of Rouge Valley Model RR Club Reply Texas Zepher Member sinceOctober 2004 From: Colorful Colorado 8,639 posts Posted by Texas Zepher on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:21 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by clinchvalley I just did an Excel list of all my locos and put a replacement value on each for the insurance company. I feel out of my chair when I saw the total, .. That is also when I last attempted to count them. About 10 years ago I began an inventory for the insurance company. When I got to a certain number I got scared and stopped counting. Since then I've kept a yearly count in Excel, so it that doesn't seem too high. So in that sense my roster is seven: Broadway Limited 4-8-4 - Santa Fe #3757 (Favorite) Broadway Limited E7 - Wabash Atlas Trainmaster - NYC (going to re-paint shop) Atlas SD24/6 - BN Proto 2000 2-8-8-2 - NP Athearn Genesis SD70 - BNSF Green Warbonnet (the only junk of the fleet) Proto 2000 E6AB - Santa Fe Reply trainboyH16-44 Member sinceFebruary 2004 From: Mile 7.5 Laggan Sub., Great White North 4,201 posts Posted by trainboyH16-44 on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:01 PM Short answer, TOO MANY! Literally, I have the S-3 doubled up with a dayliner. 2 SD40-2s just sit in the yard, and don't get me started on the shelved units! Trainboy Go here for my rail shots! http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=9296 Building the CPR Kootenay division in N scale, blog here: http://kootenaymodelrailway.wordpress.com/ Reply nbrodar Member sinceJune 2005 From: Phoenixville, PA 3,495 posts Posted by nbrodar on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:35 AM 10 assorted GPs 8 assorted Alco diesels 5 switchers 10 F7s and 3 steamers My favorite is the NW J class. It's the most beautiful engine I ever seen. Nick Brodar Take a Ride on the Reading with the: Reading Company Technical & Historical Society http://www.readingrailroad.org/ Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:19 AM NOT ENOUGH!!! I've got probably 8 diesels and three stemaers. The steamers are all broken down needing repairs. I just got all my cars and engines out on the track. Once I get everything put together I'll need an F7B powered in UP to help pull a passenger consist, an F3B powered in ATSF to help pull another passsenger consist, another Proto 2000 SD-7 in D&RG to pull a string of ore cars, a dirty old switcher (ever see them clean?), and at least one large articulated just because. Maybe another SD40 to help out the one I have pull freight. Mark in Utah Reply Edit Isambard Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Canada, eh! 737 posts Posted by Isambard on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:11 AM Two Spectrum 2-8-0 Consolidations Three Spectrum 2-10-0 Decapods One Spectrum 3-truck Shay One Proto 2000 0-8-0 Switcher Looking to buy an other one or two 2-8-0 or 2-10-0's, maybe a light Mike. Isambard Grizzly Northern history, Tales from the Grizzly and news on line at isambard5935.blogspot.com Reply oleirish Member sinceOctober 2003 From: oregon 885 posts Posted by oleirish on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:49 AM [:-,][}:)][^]More than I can run at once [:D] JIM Reply ClinchValleySD40 Member sinceJune 2001 From: Holly, MI 1,269 posts Posted by ClinchValleySD40 on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 8:41 AM I just did an Excel list of all my locos and put a replacement value on each for the insurance company. I feel out of my chair when I saw the total, I sure hope the wife doesn't see it. Larry http://www.youtube.com/user/ClinchValleySD40 http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/ http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/page/1/ppuser/8745/sl/c Reply wairoa Member sinceSeptember 2001 From: US 132 posts Posted by wairoa on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 6:06 AM I have about 70 give or take 1 or 2. Reply BentnoseWillie Member sinceJanuary 2002 From: Nova Scotia 825 posts Posted by BentnoseWillie on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 5:49 AM Servicable now? Around ten, with another 3 or 4 waiting to be built. All diesels, with one RDC in the mix. HO scale, divvied up amongst Atlas/Roco, Atlas/Kato, Kato, Athearn, Athearn/NWSL, Athearn/RPP, P2K and P1K. B-Dubya -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside every GE is an Alco trying to get out...apparently, through the exhaust stack! Reply IRONROOSTER Member sinceJune 2003 From: Culpeper, Va 8,204 posts Posted by IRONROOSTER on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 3:24 AM 2 diesels, 2 steam, 1 electric. That's in S scale. I plan on 2 more diesels and 4 more steam in the near future. My favorite at the moment is the GG1. Enjoy Paul If you're having fun, you're doing it the right way. Reply Tracklayer Member sinceAugust 2005 From: