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Whats your engine roster?
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 8:42 AM
What is your locomotive roster. Mine includes:

Notes
GP40-2(2) one custom painted
SD40-2
SW1500 first loco
SW7 custom painted
SW7B to be kitbashed
SW8 custom painted and kitbashed
P40
SD60M
F7
C40-8W traded in on F7
SW1000
C40-9W undec. to be painted
K4

Not too bad for a 12 year old, my 10 year old brother owns half the engines though. We buy most of our engines using our birthday money, my brothers birthday just happens to be a week before the biggest train show here so that helps a lot. Almost all the engines are Athearns. Hope you like the roster.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 8:59 AM
My HO roster:

Union Pacific:
FEF-3
FEF-1
4-8-2
2-8-0
0-6-0
SD70M

Conrail:
SD50
SD60M

Santa Fe:
FP45

Espee:
SD7
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Posted by leighant on Monday, December 29, 2003 9:12 AM
I model Santa Fe mainly.

Passenger power:
F3-ABBA
F7-ABBA
PA-PB-PA
DL-109 w/ E-6B (YES, these actually ran together)
E8m

Freight units
FT-AB
F7-ABBA
F9-ABBA

Road switchers
GP-7
GP-9
RS-3
RSD-15

Switchers
Alco S-2
FM H-12-44
SW-9

Steam & miscellaneous
Davenport industrial diesel
Plymouth industrial diesel
Motor M-131
4-4-0 (movie train)
4-6-2, 4-8-4

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Posted by ShaunCN on Monday, December 29, 2003 9:25 AM
here is my engine roster
all diesels
U-28b
SW1200
35 TON
F3A
F9A
F9A
F9a &B amtrack
SW1200

ShaunCN
derailment? what derailment? All reports of derailments are lies. Their are no derailments within a hundreed miles of here.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 9:33 AM
I don't know if these threads are for bragging or complaining, but here is mine:

GP7: 2 RI (one r & b, one blue)
GP9: 3 RI (2 in striped maroon, one in blue)
GP18: 1 RI (R&Y)
GP40: 1 RI (M&Y)
GP40-2: 1 RI (blue)
GP38-2: 1, with another one on order RI (blue), both RI
RS1: 1, RI
RS-3: 1, RI
S-1: 1 RI
SW9: 1 RI
SW1500: 1 RI
2-8-2: 1 RI
2-8-0: 1 RI
BL2: 1 RI
E8A: 2 RI rockets
F7A/B: 2A, 1B, RI
SD40-2: 1 RI
Doodlebug: 1 RI
RDC-3: 1 RI
U25B: 2 RI
U33B: 1 RI
U30C: 1 RI (on order)
GP35: 1 RI (M&Y)
E6A: 1 RI rocket
DL-107: 1 RI rocket
H15-44: 1 RI

GP38: 2 - 1 BN, 1 IAIS
Dash8-40B: 1 SF (BNSF patch)
F40PH: 1 AMTRAK
P40: 2 AMTRAK
SD70M: 1 UP
SD40: 1 IMRL
F45: 1 John Deere (the first loco I got since I was a kid)

By maker:

12 Athearn/Genesis
11 LL P2K/P1K
10 Atlas Classic & Masters
6 Stewart
2 Bachmann
1 Kato
1 Walthers




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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 29, 2003 9:47 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by BillB

I don't know if these threads are for bragging or complaining





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This is just for fun, I have always wanted to know what type of engine others have.
Dougal











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Posted by ndbprr on Monday, December 29, 2003 10:40 AM
GG1's - 24
P5a - 2
E44 - 3
E60 CF - 2
E60Cp - 2
S10 - 6
Sw-9 - 2
E7A - 4
E7b - 2
E8A - 2
VO1000
RS1
RS3
C628 - 2
Sd45 - 3
Sd40 - 2
Sd9-1
GP9 5
GP9b - 1
GP7 - 1
F3 - ABA
F7 ABBA
U25c - 4
U33c 2
U30c - 2
TM - 2
44 ton
Steam 1 each A5s, B6sb, E6s, K4 (3), M1, N1, I1 (2), Y6b, Big Boy
All but the last two repainted and decaled for PRR. there is other stuff but I don't remember off the top of my head.
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Posted by BentnoseWillie on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:45 AM
Servicable:
2 RPP SD45-2's (Athearn powered)
2 Athearn GP50's (NWSL powered)
1 P1K RDC-3
1 Atlas/Kato RS11
1 kitbashed C630M (dummy)

