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It's not a competition, but I just wondered what you all have?  ;)

This includes Steam Engines, Diesels, EMU's, DMU's, DEMU's....  You know what I mean. :thumbsup:

how many non nse trains have you got tank  ;)

:NGaugeForum:

LMAO   :smiley-laughing: 

A couple, I think....   :o ;D

Mix of Baltimore & Ohio Steam & Diesel and Japanese DMU's, diesel and electric.

Please don't tell the wife  :-\

Do they count if they have nothing to go behind them?  :-[

Regards David

Quote from: BROADTRAIN1979 on February 26, 2011, 03:11:28 PM
dont be noseee!what ? £50. ok tank thats fair lets see now erm.... well theres miss ilustrious 50/ the two horberts 37s/greeps and greepent24/25/ sister dora 31/forbert 35/ thorntonwirrich 73/dumblum 47/ blububb 33/uncle tom 501 emu/ the loaf 105 dmu so i make it 12 paypal will do tank  ;) ;D ;D ;D :NGaugeForum:

Unsigned Cheque in the post.   ;D

Quote from: Wingnut on February 26, 2011, 03:16:41 PM
Do they count if they have nothing to go behind them?  :-[

Regards David

Oh yes, of course. :thumbsup:  I just wondered how many loco's people had.

All I will say is quite a lot so don't tell the Mrs  :smiley-laughing:

tank....is there a prize for the most?  ;D

:NGaugeForum:

Quote from: matt-b on February 26, 2011, 08:24:27 PM
tank....is there a prize for the most?  ;D

:NGaugeForum:

I suspect that anyone with more than the mods/admin etc will be banned for showing off.

[only joking mods..........honest] ::)

No there isn't....why, what you offering us as a prize?!?!  :smiley-laughing:

Quote from: jonclox on February 26, 2011, 08:35:33 PM

I suspect that anyone with more than the mods/admin etc will be banned for showing off.

[only joking mods..........honest] ::)

I was 'winning' with 75+, but alas, I've been beaten!   :thumbsdown:    :smiley-laughing:  Who is it?!  I won't ban you, honest!   :angel: :angel: :angel:

The question was 'trains' and not 'locos' wasn't it?  ;D

probably the owner of hattons...he must have a fair few.

:NGaugeForum:

I'm with you in the 75 category, tank.
Mine are split 60% UK, 30% german, 5% Dutch, 5% other

I also have hundreds of buses, although I am thinning my fleet via eBay to free up space and funds.

Well, that's a lot of buses!  My Grandad loved model buses and collected them....he worked at the old Godstone depot in Surrey for Green Line.

That is true dedication!

I think if I spent all day working on buses (or trains for that matter), the last thing I'd want to see when I got home was lots of miniature ones.

I am in the early 70's after a quick count up with most of my stuff from the Poole era Farish range although I have started adding to it again lately including 3 class 60's of which I am trying to get the full set that Farish have produced (4 remaining I think).

which class 60`s do you still need point blank?  :NGaugeForum:

Quote from: matt-b on February 27, 2011, 10:58:03 AM
which class 60`s do you still need point blank?  :NGaugeForum:

I still need
60059 Swinden Dalesman in Load Haul
60 061 Alexander Graham Bell in Transrail
60 084 Cross Fell in Transrail
60 081 I.K.B in GWR
These are all available at the moment so will be easy enough to get.
60006 in British Steel Blue was the hard one to get as no body had it in stock, but i managed to get a new one from Glasgow yesterday  :)

I feel like Charlie Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  when they asked him how many bars of chocolate he had opened looking for
Golden Tickets  :-\
                         I only have eight.....yes that's right EIGHT :smiley-laughing:
                         108 dmu
                         two 37s
                         one 47
                         a Gronk
                         one Chopper
                         a 24 and an 04
You can all laugh now or wait till ive logged off and laugh among yourselves :smiley-laughing: ;D
(Iv'e only got into it in the last two years so slowly building up my collection)

Nothing wrong with 8....I got my first train over 15 years ago, and it's only the last 4 years I've gone mad on buying them.  I've slowed down a lot since I realised I'd have to DCC them all in the future.   ;D

As Tank says, I too have been collecting mine for over 20 years. It's frightening to think how much I have spent, but as they were bought bit by bit you don't notice it.

