How many locos do you own?

[Paddy]

Far too many and have been reducing the stud for a year or so now.  I had a romantic image of having only the locos that TT and Hornby Dublo released represented in N gauge.

Kind regards

Paddy

[ntpntpntp]

When you realise you have ten of these, thirty of those. only half a dozen of something else and a lot more than one of everything you do start to wonder. Do I really need anymore? (as the finger hovers over the bid now function on that well known auction site)......

Yeah. I'm supposed to be clearing and re-organising my hobby room shelving, so at the moment our kingsize bed is buried under crates full of N, some of which has never actually made it onto a layout yet. The stash on the bed still doesn't include my actual exhibition stock boxes either <gulp> I kipped on the sofa last night rather then move it all off 

Funny thing is, I'm still being tempted to hit the Bid button but not always for N: rather for things like an old 1960s Triang Continental loco, and an original 1971 9F in mint condition (fond memories of one of those being pride of my OO line back in the day).

[jpendle]

I have somewhere between not enough and too many 

I used to think that I bought a lot of stuff, but evidently not!

For the record, about 40 if you include MU's.

John P

[monkey_brains]

I have somewhere between not enough and too many 

I was getting to the wrong end of that equation, so i've made a gesture to restoring the balance

2 items are on eBay

We won't mention how many i'm bidding on 

[dannyboy]

According to my spreadsheet, I have 99 locomotives. So I am thinking that I will have to get myself another one, so I have a straight 100. Then I realised I have two of the NGS Shunters on order. Oh well, never mind.

[acko22]

According to my spreadsheet, I have 99 locomotives. So I am thinking that I will have to get myself another one, so I have a straight 100. Then I realised I have two of the NGS Shunters on order. Oh well, never mind.

Only 99 to go till you have a nice neat round 200 

I need to check how many I have but the answer surely is never enough!

[exmouthcraig]

Only 44. 

I seem to be at the lower end of values and we had serious conversations about buying that many!!!

[dannyboy]

Only 99 to go till you have a nice neat round 200

Go away and ........ play with your big trains. 

[njee20]

I think to have big numbers you need to start diversifying your collecting habits!

It seems most people with >100 are going for multiple geographies/eras. Makes me feel better about having about 20 EWS or DB 66s.

[longbow]

I have 57 locos, which is too many to haul my 33 consists, which is too many for my 20-train fiddle yard capacity.

This arithmetic has been a useful check on my appetite for new purchases, especially locos.

[njee20]

I certainly know where to pick up my fleet of Westerns in one go... 

[Invicta Alec]

Yeah. I'm supposed to be clearing and re-organising my hobby room shelving, so at the moment our kingsize bed is buried under crates full of N, some of which has never actually made it onto a layout yet.

Nick has this strange addiction to continental locos. 
He has more British stuff than me and it doesn't see the light of day!

If it will help Nick, I'll look after your British outline stuff for a while, whilst you re-organise. 

You see folks I only own 15 dmus/emus and 3 diesel/hydraulic locos. Poor old me 

Alec.

[exmouthcraig]

I certainly know where to pick up my fleet of Westerns in one go... 

I'll take a dessert sand one off your hands when you get them nick 

[ntpntpntp]

Nick has this strange addiction to continental locos. 
He has more British stuff than me and it doesn't see the light of day!

You see folks I only own 15 dmus/emus and 3 diesel/hydraulic locos. Poor old me 

Alec.

... and one of those is in lockdown with me for the time being 

My British stuff does come out once a year ish around my test track to stir the oil 

[jpendle]

I'll take a dessert sand one off your hands when you get them nick 

Is that the one with the Cherry on top? 

John P