How many engines and cars do you have?

[pathvet9]

4 engines and maybe 25-30 freight cars and cabooses but no track ....... yet.

[sigh]

cheers, Jake

[selector]

Three engines, nine mixed cars, two pax cars. I think that is lots.

I am uncomfortable with the idea of having more stuff than I can handle at the same time laying unused. People complain that the hobby is getting too expensive, but have huge inventories of rolling stock and drawers full of locos.

[Anonymous]

About 50 engines, between 500-600 frieght cars, 7 cabooses, and 11 active passenger cars.

[NZRMac]

3 diesels, 1 GP38 2 x SD40-2 . Class J 4-8-4, 2-8-8-2, 2-6-0 steamers. 20 x 3 bay hoppers couple tank cars 2 ore cars, 2 box cars, 3 old time passenger

Ken.

[Anonymous]

1 loco (switcher) and 4 cars. Yes, that's it. Been through a larger number in my lifetime for sure, but that's what I've got for this go-around with the hobby.

This number will likely increase quite a bit over the next couple years.

[Anonymous]

I thinned my collection down to several engines all but two are BLI.

I also reduced rolling stock to about 50 of all types with a majority of reefers.

I see it easier to maintain than a large group of stock that requires supplies every month.

[Anonymous]

1) 2-8-8-2 PRR Mallet, 2) PRR 40' box cars, and 1) PRR GLa Hopper.

[medic_149]

5 engines 3 steam and 2 diesel, 14 assorted freight cars and 2 cabooses. and still no layout yet...but hopefully soon

[Darth Santa Fe]

Somewhere between 40 and 50 engines and between 60 and 70 cars including passenger cars.

[Anonymous]

21 Locomotives: 5 steam, 16 diesels, 45 freight cars, 8 passenger cars and 10 cabooses. And no real layout to run them on.........sigh........

[Anonymous]

1 PRR E-8, 1 0-6-0T, 1 trolly. 1 caboose, 4 passenger cars being upgraded (I hope), and about a dozen assorted freight cars. Not much but it is a start.

[BRAKIE]

Well,without looking at my great tally book-that's what I call my note book and CDs that contain this information-I suspose I have close to 300 cars and I am not sure on my engine count because I sold off 90% of my P2Ks,some older Atlas/Kato that no longer fit my needs.But,as a wild guess I will say around 60 or 65 locomotives.

[IRONROOSTER]

In S scale I have 2 steam loco kits, 2 diesels and 1 electric. Have approx. 75 cars, some kits, some built, some RTR.
In Sn2 I have 4 steam loco kits (MDC HOn3 kits to be converted to Sn2), 1 steam loco RTR. I have 5 cars - 4 kits, 1 RTR.
I also have some HO and O engines and cars in kits, built, scratchbuilt, and RTR.
Enjoy
Paul

[Adelie]

Somewhere between 25 and 30 locomotives, all transition era diesels, a little over 200 assorted freight cars, 10 or 12 cabooses and 8 passenger cars. I'm done adding motive power, and will probably hit around 250 freight cars before the roster is complete. The debate continues whether or not there will be a second passenger train.

[Anonymous]

wow i have 3 locos and like 14 freight cars

[Anonymous]

I have 50 locos and 300+ cars . I like unit trains Have a 45 car intermodel, 70 car Coal Drag and a35 car consist of "Highcubes". I am going to be stating a Module for a group we are forming and want to have a 40 to 50 car consist of Billboard reefers to run on it, i am about 1/2 way on building the consist. My passenger consist are the CZ in DRGW PA-1/PB-1/PA-1 in the Silver Scheme and the Single Stripe, have a set of undecorated that i will do in the original Alco PA-1 "Black & Gold" as delivered to the DRGW.

[Anonymous]

30 locomotives and at least 350 freight cars no passenger cars(That's right: zilch. I hope to complete the CSX business train some day though), not including all the parts, extra track, switches, and other misc. items. Needless to say it takes up a bit of space. I need to take inventory. Also I need to get started on my new layout and a small outside diorama for photo-shoots.

[Texas Zepher]

A whole lot more than I need or will ever be able to use. It is sort of silly actually, I can't keep track and have ended up with many duplicates.
At a swap meet today I traded - Bachman Spectrum 4-6-2, Roundhouse Climax, Athearn blue box PA, for an Altas Trainmaster. So net is -2.

For engines here are some people's rosters.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=1&TOPIC_ID=10254

There several similar threads out there for cars but "search" doesn't seem to be working exactly properly right now so I can't find it.

[CP5415]

Lets see, right now I have 53 locmotives, 100 freight cars & 34 passenger cars.

I have 2 more locomotives at my LHS on layaway & probably a few more freight cars by the the end of the week.