Quote from: Dock Shunter on February 27, 2011, 02:48:49 PM

                        I only have eight.....yes that's right EIGHT :smiley-laughing:
                       

Well thats 2 more than me  :(
All I can muster is...........
A Poole GWR tank engine  :GraFar:  
A Poole M5 (?)  :GraFar:
A Halls Class  :GraFar:
2 Terriers  :Dapol:


And of course my latest....the Minitrix Croc

Thank's John i feel much better now :smiley-laughing: ;)                                                               
Maybe some of the members would like to post some pics of their collections?
I for one would love to see what you fella's have collected over the years

Depending on who you talk to, either too few (me!) or too many (Mrs Dreyfus!)... ;D

Quote from: Dock Shunter on February 27, 2011, 02:48:49 PM
I feel like Charlie Bucket in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory  when they asked him how many bars of chocolate he had opened looking for
Golden Tickets  :-\
                         I only have eight.....yes that's right EIGHT :smiley-laughing:
                         108 dmu
                         two 37s
                         one 47
                         a Gronk
                         one Chopper
                         a 24 and an 04
You can all laugh now or wait till ive logged off and laugh among yourselves :smiley-laughing: ;D
(Iv'e only got into it in the last two years so slowly building up my collection)

I have been collecting my 40-odd for over 15 years and I have steam, BR Blue and modern image.  Most of mine are off eBay.  But it's not quantity - it's quality that counts!

True Mustermark.

A loco that doesn't run well isn't a loco. I've had a few in my time, and I don't tolerate them. I "score" everything out of ten, and don't tolerate anything less than 8 (runs OK, might need an initial push, or might be noisy).

As I am totally rubbish at all but the most basic repairs, they either get a new chassis, or get a few cogs removed to convert them into dummies for double-heading or siding fillers. Failing that, they go on eBay as spares/repairs, where they are invariably bought by a very nice chap in Paisley who fixes and resells them.

I've got three 91s in Intercity livery, 'cos I like them.

Quote from: captainelectra on February 28, 2011, 07:44:37 PM
I've got three 91s in Intercity livery, 'cos I like them.

When the postie makes it over here from the UK with my parcel from Trains_4U :thumbsup: I will have a total of 14 :GraFar: Westerns :-[.  That will be about a third of my collection.  Some are still waiting to be renamed ::).  I promised my wife I would stop now :angel:, but secretly I would love to get the set of 74!!! :evil:

Can't wait to see the new Dapol Western Venturer.  I will be getting that for my birthday, I hope! ;D
:NGAUGE: :Dapol:

If you ever get any Japanese  'rubbish' tadpole, give me a shout  ;D

I do have a soft spot for Japanese trains, thanks to PC games which feature them, but having waaaay too much stock already, I really can't add yet another country to my fleet.

I do, however, use Japanese chassis to replace knackered British ones under my DMU/EMUs.

Well, I've got too many.
Plus one that's a work in progress but nearly finished. And another that's a work in progress and barely started. (It's a 4-6-2+2-6-4 Garratt. It needs two new motors that I can connect without using the cardan shafts (so that's a little cross piece on the end of the shaft) and then a whole lotta stuff making out of plasticard. And some more cutting off the chassis (which are a pair of Dapol Britannias) And I've got another couple that just need minor cosmetic tweeks... (oh, one of them needs chipping)

Here are most of mine. http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Poliss_album/Layout%20Stock/?start=all
The Athearn Big Boy and a couple of others are missing as I had probs with my camera. :-(

I have 16 in my fleet I think alot of them are Continental and Japanese, but I have a few British locos as well which is more closer to home ;).

Poliss - good idea having a photographic record like that, could be useful in event (heaven forbid) of having to make an insurance claim. I have an excel file, but that probably wouldn't satisfy a distrustful loss adjuster.

we should all do that. asap.

I just took photos of my stock today as I realised I was buying stuff while getting my layout back up and running without really thinking what I've got already.

So apart from giving me a useful insurance record I can take a look at the photos when I'm tempted to go on e-bay and help control the urge to bid on something that looks a good deal :)

QuoteI just took photos of my stock today as I realised I was buying stuff while getting my layout back up and running without really thinking what I've got already.

