My prior post was for the HO scale freight.....
At Christmas time the G-gauge 1:20.5 scale stuff comes out and I found that Bachmann is number 1, then quite a way down to LGB, then Kalamazo, Delton, and Aristocraft make up a few cars each (distant thirds).
russ_q4b Texas Zepher Does Westerfield still make kits? I am not really sure if they still make kits. They have a website http://www.westerfieldmodels.com/9101.html Ever since Al Westerfield got out of this business, I have accumulated the kits either through EBAY or train shows. I can get a kit for about $10 to $20. I am at a point where I am satisfied with adding 6 cars per year to my roster so I can wait for the desired car to appear on EBAY,
Texas Zepher Does Westerfield still make kits?
Does Westerfield still make kits?
I am not really sure if they still make kits. They have a website http://www.westerfieldmodels.com/9101.html Ever since Al Westerfield got out of this business, I have accumulated the kits either through EBAY or train shows. I can get a kit for about $10 to $20. I am at a point where I am satisfied with adding 6 cars per year to my roster so I can wait for the desired car to appear on EBAY,
Yes, under the new owner, most if not all of the Westerfield kits are in production and available.
Wayne
... me!
None of what will be rolling or moving on my layout is available comercially made, so I have to scratchbuikd every single item. It´s time consuming, but rewarding - and also cheap!
Just finished the construction drawing of my loco - my 2014 project.
It used to be 70% Athearn Blue Box, 20% Train Miniature and 10% MDC. But that has all changed now.
Boxcars
Athearn = 5% Exactrail 10%, Intermountain 20%, Branchline (Atlas) 20%, Front Range, 10%, Red Caboose, 5%, Atlas 10%, Proto 5%, Details West 5% and others such as Eel River, E&B Valley/A-Line/Concor, Railyard Models, F&C, E&C and Accurail the final 10%.
Covered Hoppers
Athearn = 5%, Exactrail 20%, Tangent, 20%, Intermountain 20%, E&B Valley/Eastern Car Works 20% and Accurail, Railyard Models, Ramax, Detail Associates, Proto, Concor and Walthers the final 15%
Hoppers
MDC and Stewart/Bowser are about 45% each with a smattering of Athearn and Tangent.
Ore Jennies
100% Stewart/Bowser G39's.
Gondolas
Mostly E&C, Walthers, Tangent, Exact Rail, and Tichy equally split, no Athearns as the model was designed to fit in the box and follows no known protorype.
Flats
Mostly Walthers and a few Athearn's.
Rick J
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I'm another Athearn BB, by far, and Roundhouse chap, though Accurail and Bowser are catching up.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
don7 My guess would have been, Athearn, Roundhouse and Train Minature. I would have been wrong, it is Train Minature, Roundhouse and Athearn. Most of the Train Minauture are the kits, the majority of which had never been assembled, Same with the Roundhouse, most are still not assembled, the Athearn cars have been for the most part assembled.
My guess would have been, Athearn, Roundhouse and Train Minature.
I would have been wrong, it is Train Minature, Roundhouse and Athearn. Most of the Train Minauture are the kits, the majority of which had never been assembled, Same with the Roundhouse, most are still not assembled, the Athearn cars have been for the most part assembled.
I'm a big fan of Train Miniature stuff, too, Don, but they were third on my list, behind Accurail and Athearn.Following those are Proto, Walthers, Bowser, MDC, Red Caboose, and Tichy. After that are another 21 different manufacturers, all represented by less than 10 cars each.
All of mine were kits, and most of them were modified, and in some cases, quite drastically.
I don't know the percentage off the top of my head but most of my cars are Athearn BB and MDC/Roundhouse (Pre-Horizon Hobby). I also have some E&C Shops (Woodchips), Walthers, Accurail, Tythearn, two Con-Cor hoppers, one Atlas caboose, one Branchline boxcar, and a few Athearn RTRs. I also have a Bluford caboose and two more Atlas cars on advance reservation and another Con-Cor car on order via internet auction.
While not mentioned in the OP, my engines are Athearn switchers (1 SW-1000 and the rest SW-7s), soon to be 8 Tythearns, 4 Model Power (2-6-0 Steamers), 2 P2K GP-18s, 2 Atlas S-4s and a Walthers SW-1.
For those of you questioning the Tythearn, they are a Tyco-Athearn kitbash. The frieght cars are Tyco cabooses with Athearn caboose trucks and Walthers Cushion Coupler Pockets. The engines are Tyco GP-20 shells with some added details with frame modified Athearn GP-35 drives.
Majority Passenger cars: Walthers and Rivarossi.
Majority of Freight cars: Athearn BB and Bowser.
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Kit/RTR Maker
Tyco
Hmm. Cut and paste from Excel confuses the website. Anyhow, here are my statistics.
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David Starr www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com
It used to be that the majority of my rolling stock was Athearn Blue Box. About 10 years ago I sold most of it off on Ebay and replaced it with kits from Bowser, Branchline, Intermountain, C&BT shops, Accurail, old Walthers kits, Red Caboose, American Laser Kit, MDC Roundhouse, Lifelike P2K and from many other manufacturers, as long as they are kits! I have maybe 2-4 cars that were ready to run. My passenger equipment is all standard cars from Athearn kits.
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K1a - all the way
My layout is 80% Kadee, 10 % Trueline and 10% Athearn. I only have around 100 cars so far and model the late Steam era. I find that Kadee has a lot to offer for cars in that era.