Gordon

[lesterperry]

This is a guess. I have about 50-60 Locomatives. Some of which almost never get run (Riverossi) And 300 plus cars 10 cabooses and 12 passenger cars. Almost forgot my 7 year old grandson has Thomas, Persy, 2 coaches and a few frieght cars

[twhite]

About 50 locomotives, all steam, mostly brass, and they ALL get run and frequently. As to freight cars--if I started counting, I wouldn't have time to run them. Let's just say that as far as my refrigerator car fleet alone--well, I'm planning on taking a couple of days and separating them into fleets. PFE, ART, FGEX--you get what I mean. As to passenger cars, I have enough to make up the following trains:
The Royal Gorge
The Scenic Limited
The Prospector
The Exposition Flyer
The Morning Daylight
The Lark
The Cascade
The '49-er
The Overland Limited.
An SP Mail train
A Rio Grande Mail train
A Western Pacific Mail train.
4 or 5 locals.
2 Troop Trains
Aint model railroading fun?[}:)][}:)][:P]
Tom

[Train 284]

About 20 engines and close to 100 freght cars with about 10-12 active passenger cars.

[RedGrey62]

28 locos, over 160 freight cars and cabooses, and 8 passenger cars. 1 BLI CB&Q E8 plus 3 BLI CZ passengers cars on the way.

Redgrey

[cjcrescent]

Too many of one and not enough of the other. (You figger it out, I can't) 8^D

[countershot]

10 engines, 3 steam (4-6-6-4 challenger) (0-8-0 yardgoat)(0-4-0) rest are deisles, 30 freight cars 3 passenger 5 cabooses.

[Ibflattop]

Lets see. 145 locos 700 rollongstock 3 level 13ft x 25ft layout

[Anonymous]

1 Engine, 1 dummy and 8 passanger cars.


Coyote

[pedromorgan]

i actually cant remember. i counted untill about 75 locos but then lost track. i think between my father and i we have between 90 and 120. i would love to count and find that we have breached the 100 mark.
most of them were purchased second hand or before the prices really went up.
on the stock front i think i have about 30 coaches and about 40 freight cars. i hope to reverse the stock:/loco ratio over the next couple of years due to my recent escapades into resin casting.

almost all of my locos got run untill about 6 years ago when i went to uni and father went to the seychells. we had a garden layout and so running was very seasonal but it all got well run. now i am still accumulating stock but currently for display cabinate purpouses only due to lack of space.

Peter

[scubaterry]

Well I have 11 loco's mainly Kato and PR2000 including a BLI Hudson. Four with sound (two w/QSI and two home grown). I plan on converting all to sound eventually with the exception of the switchers. I believe I have approx 44 rolling stock. My layout is HO mid to late fifties. So a little steam and allot of Diesel. My layout benchwork and track work will be completed in the next several weeks and I can start my fav part , scenery.
Terry

[DSchmitt]

Many more than I need

N Scale: 120+ locomotives, 1500+ freight cars, 40+ passenger cars

O scale 2 rail: 4 diesel switches, 1 steeplecab electric, 60+ freight cars

On30: 5 steam locos, 40+ cars, 1 trolley

[ATSFCLIFF]

I have 110 engines and around 290+ freight cars plus 4 sets of passenger cars. Still waiting for the Athearn SD70M's and the Kato F40PH's.

Cliff

[ChessieFan13]

Wow youse guys have a lot of stuff.............[bow][bow][bow] Our roster contains :
p2k sd50
ll gp38
bachman u boat
gp7 dummy
35 assorted rolling stock
5 caboosi
2 passenger cars
Not realy a whole lot......Im wanting to increase the engine roster with three gp7s and a bunch more hoppers..we like coal round here

[Texas Zepher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by IRONROOSTER
In Sn2 I have 4 steam loco kits (MDC HOn3 kits to be converted to Sn2), 1 steam loco RTR. I have 5 cars - 4 kits, 1 RTR.

That is an interesting size that I've never heard of anyone modeling before. Any particular reason you choose it? Just a natural extention of a normal S-scale layout or something?

[Texas Zepher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite
As to passenger cars, I have enough to make up the following trains:
...The Prospector

Which era of the Prospector? My previous dining room was done in Prospector dining car decor. I picked up the reproduction china really cheap. Unfortunately when we moved there was no way to make the dining room look like a train car.

[Anonymous]

132 locomotives, over 800 freight cars, 61 cabooses, and 32 passenger cars.

[Anonymous]

50+ locomotives and 90+ rolling stock. 29 superliner passenger cars, 5 of these concor and the rest kato. By now you should realise that I'm talking N scale, forgive me the HO stuff are also numerous I haven't make an inventory yet.