On the bench:
1 Atlas/Roco GP40
1 Atlas/Kato GP7
1 P2K GP9
1 Athearn SW1000
B-Dubya -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside every GE is an Alco trying to get out...apparently, through the exhaust stack!
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Posted by tankertoad70 on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:50 AM
One Word - - - MASSIVE!![:-^]

Workin' on sellin' some schtuff off to reduce da roster to a manageable size.[%-)]
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Posted by BentnoseWillie on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:37 PM
Really? Maybe you should contact me offlist...[:)]
B-Dubya -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside every GE is an Alco trying to get out...apparently, through the exhaust stack!
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Posted by CP5415 on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:41 PM
My roster consists of:

1 Rivarossi 0-4-0 - B&O
5 Athearn GP40-2 - 2-Seaboard, 1 GATX, 1 Canadian Pacific, 1 B&M
1 IHC 4-6-2 - Canadian Pacific
1 Athearn F7A - Canadian Pacific
1 Athearn F7B - Canadian Pacific
6 Athearn GP38-2 - 2-Canadian Pacific, 1 Conrail, 1 D&H, 2 SOO
9 Athearn SD40-2 - 4-Canadian Pacific, 2 C&NW, 1 SOO, 2 STL&H
1 Athearn SW1000 - Conrail
1 Athearn GP9 - Maine Central
1 Walthers FA1 - NYC
2 Athearn GP60 - 1-NS, 1 UP
1 Athearn SW1500 - Seaboard
1 Mantua 0-6-0 with tender undec
1 Athearn C44-9W - UP
1 Athearn GP50 - UP
1 Athearn AC4400 - undec -----> to be painted Canadian Pacific
1 Athearn GP35 - Mopac ------> to be painted MEC
1 AHM 4-4-0 - Virginia & Truckee "Reno"
1 Proto RDC3 - Canadian Pacific
1 Athearn P42 - VIA
1 Proto RDC3 - B&M

on order:
2 Proto 2000 D&H PA's #s 17 & 19

Gordon

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:09 AM
1 Athearn GP50 (being painted by me) BN
1 Athearn GP40-2 BN
1 Athearn GP38-2 BN
1 Athearn SW1000 BN
1 Athearn P40 Amtrak
1 Walthers GP15-1 BN
1 Athearn F7A Amtrak
1 Athearn F7B BN
1 MRC F7A
1 Athearn U28B
1 ?E8/9? Central of Georgia
1 ?RS11? Central of Georgia

To come (hopefully):
2 Life-Like SD60Ms BN
2 Athearn SD40-2s BN

On my last layout I was limited to 4-axle locos because of the curves. The COG locomotives are from my uncle who modeled them at one point. He gave them to me so I don't have model/manufacturer specs on them.
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Posted by orsonroy on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:10 AM
Engine rosters have a tendency to grow uncontrollably, like your lawn when you're on a long vacation! I've been back in this hobby for about 10 years now, and have an HO roster of over 150 engines! Most of these engines will never turn a driver on my new layout, so I'm in the process of "rationalizing" my fleet as well. My goal is to get down to about 75 engines, 40 of which will be regular runners.

What's my fleet look like? Off the top of my head:

F3 - 6
F7 - 2
GP7 - 6
GP9 - 4
GP18 - 4
RS-1 - 1
RS-2 - 1
RS-3 - 4
RS-11 - 1
RSD-12 - 1
S-1 - 4
SW7 - 4
44 tonner - 1
PA-1 - 2
DL-109 - 2
E7A - 2
Trainmaster - 1
GP30 - 1
GP35 - 1
C-420 - 1
Doodlebug - 1
0-6-0 - 6
0-8-0 - 8
2-6-0 - 1
2-8-0 - 10
2-8-2 - 32
2-8-4 - 13
4-4-0 - 1
4-4-2 - 1
4-6-0 - 4
4-6-2 - 8
4-6-4 - 1
4-8-4 - 1
2-6-6-2 - 1
2-8-8-2 - 1

Ray Breyer

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:56 AM
Here is the rosters to my two railroads on my HO scale layout.

