Driline She's not much to look at, but boy does she run good! You just can't beat a Good Bachmann Spectrum
She's not much to look at, but boy does she run good! You just can't beat a Good Bachmann Spectrum
LOL! That's what you get for letting the grandkids run it like a slot car!
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
Here are some of mine:
Here is 90% of my roster, the other 10% are under construction. Earl...
Hi All!
Just joined and saw this thread and thought I would post. It may be too old of a thread as it was from the beginning of 2010, but here goes anyway. I have a very large roster, if you will. Most of it is not photographed and that which, they are nearly all individual photos. I collect mostly the early Mantua, Varney and some Penn Line steam locomotives. I also collect New Haven McGunnis era diesels.
Here is a sample:
I buy and sell HO trains all the time and that is how I afford to pay for my own collection. I have a ton more pictures of trains and my Mustangs if anyone cares to look:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9977705@N05/sets/
Anyone is welcome to comment or ask me any questions.
Thanks for allowing me to share!
Sean
As I posted the link to my ME&O running stock is in my sig
But here are my Display Only engines
51% share holder in the ME&O ( Wife owns the other 49% )
ME&O
No photos but here is my list.
Regards,
Todd Arnett
i have close to 70 locos i had over 100 however i got rid of lots.. bachmann etc
i have mainly eastern roads with some bnsf up etc i tend to build up trains i may see a train in the trains magazine and buy 4 x mrl locos and make up the train all of the diesels are modern
i also have 5 x broadway steamers and a hornby flying scotsman
i have 550 - 600 items of rolling stock or more plus 7 x 30 car coal trains
sorry still not worked out how to down load photos... however if you send me a message i will email you photos of my 20 x 30 layout
Sorry, had to go back 7 pages to resurrect this thread!
A picture of my locomotive roster:
Not making it into the picture were an Athearn Big Boy, two Con-Cor PA1's and my original Atlas 0-4-0. There are 4 or 5 dummy locos in the picture. Only a handful have decoders in them which is why my plans to convert to DCC are so long term.
I have plans to do the same thing for my passenger and freight rolling stock but it will take me some time to build up the courage to do it.
After going through all of these, I've decided that I'll probably sell off some of them. There's just too many! (Never thought I'd hear myself say that, or even ADMIT to it!)
In the meantime, I'm hiding this photo from my wife.
Yes, I meant the RS-11 1407. I was reading the wrong caption. Where is that 1407 taken from? And where is the GS&M RR?
1402 is a "N"-scale Atlas engine...You talking about the picture of RS-11 1407?
AzBaja
And seeing those realllly big rosters... my wife is a lot less mad
Freight roster
two 4-6-0, two 2-6-2T, two 2-6-2, four 2-6-0
Passenger
4-4-0 Richmond, three 4-4-2, two 2-6-0, two 4-6-0, one railbus
Switching
0-4-0T, two 0-4-0, two 0-6-0
www.newenglanddepot.net
Eric - that first pic of 1402 looks like the real deal!! Is there a GS&M road actually?
1407 Gila Springs & Mesquite Alco RS-11
1402 Gila Springs & Mesquite Alco RS-11 (N-Scale)
9636 GS&M Alco C-630
6208 GS&M EMD GP38
The GS&M roster also includes some GP9s, SD9s, and some SD40 as well as some GP38-2's. In pretend land the GS&M rents a few EMD SD50's from the UTAH BELT.
EricGSMrr.net
Here's my 2 cents:
I had started a new N scale layout in 2008. It is a fairly oldfashioned analogue style thing, and is set in the Nortwest in the mid 70ies.
Having said this I must admit that my roster splits in 2 parts: my display cases house about 100 models, from a 0-6-0 to Big Boy, and from NW2 and FT to MP15DC and SD60M. (The collection ends at about 1990). Of course with suitable cars or trains where possible - it is the result of a 30 year plus career of a collector.
Part 2 is the working roster on the layout. This is all made up with Diesels of the first and second generation although once in a while a local club is deciding to run one of the steamers with a fan excursion train.
The working roster s fairly small. All my trains need double heading out of necessity, steep grades and sharp bends limit the towing power of most diesels to 6 or 7 40 footers only. And the roster is:
GN 576 SD9 nearly always coupled to GN 582 SD9, both from Atlas and in sky blue. They move the big freight train.
For the local: BN 4082 RS-3 coupled to NP 860 RS-3 both Atlas.