[Anonymous]

I have ho scale locos
2 sd90/43 macs up
2 gp30's santa fe
2 gp20's santa fe
1 gp60 santa fe
1 c32-8 custom built conrail
1 sd40t-2 custom union pacific
1 sd40 custom kato hlcx
i have 156 freight cars
all are hoppers 32 open hoppers with gravel loads
50 trinity 2-bays covered hoppers
the rest are grain hoppers

[jimrice4449]

I'd have to log off & check my files for the exact no. on cars but it's better than 520 frt and better than 220 psgr. All actually in service and on the RR not counting projects in process.
twhite seems to be as much a psgr freak as I am. W/O going out and listing them I've got somewhere in the nieghborhood of 2 dozen psgr trains w/ prototypically correct consists ranging from a 4 car Pioneer Zephyr to a 17 car 1955 GN Empire Builder. I'm kind of heavy on Zephyrs and Hiawathas, 7 Zephyrs and 4 Hiawathas w/ 2 more "in process".

[orsonroy]

WAAAYYYY too many!

In the keep pile, I've got something like 50 engines and 400 cars.
In the sell pile, I've got another 20-30 engines and 200 cars.

Last year, I sold off almost 50 engines and 400 cars!

But I'm in the process of upgrading my rolling stock and purging/replacing my engines, to create as prototypically correct a roster as I can. With onboard sound biting my wallet hard, a lot of the engines I've got in the keep pile will be going bye-bye.

[oleirish]

I have three steam and nine diesels
2 shays and one saddle tank switcher
3 EMD NW-2's KATOs
F7A&F7B BB (both powred)
2 GP38's BB
1 sw1500 BB
1SW7cow BB
4 Passanger cars.( these cars have been re-trucked and steel wheels)
26 fright cars most have steel wheels all have kedee's.
8 more cars comming????
It is taken some time to get all fright cars RE-Wheeled,I sure glad I don't have a lot of fright cars "WHEW"

JIM

[Anonymous]

65 diesel locos, mostly plastic, some brass
3 steam locos, 1 brass, 2 plastic
252 freight cars, about half are metal, some brass, some plastic
58 passenger cars, metal, brass, plastic
13 express reefers
8 caboose
Adding to the collection all the time. I keep a roster on the computer so I can keep track. The whole collection models the 50's or earlier and most rolling stock was made in the 40's 50's and 60's.
Bill

[Ibflattop]

Orsonroy, let me at your sales pile!!!!!!!!! :-) Kevin

[Pruitt]

Not nearly enough, even if you include all the kits still on shelves in my basement!

[UPFEF]

How many do I have, Way to many.
3 OMI Veranda turbines
2 Key imports bigboys
2 Trix bigboys
4 Rivarossi bigboys
1 Key challenger
2 Lionel Challengers
4 Genesis Challengers
4 Rivarossi Challenger
1 OMI mountain
1 BLI mountain
3 OMI FEF
3 Rivarossi FEF
1 BLI Hudson converted to UP
1 BLI T1
2 Heritage 2-8-8-0
15 Other misc steam
34 Misc Transition Diesels
300 Misc freight
27 OMI Cabeese
20 Custom painted plastic Cabeese
75 passsenger cars

[TrainFreak409]

In HO, I think I have about 14 locomotives, and almost 30 cars. And in N scale, I think I have about 9 locomotives, and the same amount of cars.

Not much, I know...

[cheese3]

In HO 15 locos and around 20 cars

In N 1loco and 10 cars

In O 5 locos and 15 cars

In G 2 locos and 5 cars

[ksax73]

http://www.freewebs.com/marylindsayrr/manifest.html

[AggroJones]

A lot.

[Anonymous]

I have a UP 4-6-4 hudson, and a UP Alco FA, 20 freight cars and 3 passenger cars.
James[C):-)]

[railroadyoshi]

i have 5 locos
20 freight cars, and 5 passenger cars

the only reason i could afford them at my age is that half of them are used
plus, many of my frieght cars are BB

[jbaakko]

40 Locomotives, and 100+ cars right now.

[Texas Zepher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by grandpacoyote
1 Engine, 1 dummy and 8 passanger cars.

Wait a minute. I thought the Super Chief set locomotives came with either two powered or two dummy. I know all my sets did. How did you get a set with one of each?

