How many freight cars do you have ????

[JeremyB]

Hi Guys

I was wondering how many freight cars do you have??? I have about 120 not including Cabosses or passanger cars.

Jeremy

[Big_Boy_4005]

Getting close to 1000.

[SSW9389]

After deducting the requisite Caboose and passenger cars 'bout 735. And that is too many! I am taking about 50 of them to a train show in Bowling Green, KY this weekend to turn them back into a bit of money to buy newer ones.

[orsonroy]

Too many! I just cataloged all of mine, preparing to create car cards for operations. I've got 534 built and ready to go, 83 plastic kits (mostly Branchline Blueprint 40' boxes) and 62 resin kits, for a grand total of 679 cars. I've also got a box of 50 or so in the "for sale" pile.

[Anonymous]

.........................................15.........................

[nfmisso]

I was down to 700 even. but added a few this morning <G>.

[Supermicha]

I have exactly 0. I had a few in the past, but because of space problems i sold them all. Today i only collect engines and passenger cars. I have no layout, so its not a problem to have no freight cars.

Micha

[CP5415]

Right now I have approximately 130 freight cars but that includes cabooses & work train cars.

Gordon

[PistolPete]

About 85, but that will change after the train show on Saturday, I am sure I will pick up at least a few more.

[Anonymous]

Hmm....well after clearing out all the new era stuff, i'm now at exactly 32 old era stuff....I need more! [:D]

Jay

[Anonymous]

A recent survey of my freight car fleet has revealed that I have 430 freight cars in my roster.

James.

[cacole]

At last count, I have 532 freight cars and 26 passenger, with 4 more freight cars awaiting assembly. This includes about 10 cabeese (I think that's the plural of caboose).

[Anonymous]

I've about 60 (ready build, weighted, weathered) and ~ 200 waiting to be build & finished. That's the US collection I'll use on the modular layout of our modeltrain club.

For my home layout (and collection), German railways from 1900 to 1945, there are 360 freight cars and 210 passenger cars available.

Greeting from Germany

Carsten

[Jetrock]

Al told, I have around 50-60...about one-third are my dad's old stuff, non-functional and sitting in a box, one-fourth are unbuilt kits sitting under the layout, and the remainder are generally funcitonal boxcars, a couple of gons, and the odd reefer or two. Some are marked for repair but most of the rolling stock is in good order.

I'm waiting on building the rest of the rolling stock until I have the layout space for it--only one-third of my layout is built and operating, and I'd rather have it sitting in boxes unbuilt than have completed kits knocking around on the shelf getting dusty and banged about...once there is sufficient yard space for them they can sit on the layout.

[AggroJones]

Freight? About 200+. I lost count.

[Anonymous]

about 40-50

[Anonymous]

Last time I counted I had maybe 80, but it's probably closer to 90 now.

[Anonymous]

I have approximately 300 freight cars, but only about ten of these have been "outshopped" ready for service, meaning that they have complete weathering, and meet standards for weight, and ride on Micro-Trains trucks & couplers. All the rest are awaiting their turn at the workbench, some needing major work (such as the hoppers I am kitbashing) and some just plain unsalvageable; I bought about two thirds of them while in high school and on a limited budget.

I keep buying more, but I reckon that this is just about the right number for my 15 ft. by 15 ft. shelf+peninsula layout.

[IRONROOSTER]

In S scale I have between 50 and 75. I still have all my HO and O (just in case), some of which are getting to be collector's items. Truth is, I have more than I can use, but still keep buying them. I plan to rotate them on and off the layout.
Enjoy
Paul

[Anonymous]

around 30 frieght. hey, with all you ppl with hundreds of cars and are willing to part... got any C&O with the Chessie signiture cat?

[eastcoast]

I HAVE A JUMBLE AND A CLUSTER of about 70 at last count.
That number will change soon.

[Hawks05]

probably 25-30 or so. thats just a guess. probably lest more like 15-20. but you know, one can dream.

i plan on buying a lot of kits tomorrow at the LHS since the next show isn't until the first part of April and i don't get to the LHS to often. i hope to buy between 10-12 kits tomorrow. some stuff to start trying to weather and then buildings.
should be interesting watching my checking account get drained. good thing i get paid sunday.

[Anonymous]

Seventeen.

[brothaslide]

Not enough

[mikebonellisr]

I have about 60.Of that number, about 40 are super detailed,K D wheelsets & couplers,
weathered and weighted.

[Anonymous]

20 freight...........
soon buy heap of freight N scale

[memsd]

I have 172 cars and 36 locos and no track. Yet. Been collecting cars and locos since '89. I have an Atlas track kit on order. The excitement to patience ratio is killing me.

[Anonymous]

um between100 and 200

[Hawks05]

i'm in the same boat as you memsd. only i've been collecting since october. hopefully this friday my parents can go to the lumber yard while i'm at school and buy the wood for benchwork. saturday will hopefully be a build day then.

i can't wait till i can finally run my trains.

oh yeah had another 7 cars to my total after this weekends trip to the hobby shop.

[Anonymous]

Very few...a total of 11. I don't buy much freight rolling stock.