Its funny, that happened to me...it sort of creeps up on you!  I number all of my locomotives for some purpose having to do with assigning DCC CV's, but last year when I basically put everything away to work on the layout, I was at #18...somehow in the past year I've gotten up to well over #30!  I may need help!  :P

I'm in the 50+ group for locos and Units! I've only been doing N Gauge for 6 odd years lol

62 is my number splitting down to the following: 34 Steam, 5 DMU's and 23 Diesel (All british Outline)

But to be more specific.....

Steam
Thomas
Henry
James
Percy
5 x Terriers
3 x Panniers
2 x Large Prairies
4 x Small Prairies (Both versions)
Manor
Hall
Autotank 14 xx
9F (Dapol)
Collett Goods
B1 (Farish)
Black 5 (new tooled)
Royal Scot
Jubilee (Farish)
A4
Jinty
8F (Sound Fitted)
4F
Ivatt 2MT (Minitrix)
GP Tank (Old Farish)
4MT Tank

Diesel
6 x Class 67 (4 are Dummy's)
4 x Class 66 (Dapol, 1 Dummy)
Class 66 (Farish)
2 x Class 60
4 x Class 73
2 x Class 14
Class 57
2 x Class 20 (Sound Fitted as a fixed pair)
Class 08

DMU
Class 153
Class 108
Class 220
Class 221
Class 150 (Sound Fitted)

As for rolling stock, well.....
70 Coaches and 171 Wagons. (and still not enough :P )

Is that enough?? Nah not yet :P given this year's announcements this list will be growing!!

Ollie

Quote from: Mustermark on February 28, 2011, 09:16:19 PM
When the postie makes it over here from the UK with my parcel from Trains_4U :thumbsup: I will have a total of 14 :GraFar: Westerns :-[.  That will be about a third of my collection.  Some are still waiting to be renamed ::).  I promised my wife I would stop now :angel:, but secretly I would love to get the set of 74!!! :evil:

Postie made it here with my parcel containing 5 renamed Westerns and I now have 14 altogether! :thumbsup:  I know I said I would stop, but I couldn't help bidding on the last one from Trains4u's collection. :smiley-laughing: ;D

Does anyone know when the Dapol Westerns come out?

A yard with 74 Westerns in would look fantastic! You should do it  :evil:

14 westerns?
mustermark you are clearly suffering from Hydraulic Addiction Syndrome Variant 52.
You need help, as it can lead to bankruptcy.
Try: iveonlygotfourteenwherecanigettheothersixtyfrom.com

Hi tadpole, I've tried therapy, hypnosis and even modern image stuff, but I just love Westerns :smiley-laughing:.  They are what I remember from my trainspotting days at the age of 11 or 12.  But it's a bit mad in N gauge because you can't tell them apart without a magnifying glass!  I will have my own version of Laira in my diesel depot.  I don't need too much encouragement from mikebillabong!

I think the baffled look on my wife's face said it all...  "But they're all the same!?"  "No, they've all got different names."  Sounded a bit lame when I said it and she just looked at me and shrugged.  But then she can't tell a BR Blue Western from a BR Blue 47!  She's still going to get me Western Venturer for my birthday when Dapol release it - I have already pre-ordered it from Hattons :thumbsup:.

Do they all look the same? There's a huge variety of livery (maroon, green, desert sand, blue) and warning panel size combinations.

I have to say I prefer the Poole ones to the current ones. There's something funny about the cab windows on the new ones.

I have very fond memories of these too. Although warships thundered past our village, I had to go to reading for my western fix.

Nope, they are all BR Blue except Fusilier's original incarnation in maroon - D1023 was the only Western outshopped in the month I was born.  That one is just for show really as I'm modelling 1973-75 by which time they were all blue.

I actually have eight locos six of which have just had their body shells destroyed in order to build my own designed locos, other than that I have one German and one Spanish diesel that are awaiting some minor modifications.

your own designed locos? Id be interested to see some pics?

Quote from: mikebillabong on March 13, 2011, 06:53:44 AM
your own designed locos? Id be interested to see some pics?

I have rebuilt a couple and will be working on them during this week, will post pictures by Friday this week, thanks for showing an interest Mike.

no worries mate, sounds rather interestering to me!