[sebamat]

With 25y modelling, good salary and no obligation until next december I cumulated way too much trains, in several 'collections', but it would be unfair to the teenagers here in the forum to brag on what i have.... I too started with some tracks on the floor and a very cheap engine that barely ran... and I had to painfully (no ice cream!!) spare all the poket money to buy the next car.
IC steam:
4 mountains (2x IHC, 2x Bachmann)
1 Mike PRR (athearn), run bad
3 consolidation (2x IHC, 1x Bachmann to reletter)
2 Mogul IHC
2 Atlantic IHC
1 Mogul Model Power
3 wild west 4-4-0 bachmann
1 0-6-0 NYC bachmann
1 Baldwin 4-6-0 bachmann

ca 60 more or less fitting freight cars, 20 of them coal hoppers
ca 20 passenger (all Bev-bel/athearn or MDC roundhouse)

Beside that I have a nice collection of european trains (mostly swiss, and some french)

sebastiano

[Anonymous]

For locomotives (all in HO scale):

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific (37 total)

(Note: those are ROAD NUMBERS after the engine type, not numbers of LOCOs !!!)

2-8-0 2008 (Bachmann)
2-8-2 2710 (Athearn Genesis)

BL2: 425 (P2K)

DL107: 623 (P1K)

Doodlebug 9090 (Bachmann)

E6A: 628, 629 (P2K)
E8A: 654 (P2K)

F7A: 109, 115 (Stewart)
F7B: 109 (Stewart)

GP7: 1297 (P2K), 4434, 4446 (Atlas Classic)
GP9: 1313, 1321 (P2K), 4424 (Athearn custom)
GP18: 1346 (P2K)
GP35: 317, 325 (Athearn custom)
GP38-2: 4300 (P2K), 4310 (Athearn), 4379 (P2K)
GP40: 385 (Atlas Master)
GP40-2: 3004 (Athearn custom)

H15-44: 401 (Atlas Master)

RDC-3 9002 (P1K)

RS-1: 747 (Atlas Classic)
RS-3: 473, 497 (Atlas Classic)

S1: 599 (Atlas Classic)

S8: 802 (Stewart)

SD40-2: 4793 (Athearn)

SW9: 778 (P2K)
SW1500: 947 (Athearn)

U25B: 201 (Stewart)
U33B 285 (Athearn custom)
U30C 4594 (Atlas Master)


AMTRAK (3 total)

F40PH 300 (Walthers)
P40 818, 820 (Athearn)


BN/SF (3 total)

GP38 BN 2175 (Atlas Master)
Dash 8-40B SF – BNSF patch 8615 (Atlas Master)
Dash 8-40BW SF (Atlas Master Silver)


I & M Rail Link (4 total)

GP7 101 (Atlas custom)
F45 393 (Athearn custom)
SD40 202, 210 (Kato)


Iowa Interstate (2 total)

GP10 (Kaslo)
GP38 604 (Atlas Master custom)


Union Pacific (1, and that's all folks!)

SD70M 9900 (Athearn Genesis)


TOTAL LOCOS: 51

The only other locos I need (want?) are a couple of QUALITY RI SD40-2 s (which the BLI, Kato and Athearns are NOT), and two Atlas Master IAIS GP38s (when they get a round tuit).

I'm not sure about rolling stock - probably ~ 100.
But like the locos, I have most of what I NEED.
Just some more Atlas corn syrup cars and a few others I WANT .....

[johncolley]

My 14 car Empire Builder is pulled by a pair of BLI E-7's. and my 65+ car freight is pulled by Stewart FT's-3 powered ABA plus a second B that is dummy but full of sound with 2 woofers and a tweeter. I have on order a BLI NW2 switcher for the west end of the yard and will get another next year when I do the east end. I also have 2 LL GP7's that I will convert to DCC and sound next year. I am doing '47 to '50 Great Northern in the Cascades on Free-mo modules.

[Berk-fan284]

Hi my name is Berk-fan284 and I have a problem...Oops this isn't locomotives annonymous- just kidding! Due to ebay and the LHS about 65 locos ( 14 used and abused brass steam engines, 22 plastic and diecast steam engines, the rest are four and six axle diesals) and about 150+ cars (roughly 48 coal cars,7 gondolas,4 flat cars, 7 tank cars, 2-5 unit double stack cars, the rest are 40ft box cars) this is the current estimate because I think it's got to the point that cell division is happening now.

[icmr]

Right now I have 1 Athearn Genesis SD70 ILLINOIS CENTRAL #1006,
30 freight cars, and three cabooses. Not alot but I only have an 8'x16' layout.

note all is HO scale

[loathar]

8 locos (3 steam, 5 deisel) 40 cars, oooops, two 22,000 gallon tankers plunged 5ft. to their deaths today, uhh, 38 cars. (revised estimate[:(])

[Anonymous]

I honestly don't know.
It's been a while since I counted them all.
I guess it's time to take inventory.

[Anonymous]

About 50 locos and about double that in rolling stock.

I have all of what I need, and most of what I want !

[tstage]

I'm up to three: (In order of purchases)

- Athearn 2-8-2 Mikado
- Proto 2000 Alco S1 switcher
- Stewart Baldwin VO-600 switcher (as of last month)

Coming in September/October:

- Stewart EMD FT A-B diesel...W/ SOUND! [:)] (I'm looking forward to hearing that.)