Leelanau County Railway (Lake Leelanau-Cedar-Hatches, Michigan) 19.4 miles

SW1500 (1) Athearn
SW1000 (1) Athearn
GE44 tonner Bachmann
GP8 (kitbashed from 2 Athearn GP7's and GP35 cab roof, and 4 hustler stacks)
Future additions: Athearn CF7(topeka cab), Bachmann 0-6-0T

Its outside rail connection is Northwestern Michigan RR (Northport-Suttons Bay-Traverse City, Michigan) 27.5 miles
SW1000 (1) Athearn
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Posted by sparkingbolt on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:37 PM
1 athearn F7
2 P2K S1s
1 'bashed Spectrum 25 tonner (from 44 tonner)
1 70 tonner-Spectrum
1 P2K GP 7 (or 9 ?)
2 Spectrum 44 tonners
1 23 tonner box cab, 'bash using Spectrum drive, MDC box cab cut way down.
Plus a couple MDC RS3 still in kit form Dan

1 Rirarossi Heisler
1 Mantua 2-8-2 (with"Power Drive)
1 'bashed 4-4-0. (MDC Mechanix, tender. Tyco boiler and some details)
1MDC 0-6-0 switcher
1 Bachman 4-4-0
1 Mantua 2-6-0, remotored.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:43 PM
Mine is rather unusual, I suppose:

The backbone locomotives for my HO scale switching layout are two SW1s lettered for Walla Walla Traction Co. These were painted and lettered by Blair Kooistra and were his main motive power for a while. We swapped some motive power earlier this year -- a LL sound-equipped Geep 9 for the SW1s. Here's what they look like on Blair's previous layout.





Here's another atmospheric shot Blair took. This one makes me want to go work on the layout every time I see it.





Nice, eh? And they run like watches. I've owned and operated many a locomotive, but these two are among my favorites. You can click on the photos for a larger version.

Also on board are:
1 UP SW9
1 NP SW7
1 SP&S RS1
1 SP&S RS3


I have other locomotives in HO scale that are not in use on this layout, mainly SP&S, as well as some British Railways OO scale locomotives.

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Posted by Hawks05 on Wednesday, December 31, 2003 11:48 PM
1 Atlas GP40 CB&Q
1 Athearn GP50 BN
2 Proto 2000 GP7 RI & CB&Q

i'm hoping to get a few more CB&Q locos and a couple GN locomotives either by mail order or shows.

new one to add today.

Atlas GP40 Burlington Northern

this one i think could be my new favorite.
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Posted by EL PARRo on Thursday, January 1, 2004 1:42 AM
I only have a Bachmann UP 4-8-2 Light Mountain. I only have a small 5'x9' layout, so I only need a small roster. I hope on getting a couple more road locomotives, but I'm not sure what yet. I might get an Athearn Genesis 2-8-2 Mikado for freight or a Proto 2000 E6A/E6B for passengrs. For switching, I'm going to get either a Bachmann 2-8-0 Consolidation or a Stewart Hobbies VO-1000, or maybe even both. [:)] I might also get a Walthers Doodlebug for light passenger service.
huh?
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:41 AM
well, if ya really want to know......

here is my current list as of today. all HO scale

Alaska Railroad
1 GP38 Atlas
1 GP38-2 Athearn (custom dummy)

American Orient Express
3 E8A Rivarossi (also have 3 dummies) (came with passenger set)

Amtrak
3 AMD-103 Acela Scheme (to pull AOE) Athearn
1 F59PHI Amtrak California Athearn
1 F59PHI Amtrak West (surfliner) Athearn
1 Acela set Bachmann

Burlington Northern
2 SD60 LL P2K
1 SD60M LL P2K
1 C30-7 Atlas
1 GP38 Atlas
1 GP40 Atlas

Chicago & Eastern Illinois
1 0-6-0 Life Like Heritage
3 2-8-2 Athearn Genesis
3 4-6-2 Athearn Genesis (decal by me)
1 VO660 Stewart
2 RS1 Atlas
1 F3 ABA set Stewart
3 E7 LL P2K (not yet painted)
1 NW2 Kato (custom)
1 GP35 Athearn (custom)
1 GP30 LL P2K (not yet painted)
5 GP7 Atlas
2 E9 P2K (not yet painted)