Southeast Texas 2,392 posts Posted by Tracklayer on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 12:05 AM I've got 16 diesels and 4 steamers. My favorite diesels are my Southern Pacific GP-40-2 and my Cotton Belt GP-40. My favorite steamer is my 2-8-2 Western Pacific Mikado. I hope to collect a couple of more steamers yet, but I'm about done with diesels... Tracklayer Reply CP5415 Member sinceJuly 2003 From: Whitby, ON 2,594 posts Posted by CP5415 on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:17 PM 55 & counting, all but 3 are diesel Gordon Brought to you by the letters C.P.R. as well as D&H! K1a - all the way Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:04 PM i just added another unit today a gp38 from atlas in good ole blue and yellow warbonnet!!! Reply Edit scubaterry Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Gainesville area 1,396 posts Posted by scubaterry on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 7:33 PM 11 Diesels and 3 Steam. My fav is a P2K GP-9 that I installed my first sound decoder in. It sounds better than the QSI GP-9 I have. Terry Terry Eatin FH&R in Sunny Florida Reply MisterBeasley Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Bedford, MA, USA 21,481 posts Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:42 PM 4 powered diesels, working with decoders on the layout. 1 dummy diesel 1 PCC car 1 4-car subway train (1 powered) And then there's the big box of old stuff from when I was a teenager. Some don't work at all, some are in pieces, and a couple I've actually tried decoders in, but they didn't work well enough, so I cannibalized the decoders. I did get one (an Athearn F7A, gear drive) to run well enough that it will get to keep its decoder. The dummy came from this heap, and there's another that will get the same treatment. 5 or so steamers in the "old stuff" category, unfortunately. It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. Reply tsgtbob Member sinceDecember 2004 From: Shanksville PA 311 posts Posted by tsgtbob on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:42 PM Favorite, Gem brass C&O Greenbriar!!! Not the greatest looking by today's standards, but, my wife bought it for me! Favorite O scale locomotive Atlas "O" SD 35, 2 rail Chessie!!! Fantastic locomotive, aside from sitting too high on the trucks absolutly fantastic! Most run, Atlas "o" F-9s cheap, reliable, good looking, and a great bargain. Best puller Weaver RS-3 with NWSL wheelsets. This one has the old all-nation style chain drive, pulls like a mad dentist!!! (no offense to the Dental Professionals out there) Reply Darth Santa Fe Member sinceJune 2005 4,365 posts Posted by Darth Santa Fe on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 5:35 PM 21-50 total. (diesels and steamers) I have around 30-35 diesels (too lazy to count) and around 15 steamers (still too lazy to count). My favorite...............................................don't know. I like them all.[:D] _________________________________________________________________ Reply Cox 47 Member sinceDecember 2003 From: East central Illinois 2,576 posts Posted by Cox 47 on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:56 PM Vsmith said it all...More than I need but not as many as I want..Cox 47 ILLinois and Southern...Serving the Coal belt of southern Illinois with a Smile... Reply claycts Member sinceJune 2003 From: AIKEN S.C. & Orange Park Fl. 2,047 posts Posted by claycts on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:48 PM 31 Steam, 5 diesel, (1) GG1. Plus three hidden by wife for Christmas. 1 is DCC 4 are from the 1960's the balance are either Rivarossi or Spectrum. Yea, 1 brass from about 1968 or so. Take Care George Pavlisko Driving Race cars and working on HO trains More fun than I can stand!!! 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Larry
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClinchValleySD40
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52481330@N05/
http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/page/1/ppuser/8745/sl/c
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
QUOTE: Originally posted by clinchvalley I just did an Excel list of all my locos and put a replacement value on each for the insurance company. I feel out of my chair when I saw the total, ..
Go here for my rail shots! http://www.railpictures.net/showphotos.php?userid=9296
Building the CPR Kootenay division in N scale, blog here: http://kootenaymodelrailway.wordpress.com/
Take a Ride on the Reading with the: Reading Company Technical & Historical Society http://www.readingrailroad.org/
Isambard
Grizzly Northern history, Tales from the Grizzly and news on line at isambard5935.blogspot.com
Brought to you by the letters C.P.R. as well as D&H!
K1a - all the way
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
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