That'll make four.

Tom

[Hawks05]

I can't remember if I've already posted or not yet, but I have 11 locomotives and probably 50-75 rolling stock. My newest locomotive is a Proto 2000 GP38-2, UP #2040. hopefully I'll be able to get another one sometime in the future. Looking to get an Atlas 8-40B in the coming weeks and maybe a BNSF GP60, formely AT&SF relettered.

[vsmith]

Too Many -or- Not Enough


...kinda depends on who your asking.

[selector]

Addendum to my earlier reply: I've gone ahead and ordered a BLI K-4. So I am like tstage, now totalling 4 locos and roughly 15 rolling stock. Unless I build a monster layout with 36" curves, and inherit some decent money (I don't play the lottery on principle), I won't be getting anything else. Well, I may add a couple of Harriman pax cars (plastic kits).

[daschilling]

In S-gauge, Operating - S Helper, American Models, converted AF & misc; Collecting - original American Flyer...
.....................Operating........Collecting
Engines -.............18......................12
Way/MOW -..........9........................6
Passenger -.........31........................6
Frieght -.............125......................25

[railroadyoshi]

just got a EMC gas electric, so i guess my engines are at 5.5 and my passenger cars are at 5.5

on august 13 ill be getting my p1k RS2, so ill be at 6.5

[Anonymous]

I have 12 engines. My best is the Norfolk Southern SD80MAC. I have about 34 cars, about 23 of them are active, the others have been stored away. I've been in Model Railroading and Trains for one year. I have built a 4x16 layout, and I have plans on upgrading it. I am modeling NS and CSX. I am sort of modeling the cities of Princeton Indiana and Evansville Indiana. I have plans of acquiring more engines and cars in the future.

[stokesda]

4 Locos:
- Bachmann 4-8-4 with Bowser Mechanism (so it's basically a Bowser with a plastic Bachmann shell [:)])
- Walthers Trainline BNSF Dash 8 (4-axle)
- Bachmann Spectrum UP Dash 8 (6-axle)
- Athearn DRG&W F7A (w/ F7B dummy)

No idea how much rolling stock... I'd guess at least 50 pieces... more than I can fit on my layout at once!

[Anonymous]

I quite frankly don't know. I do both N and HO scale, and I have reached the point where I decided I need another engine or piece of rolling stock like a hole in the head, so there's been a moratorium on purchases. Its not hundreds, but its more than enough to keep me busy... especially the kits..

[accord1959]

HO - 30 Locos all big modern diesel, and 116 freight cars no cabooses or passenger equipment. I model present day with the exception of 2 Atlas U30C's, just had to have a pair of these ones.

[icmr]

QUOTE: Originally posted by icmr

Right now I have 1 Athearn Genesis SD70 ILLINOIS CENTRAL #1006,
30 freight cars, and three cabooses. Not alot but I only have an 8'x16' layout.

note all is HO scale

I now have a P2K SD60 in primer IC paint and an Athearn RTR NS new logo GP40-2, and I now have over 80 freight cars.



Victor

Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]

[scubaterry]

I have 28 engines and about 130 rolling stock. I have a set of Stewart FT's coming. And I just ordered a 2-8-2 Bowser kit. I also have a dozen or so IHC NYC passenger cars that are idle at the moment. Hopefully on my next layout I will have the room for some passenger action.
Terry[8D]

[jeffrey-wimberly]

20 locos (16 diesel, 4 steam), 70 cars.

[Anonymous]

I have a friend whom has 350 egines and and 500 coal hopper cars. All N scale. I can't even tell you how many other cars he has. Not to mention all the HO stuff he as too!

[jbinkley60]

43 diesel locomotives and 177 freight cars and counting.

[joeyegarner]

oooooooh about 20 Locos and an estimated 70 to 80 cars.... I want more but I dont have room for what I have now.

[joeyegarner]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jeffrey-wimberly

20 locos (16 diesel, 4 steam), 70 cars.

It seems I have the proper ratio anywya.......lol

[twhite]

Just took a look at this thread about a year later, and I have to admit that I've cut my passenger consists back severely. Not because I don't like passenger trains--I do--, but because so many of my older passenger cars were pretty sub-standard. So right now, I have:
The Morning Daylight (which will become a real prototype as soon as PCM comes out with their consists).
The Exposition Flyer
A Rio Grande Mail Train
The Yuba River Express (3-5 car local)
A troop train.
I've also added about 4 more locos and a lot of PFE (WP) refrigerator cars.
Tom[^]

[tomikawaTT]

That comes under the heading of, "Drop dead before discussing." My roster is in an encrypted file. Printouts get red covers stamped TOP SECRET.