18 kettles and 4 chip fat burners :thumbsup:
cloughie

Hi Guys,

Ive been collecting since I was 12 years old, through influence from my Dad. My first loco was (and still is) the minitrix flying scotsman in apple green. This was a birthday present from my parents. Since then I have been collecting N -Gauge locos non stop. When I was a kid I used to get engines as presents for x-mas and birthdays, now im a grown man with a job i buy alot of stuff myself even though my parents and wife still get me n-gauge gear. My collection is varied as my Dad and mum used to buy me alot of steam engines because that was what my Dad grew up with.

Ive got alot of diesels mainly from the BR sectorisation period as this is what I remembered as a kid. i also i have a small collection of german and european locos, as I lived in europe for 3 years and i was lucky to be able to do some spotting in various dutch and german stations and as a result go to euro model shops and buy good stuff at good prices.....

I also have two US loco's (diesels) as I admire the American railroad mentality. I have only one rule with my collection, I run any engine of any era on my layout BUT I always ensure the rolling stock pulled by my loco is prototypical. You wont find a Black 5 pulling a rake of Seacow ballast hoppers on my layout! (each to their own though)

I intend to post some pictures of my modern British image layout soon (W.I.P), here are a few samples of some of my collection in the meantime:
(http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab256/OWL729/traincollection056.jpg)
(http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab256/OWL729/traincollection063.jpg)(http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab256/OWL729/traincollection015.jpg)
(http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab256/OWL729/traincollection027.jpg)
(http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab256/OWL729/traincollection014.jpg)

I have around 16 loco's, but for example my class 67 has at least 2 different rakes it can operate on, PCA wagons, coaches, containers, whereas some like my class 91 (GNER) only ever runs with it's own coaches  :)

I can understand mustermark with the westerns I tried the same with the warships during the trains4u auctions but modest bidding made me stop at two further 42's. When I realized some Westerns were going up as far as GBP 75 or more I decided to wait until the Dapol release since I need it DCC anyway.

This means I currently have nine locos, four Warships, a maroon Western, a green Hymek and a blue 46 all DCC for the Penzance layout. For the older DC layout, it's a Poole Prairie and a 3MT.

I'm generally more interested in filling the gaps for a prototypical operation than in amassing what catches my fancy (okay this can have the same effect :D) so besides the western I'm going to get me a 08 and a 47 preferably blue renumbered pre tops.

I feel deprived :(

Still awaiting my first one. - hope to be editing this post fairly soon!

Two new additions to my fleet are the Blue Tiger in the HVLE livery by Mehano and something more closer to home. I just sniped a Triple-Grey Class 90 from Farish and I believe its the old poole chassis as its an older box ;). Not bad for £38! :P.

Quote from: Quacker1964 on March 29, 2011, 09:09:45 PM
I feel deprived :(

Still awaiting my first one. - hope to be editing this post fairly soon!

Remember, it's not how many engines you've got, it's where you put them ;)

I've just changed my vote! I'd put down 15+ but I've just done a stock check and I have 28!

Most are steam but I do have 2 x DMU's and 5 diesels.

I have 8 original Hornby Minitrix locos (most of which were purchased in the late 70's, early 80's) and they still run like new!

Edit : make that 29, just found a Class 47 diesel that I forgot I bought on e-bay that was included in a Royal Mail set!

Hurrah!

I'm in the game - I now have 3, or at least should have by the weekend!  All Farish DCC-ready Class 24, class 37 and class 108 DMU (3 car).  I no longer feel deprived (though the bank manager may do so).

Just changed my vote.  I took delivery of a second hand Class 20 yesterday.  So now I'm in the 50+ category. :beers:  I can now run double headers with my Class 20s on my BR Blue goods service.  I just have to do a bit of renumbering at the weekend with my Howes rub down transfers...

more than he wife would like me too have  :smiley-laughing:

Received a Farish set I bought on e-bay this morning, so have changed my vote to 30+  :NGaugersRule:

as  mine is an S & D layout....

a 9f  (Dapol)
Ivatt tank (Dapol)
Black 5  (Grafar)...the old one....
Crab   cos I love them..
Spamcan with new smoke deflectors
8f  (Grafar)
Jinty
Std class 5 Langley body/Grafar B1 chassis/ Dapol 9f tender body
Rebuilt West Country
4f (Grafar)
3f (Union Mills)
2P (union mills)
std 2 6 4 tank