In order of number by maker but I am not sure of %
Westerfield
F&C
Accurail
Sunshine
Speedwitch Media
Proto 2000
and a few odds and ends to round out the frieght fleet
Steve
Accurail 42.3%, Branchline 13.2%, Walthers/proto2000 12.6%, Intermountain 6.6%, MTH 4.8%, Atlas 4.2%, Athearn/Roundhouse 4.2%, Red Caboose 4% and others: Bowser, Bev Bel, Fox Valley, CBT shops, Westerfield, Central Valley, Tichy, Northeastern, Exact Rail, Broadway Ltd, Kadee
Grinnell
Most of my freight stock, most of my passenger DMU and almost all of my diesel-hydraulics are Endo products - of prototypes which are no longer available on the Japanese market or anywhere else. (These days Mr Endo produces present-day Japanese private railway EMU and not much else.)
Most of the rest are an eclectic mix from Japanese manufacturers, some now out of business. About 10% are kitbashed (kitbutchered?) Athearn and Life-like products, and about 5% could be considered scratchbuilt.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Mr B and others,
I just use a Works spread sheet. Have it set up so I can sort by Car Type, Road, Manufacturer or several other choices. Simple, but it worked for this.
I carry a list of locos and cars from my "majority" roads to train shows to keep from duplicate purchasing. Has saved me more than once. Sort by Road and Car Type and it makes an easy to check list.
Have fun,
Richard
russ_q4b Westerfield 75% F and C 5% Bethlehem Car Works 5% Quality Craft 5% Others 10%
Westerfield 75%
F and C 5%
Bethlehem Car Works 5%
Quality Craft 5%
Others 10%
Mostly BB and MDC. Some of the others like Bev Bel, Con Cor, Walthers, Branchline, Atlas.
I have never purchased a RTR car, work too hard for my money.
Jim
80% MDC (a lot of ore cars), 15% Athearn, mostly blue box, 5% everyone else.
That's a tough one to answer because I don't have an inventory. The roster is heavy on the types of cars that would be seen in Northern Ohio in the 1950's. That means lots of hoppers from nearby roads such as B&O, PRR, NYC, MTR, NKP, etc. Athearn offset twins are probably the most numerous of all of these, but Accurail USRA's and Bowser PRR H21a's and GLa's are also pretty numerous. The new AAR Alternate Standard hopper from Intermountain has really grabbed my attention, and the numbers of C&O, NKP, and Erie versions of those cars is growing.
Lots of P2K gondolas are on the road, plus additional gons from Tangent.
Boxcars run the gamut, although I've been weeding out cars with a lower level of detail. That means fewer of the old Athearn and MDC 40 footers, and more and more P2K, Red Caboose, Intermountain, Atlas, Branchline, and ExactRail boxcars. Reefers are mostly Red Caboose and Intermountain. Same for tank cars. Also some P2K tank cars.
I also have a sizeable collection of resin kits from Westerfield, West Shore, Sunshine, Wright Trak, and others. Most of these are unbuilt, but several have been completed and I'm looking forward to building the others. IT'S NOT AS HARD AS SOME FOLKS WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE. JUST TAKE YOUR TIME!
Passenger cars are mostly Walthers, with a few Bachmann PRR heavyweights.
There are also several brass passenger and freight cars from a variety of manufacturers.
Then there are some old sentimental favorites that don't really fit in with the more detailed modern models, and some whose heritage is a big question mark.
Locos are distributed similarly to the cars. Priority is given to higher-quality representatives of favorite local roads, although a U.P. 2-8-0 and an N.P. 4-6-0 (both P.F.M.) have both inexplicably managed to make it into the basement. Figuring cost into the equation, I think the best brass value is just about any remotored P.F.M steam loco. I also have several Key, Precision, Akane, Westside, and Sunset steamers. Some particularly prized brass steam engines are products of Lambert, Challenger, W&R, and Railworks. (I've heard very good things about Division Point, but don't have any of their products --- yet). There are also a few P2K, and Bachmann Spectrum steamers. For diesels, I have quite a few Atlas, P2K, and Stewart/Bowser engines and a few Alco brass ones. With a few notable exceptions, diesels aren't my highest priority.
The collection has been amassed over a period of more than 50 years. I'd hate to think of starting from scratch right now. But then again, 50 years ago I had no idea that it could ever grow to be this big --- one item at a time.
tom
This was the first time I actually did a series of "sort" operations on my Excel spreadsheet. I had originally set it up as a prelude to operations, but it turns out it's good for this, too. In addition, it's a great thing to bring along to a train show so that I don't end up with duplicate cars.
116 freight cars in the list. I should add my MOW cars, perhaps on a separate sheet, and my passenger cars, too. The locomotives are already in their own place with CV settings include.
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Most of the stuff is RTR with individual grabs, 40% is Proto 2000. Now that is stuff I accually run.
I'm approaching 300 pieces of rolling stock...I'm afraid to go digging in my garage, I might move something and find some mysterious cars I bought 30 years ago and forgot about. Or I'll discover a few more black widow spiders calling my garage home. Anyway. Most of what I have is Athearn BB and MDC and some of it more than 35 years old. Old Mantua, Ambroid, Bowser, Varney, Train Minature, Tichy, Atlas, Walthers Proto, Accurail, Front Range, and a few unknowns make up the minority balance.
Mark H
Modeling in HO...Reading and Conrail together in an alternate history.
Probably 60 to 70 percent of mine are Athearn Blue Box, then there's a bunch of MDC, Bachman, IHC, Rivarossi, AHM, Life Like, Flieschman, Tyco, some Herkimer extruded Aluminum passenger cars, and I even have some Mantua, Varney, and Ambroid from the early 1950s. I even have a Strombecker passenger car from around 1950 or so, but with new card sides. The original water mixed caesin glue is still as solid as ever.
65% Micro-trains, 30% Atlas, 5% (mix of Athern & Intermountain)