Not to protect against my wife finding out (she knows,) but to keep me from becoming a target for nocturnal visitors.

Let's just say - enough locomotives to operate the complete timetable with reserves for failures and maintenance issues, enough MU cars to cover the 60 or so schedules they're expected to meet, enough passenger cars to fill out the consists of all scheduled trains, and 1/700th of the JNR freight roster as of September 1964.

Chuck

[Anonymous]

Chuck - are you afraid I might come over and BORROW an engine or two? LOL! My roster is just starting to grow. I have 1 BLI Hudson, 1 Brass Doodlebug, 1 Atlas RS-1, 2 Kato RS-2's, 1 Kato NW2, and 1 Proto2k S-1 switcher. All but the Hudson are in process of getting DCC sound (if possible).

I have 3 Walthers heavyweight coaches (see thread on Passenger Car Project) with lighting and figures inside. 10 new freight cars are on the way this week including hoppers, gondolas, cabooses, etc.

It's not a whole lot but I really just started a few months ago. Actually, my roster is building faster than expected thanks to e-bay [8D]

[Anonymous]

Ok well i have about in
N Scale 25 engines mostly SP and few Cotton Belt and couple Rio grande and 80-100 cars on a12x15 layout in back room
HO Scale 20 locos several recent additons .. Rio Grande via ebay and 50-60 cars in storage boxes under layout
1.6 Scale 7.5 Gauge 1 loco 4 wheel industrial critter powered by 6 hp gas engine
and 1 engineer ride car
and 6 cars
4 home built 5 ft wood gondolas out of 3/4 inch plywood
2 steel cars 1 gondola 1 boxcar and more on drawing table !

Maricopalivesteamers.com

Larry

[Anonymous]

More than I need or could possibly ever use.

[Texas Zepher]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tomikawaTT
Not to protect against my wife finding out (she knows,) but to keep me from becoming a target for nocturnal visitors.

That's a good plan. In my case it wouldn't do them any good since the goodies aren't here but in a storage unit.

As usual I just list my latest addition. Last week I added a BLI Santa Fe 2-10-2, and a set of 30 Proto 2000 gondolas. The 52.6' drop end mill type.

QUOTE: Originally posted by chinatown782411
More than I need or could possibly ever use.

Its getting to be more than one can ever look at, let alone use.

I really wish we could combine these into a single thread. Or a least drag up the same one each time:
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=35444 http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=33342
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30327
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=33353
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=44564
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=32983
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37101

[dragonriversteel]

This is gonna take awhile.

13 locomotives as listed below

Two NS High hood SD-40-2's...Athearn
one SD-40-2 NS snoot...Athearn
One NS U-23B...Athearn
One NS SW-1500....Athearn
One DRSC Varney SW-1200 heavy shopped
Three NS 9-44-CW Two powered, one dummy...Athearn
Two Kaiser steel U30-C's...Athearn
One NS SD90MAC...Kato
One NS GP-40 High hood...Atlas
Two NS 8-40C's...Atlas
A couple of total junk locomotives that I won't bother to list

More locomotives to join the ranks, wish list below.

A Atlas RSD4/5 with DRSC logo
A pair of Stewart N&W Alco C630's
Kato United States Steel SD-38-2
A home built/kit-bashed X CN sweep locomotive {In dream up phase}
A CN RSC-24 {In real dream up phase }

Thats it for locomotives for now....now on to the freight cars.

Last time I counted ...just rolling stock, came up with about 234 freight cars. Far to many to list off, but I'll list a few.

Forty car work train with cars from these manufactors. Three walthers MOW kits six cars per kit.Athearn baggage cars,derrick crane and crane tender, roundhouse cars ECT.

A crap load 20 of roundhouse 5 bay hoppers { Southern and others}
Flat cars ,gondolas,covered hoppers,box cars to friggin many to list off.

Anyhow theres a bunch of freight cars....not to mention the steel mill rolling stock, theres not that many of these,may be 16 total steel mill rolling stock.

Patrick
Beaufort,SC
Dragon River Steel Corp

[jamnest]

I model HO scale and have 36 locomotives, 200 freight cars and a Southern Bell passenger consist. About 1/2 of the locomotives and rolling stock will be purged as there were impulse buys. I am trying to be more accurate in my modeling by collecting locomotives and rolling stock more appropriate for my era (KCS 1981).

I also purchased about a dozen Athern and PK2 units that I was going to modify and repaint for the KCS someday. However before someday came an accurate DCC ready model, with sound is on the market! What does one do?

[Anonymous]

I what gauges or gauge?