For the commuters: 4 Overton SP passenger cars drawn by H24-66 4802 SP.
Long haul passenger trains are a short version of the Emperor (6 heavyweights) headed by a Life-like built set of FAs in ABA formation or the more contemporary Amtrak version with 8 double decker cars behind 2 F40PH (381 and 229).
Switching is done by GN 98 - a Life-like model of a SW8 supported by SP 4627 - the same of its kind. (Reason for the double switcher is that me tenderfoot made a serious design mistake - my yard lead is too short, thus longer trains have to be moved out to the main, that in turn is immediately going up at a 2.5 in 100 grade). It is allowed to laugh now - after my learnt lessions I'll do my next layout much better, but I have come to find that this situation makes for some quite interesting switching manoeuvres and so I let it be for some time now.
Well, here's my fleet:
The steamers first;
There is one loco missing from this photo - my new N scale Shay.
And now the diesels. The NW2 is a Kato unit with a custom paint job, and the RS-2 is a Walthers unit also with a custom paint job;
The Location: Forests of the Pacific Northwest, OregonThe Year: 1948The Scale: On30The Blog: http://bvlcorr.tumblr.com
Here's my B&O roster [so far]:
I also have a number of CSX locos, but I plan to sell them so I can buy more B&O and WM. There are also 3 Atlas GP40's and an Atlas GP38, not pictured, that haven't yet been painted in their B&O livery.
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
Steam:
One 4-8-2 Heavy Mtn J2 class C&O (George Washington by Bachmann)
Three 2-10-4 T-1 class C&O by BLI/Blueline
Two 2-6-6-2 H-5 class C&O by Bachmann
One 2-8-4 K-4 Class C&O by Proto 2000
Two 2-6-6-6 H-8 Class C&O by RR
One 0-8-0 USRA design (C-16A class) C&O by Proto 2000
Three 0-6-0T by Bachmann (unlettered)
Two B&O 0-4-0T Dockside (Varney and LL)
One 2-8-0 Consoldation (WM Fireball) by Bachmann
One 2-8-2 K-1 class C&O by IHC
One 2-8-8-2 Y3 Class VGN proto 2000
One 3 Truck Shay (Wehrhouser) by Bachmann
Diesel
Three F-7 C&O by Athearn Genesis (A-B-A)
One F-7 C&O Proto 2000 (A Unit)
One E-7A (first gen paint) C&O by BLI
Two E-7A (last gen paint) C&O by Proto 2000
One Baldwin VO-1000 by Stewart Hobbies (Patapsco and Back River)
Two RS-2's C&O Proto 1000
29 Engines Total
I'm extremely grateful to Bachmann for all the C&O stuff they produce! I'm planning on loading up on the H-4s when they come out.
Don - Specializing in layout DC->DCC conversions
Modeling C&O transition era and steel industries There's Nothing Like Big Steam!
I would have to look pretty hard to figure out what the actual number of engines in all gauges are in my roster.
Here is a "family portrait" of the different gauges that we run:
Front row, left to right: HO, TT, N
Second Row: S, Z, O, G
Third Row: L, 8 3/4" (Ride-on type)
If I had to geuss, I would have to say that we have around 100 O gauge engines, 40 S gauge engines, 80 HO Gauge engines, 60 TT scale engines, 30 N gauge engines, 1 Z scale engine, 1 8 3/4" engine, and 3 G gauge locomotives. As L gauge is not set in stone, I would have to say that we have 4-8 assembled L gauge engines at any given time.
So many scales, so many trains, so little time.....
Click on my Sig to see my running engines for the ME&O
For 30-some years my locomotive roster consisted of an Athearn PA-1 and S-12, both in Erie Lackawanna paint, a simple but serviceable Tyco 4-6-2, and an elegant B&O "Royal Blue" 4-6-2 that had been my grandfather's. The Royal Blue lived under a clear display cover on a shelf and the others were in a box in the closet, and for decades that was enough.
A few years ago Walthers' very nice Empire Builder set caught my attention, since the Empire Builder had been the highlight of trainwatching days with my grandfather during occasional childhood visits to his Chicago-area home, but the price tag kept me from doing anything other than thinking about it. That was enough until early 2009, when I saw that the Empire Builder sets were going out of production, so a Proto 2000 F7A/B and fourteen of those cars are now in a box in my closet waiting with the older stuff for some future date when they'll get some active use.