So far I'm up to 37 with another 3 on pre order (121 Bubble, Std 5MT and Ivatt Mogul) but still haven't got the layout built to run 'em on, although I do have a large test oval. I convince myself that I collect anything under 50p in a bottle and use this for funds but lately that hasn't been the case as there is just too much coming out I like. For instance, I just spent over £200 on the County Rolling Stock weathered 21T hoppers to go with my Dapol weathered 9F. I also pre ordered the Farish 1960's TPOs to go with my recent purchase of the Class 40 (Great train robbery stuff). I have rakes of green, maroon, blood & custard, chocolate & cream Mk1's and have the Farish Pullmans on pre order (anyone know where I can get a Pullman brake as Farish aren't releasing that??). I also have rakes of vans, coal, permanent way and fuel tank trucks. The idea is to model 50's steam and be able to switch everything to 60's green diesels, so my loco fleet is roughly 50/50 kettles and chip fat fryers (as elsewhere described). I look at Batty Moor S & C layout for true inspiration, along with Chee Tor, which is the best layout I have seen for the 'landscape being there first' status (both can be seen on YouTube)

According to the coaches article, on the Goods and Not So Goods website, Farish did produce Pullman brake end coaches.
http://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/00-app3-4/ap3-coach.htm

Quote from: Tank on February 26, 2011, 02:15:30 PMThis includes Steam Engines, Diesels, EMU's, DMU's, DEMU's....  You know what I mean

There is no option to view results without voting

So before I do, I have a question
What defines a train?
You see I could currently create 46 trains (a loco and coaches or wagons, or DMU)
However, I could increase this to nearly 60 as some are currently joined formations but then will be without a loco on some of them (awaiting DCC conversion)

I meant loco's, engines, diesels......not necessarily whole trains.   :thumbsup:  Thanks for pointing that out.

Quote from: mjkerr on June 05, 2011, 04:30:41 PM
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Correct!  Why would you need to view what others have put?  ???

Hmmmm - what defines a train? In my days (and still in my head) a train is a collection of railway vehicles WITHOUT/WITH a locomotive. I have never described a locomotive as a train, as a train is something a locomotive pulls. Having said that, Princess Kate recently pulled a train and I wouldn't call her a locomotive (she had no running number but did have the shed code 1B denoting Buck House MPD).

Quote from: Tank on June 05, 2011, 04:35:18 PMWhy would you need to view what others have put?  ???

I don't normally vote on any polls on websites, I just like to see what the general concensus is
Therefore I am unable to view the results

Gets my counting finger out, just to see how many "trains" I currently have...
46 trains (loco plus coaches / wagons or DMU) plus a further 23 locos and 1 DMU (awaiting DCC conversion)
I therefore selected 50+ which seems fair
My target was always 60

I'll have another 3 locos fairly soon c/o Dr Al  :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:

That will bring me up to 5 runners and two in bits, which is probably enough for now, being as I've only got a wee branch line (which isn't built yet  :thumbsdown:)

Hi,

I currently have;

1 Prairie (GWR)
1 Fowler (BR)
1 Black 5 (BR)
1 J94 (WPR)
2 GP Tanks (1 LNER and one under conversion to a WPR Barclay 0-6-0T)
1 DMU (BR)
1 Class 30 (BR)
1 H16-44 Diesel (Baltimore and Ohio)
1 Dash 7 (Burlington Northern)

1 2-8-0 Consilidation on order from Hattons.

I can run five at any one time while the others are parked up in sidings.

Alex

I have four:

Farish Class 37 (swapmeet, £35)
Farish Class 101 (Ebay, £24, in for refurbishment at BR Lines)
Bachmann U36-B (Ebay, £20)
Kato Budd RDC single railcar (Ebay, £44, hopefully the most I'll ever spend on a single loco)

All except the Class 101 are good as new and run superbly.

The only turkey I bought was a brand new Class 04 with dodgy pickups, I didn't want to mess about so it's gone back. I'm not sure I like something that small anyway.

Rod

Diesel: 108 2 car set
           Class 24
            Class 37

Steam 2F 0-6-0
          3F 0-6-0
          'Cauliflower' 0-6-0
          D11 4-4-0 'Butler-Henderson'
          G2 0-8-0
          Rebuilt 'Royal Scot' 4-6-0
          8F 2-8-0

Quote from: mjkerr on June 05, 2011, 04:30:41 PM
There is no option to view results without voting

Actually on this message system there is

Make a bogus vote and then hit remove vote

Hi Rod, those U36's are real big beasts  :thumbsup:  Have to say that seems a lot to pay for a Budd RDC, what road are they both?

