How many engines do you have??

[ClinchValleySD40]

127 locos

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by the-big-blow

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And yes I dont have a girlfriend & I'm not married!!! [:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)]

Well that makes you a loco lover.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JeremyB

I was just asking a question, so dont make it sound like people who ask this are criminals. if you dont have anything to add of interest go some other place.

I'm covered, no sweat.
http://www.nmra.org/model_collection_insurance.html
I find the stats interesting. If I have a particular loco problem I may wi***o e-mail a forum member direct and I have.
A print out of this subject post is worth saving to me IMO.

[Anonymous]

Let me just say that I have enough to model the Union Pacific in the 40's, 50s, 60's, 70s, 80s, 90s, and today. and to model the Southern pacific in the 50s - 90s. and to model the northern pacific in the 50s, and to model a reasonable steam era logging operation. oh and a fleet of 10 locos for my freelance road. so.. ok ok.. well over 100. but i've been collecting/modeling since the early 80's.

[n2mopac]

I have 10 N scale locos on my layout, 6 N scale locos from my old layout (different road) which I rarely run, and 7 HO scale locos from my early modeling days when I modeled in HO.

Ron

[Anonymous]

36. Most of which are still projects to be done.

---jps

[Anonymous]

I have about 60 engines. All mixed mfg.'s. Athearn, Lifelike, Bachmann, Atlas, Kato, Stewart, Walthers, Con-Cor. I run most of mine at different times on the layout. I usually run 3 engines at a time
on all my hills because of steep grades & it looks good to the visitors. I also have about 4 steam engines that sit on a shelf most of the time.

Larry

[jacon12]

3..., well 4 if you count this one..

but really I can't count it 'cause it's Hannahs :)

[Anonymous]

4 N-scale, only 2 are really good.
9 HO-scale, Only 5 are really good.

Quality over quantity I guess, or something like that.

Alvie.

[ckape]

Well, I've been slowly getting back into the hobby, and I'm trying not to burn out my budget until I graduate college, so I've only really got one loco right now, which is an RPP SD90 that I'm putting together. I do also have some the Athearn blue boxes my brother and I got when we were kids, but they're in still in storage since I don't have trackage of my own right now.

[eastcoast]

Ones ... for every occasion.
I have big ones.
I have small ones.
I have new ones.
I have old ones.
I take inventory on a regular basis, and I think
at last count, 13 were active, 2 are retired.

[}:)]EDIT........

Are you also counting slugs, slaves , and dummies ???

[Hawks05]

well i own all of 5 engines, and i should be getting one in probably 3-4 days that ordered off Ebay, a P2K GP60 NS loco. i'm also going to show on saturday, with about $150-$170 in my pocket to spend. i've been saving up now for awhile waiting for a show to come around. i plan on getting 2 locos minimum, a ton of kits if the same vendor is there.

anyways. back to locos. all mine are GPs
1 BN GP40 Atlas
1 BN GP50 Athearn
1 CB&Q GP40 Atlas
1 RI GP9 Proto 2000
1 CB&Q GP9 Proto 2000
soon to be 1 NS GP60 Proto 2000

i'm hoping to get an atlas this weekend. i really want an C44-9W or an AC4400. i doubt i'll have enough money for those though.

[cisco1]

Okay guys, you made me go take a census. 47 total:
Diesel= 40 3 GN, 12 CB&Q,25 BN
Steam= 7 all CB&Q
ooops,wait .... 48 ! I forgot that new SD75. BNSF of course!
Why the spread in eras? I got the itch for steam last year.
Ed is right. There's always room for ONE more loco!

[:D][tup]

[fischey]

I just started to wonder what's on the shelf. Since just a few years ago I picked up a few companions to go with a lonely heavy road loco. See, it wasn't right not to have a switcher do hogger work for a road engine. Then, I realized the switcher team needed another hogger over at the other side o' the yard. The road engine was getting up in prototype years (1928) so something new needed to be there for faster, heavier trains. Gee, isn't there a good reason for its companion, Phase two to be there as well? How about multiple lashups? Oooops, Phase III now... Hey, I just saw another one available whose prototype does medium duty... We all need medium duty stuff. Sure!! Yeah, that's it... say, what about another one like it because the schedule is getting crowded and the milk runs and locals could use some help. And then, whaddya know, there's a heavy freight hauler that needs to take the flag hotshots, and... does the railroad have only one? NOT!! Need a couple of them! Golly, now our railroad is looking at updating the entire fleet. It's not 1952 any more, and these veterans need some Gen II help, and the steam is now museum power! Better get the leasing papers in order folks, we're going for the fleet. Hey, I just noticed there is a need to depict interchange activity! Let's see, now.....

[fischey]

I can't resist.... "I'll not have one engine," said Sam I am, "Not one where Two won't do; I'll have many more engines than green locos-- choo choo!"

[Anonymous]

Too much [:D]

Tomorrow: Who knows???

[Anonymous]

13 Santa Fe and 1 N&W.

[Big_Boy_4005]

I've lost count. I have 10 command equiped engines, and since that's what I plan to run, the rest don't matter. I figure I'm about 30 to 40 short.

[Anonymous]

Half as many as I want &
Twice as many as I need!

