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Been in the hobby for one year is this nuts?
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<p>Hi Ken,</p><p>I have a friend who says the Greeks have a saying, "Everybody's crazy; some people a little, some people a lot."</p><p>I think only you can judge where you fall on this one...</p><p>I would however say that you might want to do a reality check, only in the context of where your passions in the hobby lie. (And if possible, anticipate what they will be in the future.) If you enjoy running a multitude of different roads on a small & detailed layout just for the sake of seeing them run, (and maybe photographing them.) or just being a collector, and/or up-grading/super detailing then I would say you're serving that purpose well.</p><p>If on the other hand you would someday like to have a large, operating, Proto or Proto-freelanced layout that has purpose and is historically plausible, then what you've been purchasing may turn out to be monies that could've gone to much better use. (Not to mention the whole DCC decoder installation issue...)</p><p>If this be the case then maybe you should take a pause and start thinking about the concept for such a layout. I've been collecting (I use the term loosely, obviously my funds available for the hobby aren't what yours are.) since 1986 when my son was born. I currently have 33 Loco's in total. Take out the dummies and we're down to 26. Take out the cheap crap and the ones that won't fit the scheme of the current plan and we're down to 19. And there's only one DCC steamer!</p><p>As far as already having too many Locos/rolling stock for a large layout, your #s don't seem like a problem. (Provided roads/era's match, etc.) As someone else said, you may only want to operate 4 trains at a time, however there would be many more waiting in staging yards, and also mid-stream on the layout in the modeled yard. If we think in terms of a large layout with a 7 or 8 track staging yard at each end of the line, and 3 or 4 Loco's per train, plus yard switchers, etc. you'll probably need more!</p><p>This is the beauty of this wonderful hobby, you can do whatever you like, and if it makes you happy, and you're having fun, that's all that matters. Everything else being equal however, I think we'd all agree more is better! <span class="smiley">[:D]</span></p><p>Enjoy!</p>
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