If I can sell my Baldwin Sharknose A+B I'd like to get a Doodlebug  ;D

Geez this is hard...

  Do I count my American Flyer collection I inherited from my Father in Law?... cause thats around 25+ Steam and say 20 Deisel.
so lets start at 45 S-Scale (not to mention boxes and bloody boxes of freightcars and box cars.

Then on to my N Gauge. (in storage.. so I can't be exact

Japanese : Around 12 complete trains
European :  7 Locomotives (e18, e44, e103, Ce 6/3 plus a few others and 1 steam)
British : 5 Steam, 8 Diesel
US : 7 Steam, At least 20

So say, 49 N Scale (probably over 50.. I've undoubtedly forgotten a few)


I think as it doesn't say how many "N" scale trains (or locomotives!) I'm going to assume I can combine totals :)

so call it 95 total :)

No wonder I'm missing them in storage! :( .. feeling lonely without my trains!

Graham

I just gave a large collection of American Geeps, Fs, Es and SDs to my young Grandson but I have six N Gauge all steam locos at the moment and after this weekend maybe seven if the purchase of a Farish MN 35001 Channel Packet works out, gotta love those Spamcans. :thumbsup:

Quote from: Lawrence on June 05, 2011, 09:26:14 PM
Hi Rod, those U36's are real big beasts  :thumbsup:  Have to say that seems a lot to pay for a Budd RDC, what road are they both?

Hi Lawrence,
The Budd RDC is a New Haven. I say I got it from Ebay, but it was actually a Buy It Now from Southampton Model Centre, listed as used but I rang them and it was sold to them by a collector and never run. I saw Gaugemaster had them for over £60 brand new so I thought this wasn't bad, was I wrong?
The U36-B is CSX. It was my first US N gauge buy, more or less just to try out, and I like it, slow running is superb.
I'm tempted to model a complete US small layout but need to do a bit of research first because I've no idea hardly what goes with what...another topic.
Rod

Rod, if it is mint and runs well then £44 is probably about top dollar, but it sounds like you have a good one.  Secondhand I wouldn't go above £35 personally, maybe I'm just tight ;)

New Haven got swallowed up by Penn Central in the late 60's I think, and I should imagine by 1970 most of the rolling stock would have been resprayed, but the RDC's were widely used and it would be simple enough to change yours if required.

I think CSX started around 1980 (ish) and I am pretty sure they got  up into the same areas where New Haven operated, so it wouldn't be outside the realms of possibility to have a CSX mainline and the RDC running on a preservation line nearby  ;)

Also have replied to your other thread  :thumbsup:

Quote from: Lawrence on June 06, 2011, 11:24:04 AM
it wouldn't be outside the realms of possibility to have a CSX mainline and the RDC running on a preservation line nearby  ;)

Well that may be a good start then - my idea was for the RDC to shuttle back and forth on a high level line above an urban shunting area.
I doubt whether I'll be wanting to change paint schemes or lettering etc. - I'd probably just sell and get something more appropriate.
Rod

My turn!  :smiley-laughing:

I only have  :NGAUGE: loco's.

Right, to start with, my English loco's:

:GraFar: (Poole made)

Flying Scotsman in LNER green. I have an N Brass replacement bogie earmarked for this and a repaint into BR Green.
J94 in Blue. A repaint, don't remember the original colour as its been repainted a few times now!
GP tank in BR black
2 x Holden tanks in GER blue awaiting repair... (Might be a long wait too!)
Class 08 in BR green
Class 47 'County of Norfolk' in NSE colours. (See, Tank hasn't got all of them!  :smiley-laughing:)
4P in Caledonian Railway in blue. An old 3 pole model but runs ok.