That was enough for a few months, until I saw an advertisement for a Proto 2000 E7 in Milwaukee Road's Union Pacific color scheme and realized I'd seen that very locomotive or sister units during other trainwatching days with my grandfather. So I had to have one of them too, with eight nice cars to keep it employed.
That was enough for a few weeks, until I saw an old non-working Varney F3, 1940s vintage, with a few elegantly simple Santa Fe decals still hanging on, going cheap on eBay. Like ten zillion other kids I'd always admired the red and silver Santa Fe Fs, and unlike the big new Walthers sets the F3 didn’t use up about three years' worth of hobby budget, so I figured what the heck, another one can't hurt.
That was enough for a few days, until I saw more and more stuff that each seemed like just one more wouldn't hurt, and the floodgates opened. Four Proto 2000 E8s, four Genesis F9s, two Genesis F7s, a Mantua F7, a couple of unspecified F7 B-unit dummies, two Precision Craft F3s, four Stewart FTs, a Cary Locomotive Works FT, an Athearn PB-1, two more Athearn S-12s, and 150-some cars have since come along, and I still can't resist browsing eBay and model train shows for good buys. I think the big rush is over, but if I run across a nice set of Burlington E8s for Empire Builder duty, or a matching Santa Fe F3 set to turn those Precision Craft F3s into an ABBA lashup, I'm going to have to wrestle with that budget again.
Dean
Here is a link to our club roster.
My favorite power to run is the custom painted Nebraska Central SD45 or the OL&B SW1200 #47.
Sharp!!!My roster consists of an Atlas RS3 that runs like your proverbial red reared baboon;a LLP2K GP18 that runs kinda sluggish;LLP2K FA1 that runs about the same and an Athearn F7 that barely runs at all!!
Planning on modeling the MP in either East Texas or the Austin area ca.1959.
For now,running my locos around some Bachmann EZ Track with some freight cars and a caboose!!
I buy/trade often, but this is what I currently have:
2 - MTH UP 4-12-2's
1 - MTH DRGW Class L-97 4-6-6-4 (Union Pacific warbaby)
1 - Bachmann Spectrum PRR K-4
My sons have:
1 - P2K Soo Line Alco RS-27
5 - Assorted Bachmann Thomas (electric) steamers with moving eyes
1 - ancient Mantua Trolley
My roster (sorry, no photos yet):
Chessie System (C&O) B30-7 (Atlas, w/DCC)Western Maryland 2-8-0 Consolidation (Bachmann Spectrum, w/DCC)B&O SW8 (Life-Like)B&O SD7 (Life-Like)B&O Doodlebug (Bachmann Spectrum)C&O E8 (Life-Like)
As you can see, I've got some serious decoder installs to perform. I've also got a few other locos, but they're not part of my layout's fleet; just a few cheap ones I picked up for my collection:
Union Pacific F7 (Life-Like)ATSF MDT Plymouth (Bachmann)
Heres my modest roster. I have an S12 and an SW7 as well though I dont run them because they dont really fit my interests now that I have narrowed down my era (2004-2005 San Francisco Bay Area). I really just use my GP units though the C44-9W does find itself pulling some intermodal cars now and then. Sorry no good pictures.
WSOR SD40-2 4009WSOR GP7U 702WSOR GP38 3807WSOR GP38 3808WSOR GP38 3802WSOR MP15AC 1503
UP SD40-2 4238Future WSOR SD40-2 4011Future WSOR GP38 3805Future WSOR GP38 3803
Interesting to browse through this thread and get a feel for the various themes we enjoy and places we are in the hobby, kind of an anecdotal cross-section. Lots of modern diesels, some early diesels, some steam. Big collections, small collections, multiple roadnames or not so many. Locos in storage or operating, simple run-some-trains layouts or beautiful realistic model railroads.
I'm mostly an early-EMD cab unit guy, roadnames that appeal to me for sentimental reasons regardless of whether they ever operated near each other, collecting and storing rather than (yet) operating. Really fun to see what some of the rest of you are doing, and inspiring to contemplate for the future.
I keep intending to take and post some photos of my roster on this thread, but I keep getting tempted by just one more on eBay...
Well, not much left.
Following the global financial crisis, my road had to dispose of most of its roster. It is now down to a Bowser/Stewart ARR F 7 and an old Marklin E 94 box cab electric. Hopefully there will be more coming in 2010...