[bnnrailroad]

Sheesh......well, here it goes:

8 Steam - from 0-4-0's to a 2-8-2
21 Diesel - from an SW to a pair of FP45's
4 electric - 1 GG1 and 3 E60-CF's

27 40ft Box Cars
7 50ft Box Cars
7 Tank Cars
3 Grain Cars
10 Refridgerator Cars
6 Live Stock Cars
12 Gondolas
6 30ton Cement Hoppers
14 30ton Coal Hoppers
8 70ton Coal Hoppers (7 VGN, 1 LV)
1 Woodchip Hopper
4 Coil Cars
14 Flat Cars
18 Cabooses

12 Passenger Cars (with 4 more on the way!!!!)

OK....the talley is:
36 Locomotives
122 pieces of rolling stock
18 cabooses
12 passenger cars

(good thing I have access to my inventory excel spreadsheet!!!!!!)

Some of my train can be seen at the link in my signature!

Keep'em Rollin' Partner!!!!

[Anonymous]

My wife put all my stuff ( spell that trains) in a computer list. I took one look at it and then insured it.. I havn't purchased anything in a while and most future purchases will no doubt be limited to kadee couplers and maybe wheel sets. Happy highballing. Phil

[waltersrails]

12-15 engines 130 or more cars 3 passenger cars about 8 cabooses

[Anonymous]

157 locomotives and about 400 freight cars. more than enough but I love them all.

[PennsyHoosier]

Lots and lots...

[hdtvnut]

We sure love to have a chance to list our stuff, no?

75 steam engines; 20 with sound, 38 brass
42 diesels, seven with sound
2 electric
430 freight cars, about 60% with KD's and metal wheels, and climbing
116 passenger cars, incl. two sets brass; CZ 11-car set

Hal

[Anonymous]

22 engines, and somewhere around 60 cars :-)

[fwright]

I'm with Chinatown. More than I need or could possibly ever use despite the CINC Home's best efforts. Problem is that I have too much trouble deciding what to get rid of.

Fred W
where it's always 1900 if foggy coastal Oregon

[Anonymous]

If you can count them, you don't have enough.

[Tom Curtin]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

21 Locomotives: 5 steam, 16 diesels, 45 freight cars, 8 passenger cars and 10 cabooses. And no real layout to run them on.........sigh........

Check out my Steam Locomotive Website: www.freewebs.com/steamfans

Modeling Conrail's Chicago Line in the 1990's in HO.
"My other car is an SD80MAC"
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If I may ask, how do you do those broadside pictures of equipment on your posts? I see various posters are doing that

[Anonymous]

3 Electric 40 ton to Little Joe
4 steam 2-8-0 and 2-8-2
2 Desiel

50 + cars and climbing. Real easy to get a high rolling stock to engine ration when the only engines for your RR are in brass and too expensive to consider.

[0-6-0]

25 engines 9 steam 16 desiel 80+misc cars

[bnnrailroad]

Tom Curtain,

I have a Kodak Easy Share digital camera. I took the picure, uploaded it to my PC, posted it to my webpage and linked it in my signature.

Basically, that how the broadside of the Boeville & Newtown PA-1 ends up down in my signature.

[GAPPLEG]

More than enough, and not enough. [(-D]

[CNJ831]

At least 100 locomotives...God knows how much rolling stock! But that's been collected over pretty much a lifetime.

CNJ831

[BigBlueConrail]

I have 8 active engines. 4 with sound. Also I have mabe 30 cars of which 6 are passenger.

[Anonymous]

Probably about 140 locomotives (a number of gauges - N, OO, HO, 009, OOn3, 0-16.5, On30) but I am also thining out my collection, so probably be reduced down to about 100.

Rolling Stock - not sure - but way too much, especially seeing as I do not have a layout. And I have not even taken into account all the unfinished kits! Will probably thin a lot of the older items out and purchase some newer locos & rolling stock, a PCM GS-4 and rake of SP daylight cars is a definate must!

Regards,

Stephen.

[CMSTPP]

20 good running locomotives such as Atlas and Kato. 10 to 15 locomotives that don't even run or don't even bother with, such as old Athearn.
80 or so railcars running on my layout.
Working on a heavy weight passenger train. 5 or 6 passenger cars at the moment.
James

[Anonymous]

I just joined this site today; l have about 300 HO cars (freight and passenger), 80 dummy engines, 4-5 powered engines that l bought from a guy in Florida in 1982. Only once was a small layout set up, but l am retired now and thinking about moving back to central Florida and making a layout with some of this 'stuff'.

l have a question: if l buy a place with an outside storage room (say 8' by 10') would the Florida humidity corrode/damage the tracks and engines, etc ? l figure an 8 by 10 level area with a 3' by 4' cutout should hold a nice size layout, but l hate to build it if the un-airconditioned space would ruin it.

l do have something strange in my trains - a complete, boxed French made Amtrac train, by Josef or somebody. l have been to 2-3 train shows and never saw anything like it there.