:GraFar: (China)

J94 in BR black
Class 08 in EWS red
94xx in GWR green
3MT in BR green

:Dapol:

14xx GWR green
14xx BR black
2 x M7 in LSWR green
Terrier 'Boxhill'

MINITRIX:

2 x Dock tanks. Both have been cosmetically altered to be more industrial looking.
2 x class 27 in green. One needs repair.
Warship in green
9F in black

UNION MILLS:

3F in BR black

PECO:

Jubilee in BR black. An early model. Desperately needs an overhaul!  :'(



And now for the locos that are or will be Irish once I've finished with them:

2 x Union Mills 3F's. One is planned for conversion to a J15, the other has been converted to a J19:

(http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab257/Kilnevan/My%20Irish%20N%20gauge%20trains%20and%20layout/j19rside.jpg)
(http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab257/Kilnevan/My%20Irish%20N%20gauge%20trains%20and%20layout/j19threequarter2.jpg)
(http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab257/Kilnevan/My%20Irish%20N%20gauge%20trains%20and%20layout/j19crew.jpg)

2 x Lifelike SW9 switcher chassis. I have 2 Valvedesign 'C' class diesel bodies for these and lots of fittings from N Brass to add.
Could be a while...

1 x  :Dapol: M7 with a  :GraFar: 6w tender chassis. I plan to chop this into a D16 4-4-0!  :)
1 x  :GraFar: GP tank to alter into either a J11 or J26. Gotta get plans to check 1st as to which.
1 x :Dapol: 14xx chassis that I've started to turn into a 2-4-2 to make one of those nice F6 class loco's.

And last but not least:

1 x old Poole made  :GraFar: class 37.
It needs a repair to one bogie and the bodywork is devoid of all fittings including bufferbeam!
I plan eventually to turn this beast into THE TURFBURNER!  :evil:

A mixed bag if ever there was one...

Darn it! Rails sent me an e mail about limited stocks of the Farish 4MT 2-6-4 tank so I had to have one. Why do they do this to me? At this rate I'll have moved into the next number section way too soon. The max I can have on my (planned) layout is 14 and I already have 17 kettles which can then be substituted for fat fryers and I have 21 of them. Doh! Trouble is by the time the layout is built they'll be long out of warranty - just as well I have a test track.

my names andy and i'm an addict......
5 X 08's (3 old style [soon to be axed], 2 outside framed), 1 x 04, 1 x 14, 2 x 20's, 1 x 25
1 x 33, 1 x 35, 4 x 37's, 2 x 40's, 1 x 44, 2 x 45's, 1 x 46, 4 x 47, 6 x 50's (if you include swapping body shells)
2 52's, 3 x 101 sets, 3 125 sets, 1 tamper, 1 kof II
and gasp 1 x 9f my only kettle

and i still want more, is there  a cure for this ......
:Class37:

Quote from: AndyGif on June 15, 2011, 05:55:09 PM
my names andy and i'm an addict......
5 X 08's (3 old style [soon to be axed], 2 outside framed), 1 x 04, 1 x 14, 2 x 20's, 1 x 25
1 x 33, 1 x 35, 4 x 37's, 2 x 40's, 1 x 44, 2 x 45's, 1 x 46, 4 x 47, 6 x 50's (if you include swapping body shells)
2 52's, 3 x 101 sets, 3 125 sets, 1 tamper, 1 kof II
and gasp 1 x 9f my only kettle

and i still want more, is there  a cure for this ......
:Class37:

Yes there is a cure Andy............Get rid of the Kettle  ;D :thumbsup:

shame no one does a nice kits of kettles and the gas axe men.
its not that i dislike kettles, i was just born too late to see any working in anger.
stuffed and mounted in museums or on hobbled on preserved lines just dont do it for me.
loved seeing woodhams scrapyard from the coach on a school trip to barry in the very early 80's.

my layout is an abridged version of gloucester central and horton road depot, i'd post some pictures but photopic went to the wall recently and the layout is still waiting for me to set it all up again after getting married 3 year ago and moving house.  damn these women and their decorating needs, i should have it all up again within the next month god willing.

I've only been at this since Easter this year.

Peco Collet.
108 DMU.
4 MT.
3 MT tank.

All chipped.

I also have a Hornby "Duchess of Atholl" three rail set still in it's slightly battered box that was a Christmas present in 1949 meaning I've had it for sixty two years...does this qualify for the longest owned loco?

There's also a tank engine,but neither have seen light of day for about thirty years at least.

Allan

Quote from: Bikeracer on June 15, 2011, 07:19:09 PM

I also have a Hornby "Duchess of Atholl" three rail set still in it's slightly battered box that was a Christmas present in 1949 meaning I've had it for sixty two years...does this qualify for the longest owned loco?