[johncolley]

I have a pair of E-7's and an ABBA set of FT's that are DCC. I have about 10 analog locos, all diesel, And I have to decide what to keep and convert, or give away/sell. I need to get into timeframe because I am running Great Northern in '47/'48, and I know several of my analog locos are later such as GP35's, SD-9's etc.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by egmurphy

QUOTE: cuddlyjools: I think we always buy far to many than we really need.

Boy you sure got that right. We're talking an insidious addiction here. I can remember when I had one locomotove and thought it was "all I needed". At least, I think I can remember back that far, I'm not that sure. Then came the day I was shopping at the LHS and the owner whispers "Hey, kid, have I got something to show you!". So I wind up with a second one. Hey, thinks I, always "needed" a switcher. Then probably a train show, and some vendor uncovers a neat little 2-8-0 for a steal of a price. "Too good to pass up", says I. Later a friend (?) introduces me to ebay, I browse a bit and bang, I'm suddenly the owner of an SD70MAC. And I don't even model modern railroading??

Let's just say I have "several" locomotives. Way too many to fit on my small layout, that's for sure.

Now I find myself going through the ads in MR first, looking for the word of a new 'fix' on the market. And there have been some recent announcements regarding new releases that I may have to actually call the LHS and reserve....................

It's addictive I tell you. Someone ought to pass a law restricting sales of locomotives to weak-willed model railroaders.

Excuse me, I have to go dust off my roundhouse.....................

Regards

Ed

I feel your pain brother. I just can't stop buying! Its an addition.

And don't forget, there is always room from one more engine in the roundhouse.

[AntonioFP45]

HO Scale:

Had a bunch at one time during the 80s. Almost all "high amp drawing" Athearn Blue Box. (not very good for DCC) I've sold or traded most of them during the past several years. Just didn't want to go through the hassle of remotoring. The only Athearn BBs I'm keeping are four FP45s and two SCL U33Bs---------- Scheduled for the "Tsunami" treatment.

Still have two Model Power E7s (brutes!) and 5 " Atlas units.

Newest additions: P1k New Haven RDC, P2K-GP9, three P2K-E7s, a P2K-SD45

[easyaces]

QUOTE: Originally posted by the-big-blow

My Finalized UP Roster (1965)

2 Overland UP 3 Unit Gas Turbines
1 Overland UP 3 Unit Gas Turbines
2 Overland UP Turbine Tenders
1 Overland UP C855
1 Overland UP Alco C630
2 Kato GP-35’s

My Finalized Milw Roster

2 Overland Milwaukee Road Little Joes
2 Overland Milwaukee Road Steeple Cabs
2 Overland Milwaukee Road FP-45’s
1 Overland International Bay Window Caboose
1 Overland Rib Side Caboose
3 Atlas Milwaukee Road GP-40’s
1 Milwaukee Road Business Car Montana
1 Kato Milwaukee Road SD40-2 Bicentennial

1 Overland CP Rail M640

My Finalized UP Roster (2003)

2 Kato AC4400CW Flags
2 Kato AC4400CW Lightning
2 Kato SD40-2 Snoots
1 Kato SD40-2 United Way
4 Kato SD90MAC’s
2 Overland SD90MACH 8200-8201
3 Overland AC4400CW 6884,6886,6887
2 Kato CNW C44-9W
2 Kato UP C44-9W
4 Kato BNSF SD70MAC
2 Kato BN SD70MAC
1 Lionel UP Challenger 3985

On the order books

4 Atlas SOO LINE U30C’s
1 Overland SD45X 5740
3 Kato SD38-2’s US Steel
2 Undecorated SD38-2’s (To build into Milwaukee Road 40-2's)

And yes I dont have a girlfriend & I'm not married!!! [:)][:)][:)][:)][:)][:)]

Lucky you! just wait til you're married and your RR budget goes from slim to none sometimes! My other half cringes whenever I bring home a new loco! My Roster consists of a couple dozen GP-38s ,An SD40,F45, SD 50, SW1500 cow & calf, and a couple small hustler switchers.

[Anonymous]

Road Western Maryland

4 GP 9
5 GP 35
7 F7A
4 F7B
1 462 steam
1 260
1 060
1 BL2

[Hawks05]

i now have 7 locos in all. at that last show a couple weekends ago i bought 2 from my friend who was selling some of his stuff. both were Athearn C44-9Ws. one in BNSF Heritage 1 and the other in Santa Fe warbonnet with "Santa Fe" on the sides.

[ksax73]

I would say I have roughly 25 engines that are powered locos and another 6 that are unpowered.

So you can say 25 or 31

[Anonymous]

I have 7 locomotives that are running, but i have another 12 or so AHM steam locomotives in my drawer that i need to fix.

I just recivied my CP Rail SD40-2F kit, and i am about to order my first Kato SD40-2
3 Athearn CP Rail SD40-2 (new version)
1 Athearn CP Rail AC4400CW (old version)
1 Athearn Undec Sw 7
1 Brass SD40 in BN, colors
1 Brass i think it is a NYK 0-8-0, (didn't come with a tender)

[AlcoRS11Nut]

The ones I use the most...
1 ALCo RS1
1 ALCo S2
1 ALCo RS2
1 ALCo RS3
1 ALCo RS11
3 ALCo C424's
1 ALCo C425
1 EMD GP35

[PennsyHoosier]

I have 15 locos--steam, diesel, and electric. All Pennsy, except for one Pere Marquette. My favorite is my BLI GG-1.

[Anonymous]

60 Diesels
5 Steam