Chicago & Northwestern
1 SD40-2 Athearn

Cotton Belt (SSW)
2 8-40B Atlas
1 GP40 Atlas
3 GP60 LL P2K

Galveston/Houston Electric Railway
1 Interurban (trolley) brass

Great Lakes Eastern
1 SD70I Athearn Genesis

Lease Units
2 SD40-2 GATX Athearn
1 SD40-2 EMD lease blue Athearn

Metra
1 F40PH Walthers

Metrolink
2 F59PHI Athearn

Missouri Pacific
1 SD40-2 Kato

New Jersey Transit
1 ALP-44 Atlas

Norfolk Southern
1 SD40-2 Athearn (high nose)
1 U23B Atlas (high nose-under construction)

Rio Grande
1 SD45 P2K
1 SD45 Kato
3 GP40 Atlas (2 speed 1 small lettering)
1 GP30 LL P2K
1 SD40T-2 Athearn
2 SD50 Athearn

Santa Fe
1 F7 ABBA set Athearn Genesis (for super chief)
1 C44-9W Kato warbonnet
1 GP38 Atlas
1 GP30 LL P2K
1 SD40-2 snoot Kato

Southern Pacific
3 SD70M Athearn Genesis
2 C44-9W Kato
1 MP15AC Brass
3 SD40M-2 Kato (custom paint and detail by me)
2 GP35 Kato
2 GP40 Atlas
1 SD35 Atlas
5 GP60 LL P2K
1 SD50 LL P2K
3 SD45 Kato
1 SD9 LL P2K
2 8-40B Atlas (B39-8)

Trinity Rail Express (TRE)
1 F59PHI Athearn

Union Pacific
1 2-8-2 Athearn Genesis
1 2-8-8-2 Life Like Heritage
1 4-8-8-4 Rivarossi
1 4-8-4 Rivarossi
1 F59PHI Athearn (custom by me)
1 SD60 LL P2K
2 SD60M LL P2K
2 SD40-2 Athearn
2 SD40-2 Kato
1 SD40-2 Athearn Desert Storm
2 SD40-2 snoot Kato
1 SW10 brass (heritage fleet)
1 MP15AC brass (UPY)
1 DDA40X Bachmann Spectrum
1 DD40 Athearn
2 C44-9W Kato
1 SD9 Athearn (UPY)

US Military
1 4-8-4 Rivarossi (for rivarossi/con-cor limited edition hospital train)

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 1, 2004 7:10 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by NightCrawler



Great Lakes Eastern
1 SD70I Athearn Genesis



So you're one of the people that beat me on the GLE engines. I go on that site all the time but every time he sells engines I (somehow) miss the bidding. I was hoping to get the the GP40-2 as the SD70I would have been out of my price range.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 1, 2004 8:50 AM
Well, I counted my trains a couple days ago and have 119 HO scale locomotives. With that many I'm not about to list all of them. I have a little bit of everything, with a wide range of steam and diesel locomotives. I also have 78 O and S gauge prewar and postwar tinlate locomotives as well. I buy most of my trains used, so that accounts for why I have as many as I do.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 1, 2004 10:05 AM
Chessie : SD-50
SD-40
SD-35
GP-40
GP-40
GP-30
GP-15-1

CSX: GP-38-2
GP-38-2
GP-40
GP-30
B30-7
B40-8
SD-40-2
SD-40-2
SD-50
L&N / Seaboard: SD-35
SW1500
SW1500
SW1200

Some are athearn, a couple Protos, and the rest are Spectrum [^]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 1, 2004 12:03 PM
mine are as follows
GP38-2 Chessie
GP38-2 dummy CSX
F7A&B phase 1 Penn RR
GP7 Lease no name yet
GP9 B&O
GP9 dummy B&O
SW1500 Conrail
H16-44 B&O
0-4-0 teakettle B&O
GP40 Chessie
F40PH Amtrak
4-4-0 Union Pacific
0-4-0 Union Pacific
waiting for the rest to come will up date this list when the do
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 1, 2004 12:17 PM
dash 9 bnfe
sd40 upf7 conrail
f7 sp
f7 santa fee
282 up
4884 up
4664 up
464 sante fee
080 erie