WTNW
Memphis

[fwright]

WTNW

My recommendation would be to build the outside storage room into something as close to habitable space as you can. If it is just a dirt floor, outbuilding you are going to have insects, varmints, dust, dirt, dampness, heat, and very occasionally cold. In short, you are not going to want to spend time there even if the trains didn't suffer. If you use wood for the benchwork, it will swell and shrink with changing humidity. Anything steel is likely to rust, and everything will get dirty and dusty.

The more pleasant the layout space is for you, and the cleaner it stays without significant effort from you, the more you are going to use your trains.

Recommendations:

- floor. Must have a concrete floor with padded floor on top. Bare concrete needs to be sealed for dust.

- structure. All joints, such as walls to foundation must be sealed. Drainage around foundation, including gutters and downspouts, must be adequate to prevent flooding during torrential downpours (common in Florida). Extended roof overhang and/or gutters highly recommended. Window frames must be sealed and screens installed. Roof and foundation vents must be screened.

- interior. Must have separate ceiling besides roof. Some insulation in walls and above ceiling required, more is better. Walls should have dry wall or similar. Air conditioning (window unit is fine) is strongly recommended for comfort and humidity control; dehumidifier is a minimum.

Again, both you and your model trains do much better in a comfortable environment. Ask those who have layouts in unfinished garages in Texas and Arizona. It's much easier to improve habitability before the layout goes in rather than after.

model railroading should be fun
Fred W

[Anonymous]

Well Thanks FredW; actually it will be on the carport slab under the carport roof, with a good breeze thru the breezeway. Will check out the dehumidifier for sure and a small fan to circulate air..
WTNW

[rrgrassi]

16 locos, all powered, 14 passenger cars, 100 freight cars, steam, transition and modern era. Locomotives mix of steam, 1st & 2nd gen diesel, and modern day diesel. Now if I only had a place to run them...

[Anonymous]

Way to many, but not enough. Realistically, about seventy engines, two hundred, freight cars and close to one hundred passenger cars.

[Walter Clot]

I have about 50 locos, 250-300 freight cars and about 30 passenger cars.

[Anonymous]

14 Locomotives here.

[james saunders]

10 Locos and 35 Freight cars + one Caboose

-James-

[dxr8007nz]

HO Scale 2x GP38-2 , 1x GP40-2 , GP60, GP50 , FP45 and around 10 or 15 freight , 3 passenger

N Scale 1x GP38-2 , GP50 , GP7 and 10 freight , 1 cabooses

[dxr8007nz]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeffrey Bever

157 locomotives and about 400 freight cars. more than enough but I love them all.

wow look cool

[Anonymous]

O scale : 3 - locos 7 -cars

HO scale : 8 - locos 35 cars

[Anonymous]

Well on my vast layout of 3.5' x5' I have 6 engines, 2 w sound. about 25 freight cars. 2 passenger cars.

[Anonymous]

As of now, 145 locomotives, over 950 freight cars, 105 cabooses, 39 passenger cars. More than I need less than I want.[:D]

[rayw46]

It seems that most model railroaders, at least the ones who responded, have a disportionate number of locomotives to rolling stock. But hey, locomotives have a personality and they're more fun.

[icmr]

Now I have 5 engines and over 80 cars.



Victor

Happy Railroading.[swg][swg]

[ezielinski]

I have 20 locomotives and around 150 mixed freight cars.

[Anonymous]

hmmm...
I have 7 locomotives and about 10 freight cars. :)

[Anonymous]

I have 27 loco's 309 cars of 5 road names and 1 custom.













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[cwclark]

29 locomotives and 208 pieces of rolling stock

[SpaceMouse]

I have more than I need and still have many kits to build. Now does that mean I won't buy any more?.........

[PennsyHoosier]

I have lots of engines and rolling stock--including LOTS of passenger equipment (can't seem to stop buying more!).

[ezielinski]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ezielinski

I have 20 locomotives and around 150 mixed freight cars.

Just went to a train show today, you can add 8 more pieces of mixed-freight rolling stock. Someone help me - it's an addiction!

[Nieuweboer]

Too many engines and just about the right numer of cars. My problem and probably that of many fellow hobbiests that are advanced in years is that I have quite a number of old Athearn, some first generation Atlas and even the odd IHC locomotives that are quite inferior to modern Atlas, Kato, P2K locomotives but that I'm sentimentally attached
to and therefore still keep in active duty. I know I should either try to sell them or put them to rest in their boxes, but well they're part of my MR past and deserve some respect.

[0atman]

One of the down falls of working in a hobby shop.

HO...
167 Diesels
65 Steam
2900+ freight cars
140+ Passenger

And only 150' of track so far.

I'm selling off the N scale and yet I'm still married.