Allan

1949 must have been a good year for "Duchess of Atholl" because thats the year my father gave me one as part of my 1st ever Hornby Doublo train set.
Wonder where that is how? Everything suddenly vanished back in the late 60s soon after(?) we had some alterations done in my parents house :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

these are my British ones, I bought in an odd lot recently for not much money.
All Grafar,  from the 80s or older, all run reasonably well.
#1. LMS 0-6-0 (Class 4F?) by Lima. pancake motor in tender  :P
#2. LMS 0-6-0, D&M white metal on Grafar 0-6-0 chassis.
#3. LNER Class J33??, D&M white metal on Grafar 0-6-0 chassis.
#4. GWR Pannier tank by Grafar
(http://i894.photobucket.com/albums/ac147/Jonathan_Clapp/fourGrafar060s.jpg)
not shown, one Black 5, somewhat modified, not running.
and one brand new Dapol Terrier "Ashtead"  :thumbsup:

For this thread, I had to do an inventory of my American stuff, which I have been accumulating since 1968,
the totals are diesel, electric and DMU - 84 , steam - 11
I also have three German steam engines,

so all together 103 engines. 8)

Guessing at around the 75 mark, but am probably way under.

08x3, 20x6, 25x4, 31x7, 37x20, 40x4, 47x15, 50x6, 56x4, 60x1, 66x7, 73x8, HSTx6, 58 kitsx2, 101x4, 156x1 plus one dummy unit, 158x6 plus one dummy unit, 150x1, 170x1 plus a GWR pannier and a Q1. Think thats it, don`t ask about the wagon and coaches cos i really have no idea at all.

Just realised I passed the 10+ mark this month.
Bach/Far
class 24
class 47 x2
class 60
class 150/1
Dapol
class 43-3 pairs
class 58
class 86 x2

looking forward to the 101, 56 and 26 coming out.

Mark

Quote from: scruff on August 11, 2011, 05:09:34 PM
Just realised I passed the 10+ mark this month.

looking forward to the 101, 56 and 26 coming out.

Mark

That's the first milestone passed, Mark :thumbsup: Beware, it's terribly addictive :o

i have started n gauge modelling in may this year my fleet so far is
2x37 converted to DRS
2x 57 DRS 1 renumberd
1 67 DB
1 X 66 EWS dapol
1 x 66 DB dapol
1 x 66 gb metronet dapol
1 x 60 mainline with beasties transfer
1 x170 xc
2 x150 centro
1x220 xc
wasn't until now just realised who many locos i have brought just better not tell her in doors how much I've spent so far lol
daz

Oh Gawd - all this modelling going on without kettles :(
Somebody help me please in putting these poor misguided souls on the path to righteousness :A1Tornado:

Mind you, with all the complaints about current offerings maybe they just have something.........................

........and they all work ......

New entry and this time in the 150+ club.  I can't give you the break down but I have a handful of US diesels, over 25 BR Blue diesels and electrodiesels, somewhere over 100 BR Steam, about 10 MUs of various sorts (some need some work) and then some stuff "just because".  Recently purchased a pair of Australian Alco types - the 44 to go with the one I had as a kid (around somewhere) and the Gopher models 48 reviewed in the latest NGS Journal.  My wife knows about them - but possibly not how many...  :evil: She reckons if she ever leaves she is taking half the trains with her - the left half  :o

Hi All

At my last count i have in my collection 180 diesel and electrics in most if not all liveries ( Electrics being my speciallity all liveries execpt one on
my class 90 fleet as i am missing Natex livery) nearly 2000 items of rolling stock including coaches and wagons about 15 DMU's and 10 steamers.
:Class89: :NGaugeForum:

Quote from: Sithlord75 on August 11, 2011, 10:04:14 PM
My wife knows about them - but possibly not how many...  :evil: She reckons if she ever leaves she is taking half the trains with her - the left half  :o

Strewth - I suggest you counter this with the idea she could only take 1 from each pair of shoes and hop it :evil:

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That's the first milestone passed, Mark :thumbsup: Beware, it's terribly addictive :o
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I didn't think I was doing so bad. I got a Farish sprinter set for christmas 2009 and the collection has grown. All I need now is a layout to run them on.

Mark