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 1, 2004 1:37 PM
I model the Pere Marquette
4 Proto 0-8-0s
2 Oriental Limited 0-8-0s
2 Genesis 2-8-2
2 Kato NW2s
2 Walthers SW1s
Most engines are modified to match a PM engine and equipped with soundtraxx sound systems
The rest I bought just because.
2 Spectrum 0-6-0 tanks
1 Spectrum 2-8-0 which I plan to convert to a PM engine
2 Mantua 0-4-0 camel backs (given to me)
1 Bowser 2-10-2 kit
1 MDC 2 truck shay
3 P2K 0-6-0s
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Posted by lupo on Saturday, January 31, 2004 1:57 AM
for you who missed the other thread:

bachmann F7A UP 1480
bachmann F7B UP 1467
bachmann SD40 UP 3808
proto 2000 GP7 UP 102
proto 2000 GP7 UP 250
proto 2000 E9 UP 951
proto 2000 E7 coSF UP 907A
proto 2000 E6 coLA UP 924A
proto 2000 E6 coLA UP 925B
proto 2000 E6 coLA UP 926B
spectrum EMC UP M32
athearn SW1500 UP 1183
athearn SW1200 UP 1326
genesis F3A UP 903
genesis F3B UP 903B
genesis F3B UP 905B
genesis F3A UP 1402
genesis F3B UP 1402C
walthers F1A UP 1503A
walthers F1B UP 1524B

intermountain F3 Santa Fé 326
intermountain F3 Santa Fé 328

IHC camelback UP 1586
roundhouse shay UP 61
spectrum saddle tank 0-6-0 UP 89
spectrum consolidation 2-8-0 UP 721
spectrum mountain 4-8-2 UP 7009
rivarossi challenger 4-6-6-4 UP 3716
rivarossi challenger 4-6-6-4 UP 3985
rivarossi big boy 4-8-8-4 UP 4002
rivarossi big boy 4-8-8-4 UP 4005
rivarossi big boy 4-8-8-4 UP 4006
rivarossi big boy 4-8-8-4 UP 4013
rivarossi big boy 4-8-8-4 UP 4023
rivarossi FEF3 4-8-4 UP 840
rivarossi FEF3 4-8-4 UP 844

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 31, 2004 1:07 PM
Athearn
3 BN sd40-2s [one dummy]
1 BNSF sd40-2
2 BN gp50s [one dummy]
1 SF gp50 [dummy]
1 BNSF c44-9w
1 BN sw1500
1 BNSF sw1500 [dummy]
1 BN sd9

Atlas
1 BN c30-7

Walthers
1 LMX b40-8
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 1, 2004 2:20 AM
Just getting started in HO.
In O I Have:
Lionel Santa Fe Superchief F 7 A & B
Lionel Great Northern RS3
Lionel C & NW GP-38
LifeLike Milwaukee Road Baby G-2?
In HO I have:
Lionel Great Northern F unit
Kato Great Northern Gp-35
Athern Great Northern SD-45 dummy


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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 1, 2004 9:26 AM
1kato SD40-2 CNW
1kato SD40 CP
2 proto SD9 CNW
2 proto GP7 NKP
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 1, 2004 4:09 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Strider1

I model the Pere Marquette
4 Proto 0-8-0s
2 Oriental Limited 0-8-0s
2 Genesis 2-8-2
2 Kato NW2s
2 Walthers SW1s
Most engines are modified to match a PM engine and equipped with soundtraxx sound systems
The rest I bought just because.
2 Spectrum 0-6-0 tanks
1 Spectrum 2-8-0 which I plan to convert to a PM engine
2 Mantua 0-4-0 camel backs (given to me)
1 Bowser 2-10-2 kit
1 MDC 2 truck shay
3 P2K 0-6-0s
You model the Pere Marquette and you don't have a 2-8-4 Berk!?[:0][:0][:p][:p] Just joking[;)], besides, I model the UP in the steam era and don't even have a 4-8-4.[:)][:D]

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