Just wondering how many locos folks here have?
I now have 16 British N scale locos and I can only run 7-8 max on my layout at a time. So I'll run my layout in "LMS mode," "GWR mode," or "early BR," depending on my mood.
I've been into model railways for 22 years (starting with 00) but into N for only 11. I sold many of my 00 locos to fund my N scale layout.
I feel like I'm at the saturation point now but am always tempted to buy more at shows. I suspect many people can relate, yet I do hear of guys who have just 4 or 5 locos and seem quite content.
EDIT: Thanks for these comments! Another question (which I realize some have answered): Do you use most of them?
There have been many threads on this over the years. If you use the search function you will find them. :thumbsup:
The standard answer would appear to be "I want one more than I currently have"
For an Exhibition layout, I would say the sensible ideal is "two for each job" to cover for failures/servicing/cleaning and keep the show going...
Around a dozen in working order, a few more in various states of build or repair. Very eclectic mix as much of it is show bargains I liked the look of.
But in terms of collecting towards a layout I try to find things to suit the West Highland Line of any period, or early BR south Wales steam.
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i stopped counting after 100.
I started in N gauge in the late 60s---but had a long hiatus in the 90s /early 00ies.
I collect early BR steam that i saw or could have seen as a young spotter; but a few anomalies are creeping in.
i Have 20 plus a DMU.
5 are rule one, the rest are plausibly British rail Eastern region Era4 - they are probably more of a 'one of each' collection rather than a prototypical MPD roster but then i do not have a layout yet - there are another 3-4 i have yet to obtain/ waiting to be released
I claim the fifth amendment... Oh and did you know N gauge storage takes up 1/8th the volume of OO? So you can have 8 times as many trains in N as you can in OO for the same storage space.
:drool:
The question's been asked several times before on here.
If you think you're saturated then stop. If you like to keep buying more then keep buying :) Some folk restrict themselves to a fleet appropriate to the theme of their layout and dispose/exchange locos and stock when they change layouts. Others enjoy collecting. Whatever you want, it's your hobby and your layout to enjoy how you like to :)
I've been running European N seriously since the early 80s. I had some British N before that but sold it off - that's the only time I've ever let models go (and since then I've bought some of them again just for nostalgia)! I reckon now roughly 400 powered items (locos, multiple units). I usually take somewhere around 50 locos plus some units to a show when I'm exhibiting the full layout, which gives me spares should something fail (actually very rare). Therefore I have complete alternate sets of locos to spread the usage and ring the changes at different shows, but naturally there are some favourites which probably come to most shows.
With the recent very sad passing of a good friend and fellow exhibitor, I've been gifted his similar sized collection! Probably less than 10% are exact duplicates of locos I already own.
It's frightening when you tot up an estimated value.
With a layout based loosely on Oxford where motive power from 4 different regions spread over 1950-1965 plus a few 'iconic' ones, you can guess I have far too many.
However, I'm just a babe in arms compared to some e.g.
@Bob G
Quote from: Newportnobby on January 08, 2026, 10:29:16 AMHowever, I'm just a babe in arms compared to some e.g. @Bob G
I don't know what you are on about. I've sold >95% of my pre-2005 stock! And all my Tri-ang 1960s trainset stock! And all my 1960s Matchbox cars! And my Floral Garden set. And my Meccano.
Bob
One...
...that she's aware of.
Quite a few more than when this question was asked last time on the Forum........
But I have sold a lot of stock, with a lot more to go at some stage.
Martyn
I have steadily acquired probably more Locos than the layout can accommodate, but they all get a run on a rotation basis, being changed over after every two or three circuits. Many got well used when I was involved with an Exhibition layout. I have a spreadsheet and after a loco has been selected they get a box ticked so wear and tare is evened out, and any routine maintenance carried out. As a result I haven't had to change any motor brushes for as long as I can remember.
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Quote from: Bob G on January 08, 2026, 09:41:04 AMI claim the fifth amendment... Oh and did you know N gauge storage takes up 1/8th the volume of OO? So you can have 8 times as many trains in N as you can in OO for the same storage space.
:drool:
Exactly. A small shelf will hold what I have now but would take several shelves to hold the equivalent in 00.
Quote from: AndyRA on January 08, 2026, 12:26:35 PMI have steadily acquired probably more Locos than the layout can accommodate, but they all get a run on a rotation basis, being changed over after every two or three circuits. Many got well used when I was involved with an Exhibition layout. I have a spreadsheet and after a loco has been selected they get a box ticked so wear and tare is evened out, and any routine maintenance carried out. As a result I haven't had to change any motor brushes for as long as I can remember.
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Impressive. Yes, that's what I do, run them on a rotation basis depending on what era/region I'm running.
Quote from: Bealman on January 08, 2026, 04:21:53 AMThere have been many threads on this over the years. If you use the search function you will find them. :thumbsup:
Guess I was too impatient. I tried but then thought it was easier to just ask.
Quote from: Bob G on January 08, 2026, 11:00:29 AMQuote from: Newportnobby on January 08, 2026, 10:29:16 AMHowever, I'm just a babe in arms compared to some e.g. @Bob G
I don't know what you are on about. I've sold >95% of my pre-2005 stock! And all my Tri-ang 1960s trainset stock! And all my 1960s Matchbox cars! And my Floral Garden set. And my Meccano.
Bob
So fess up - numbers please :D
Quote from: Newportnobby on January 08, 2026, 12:50:57 PMSo fess up - numbers please :D
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That's all I'm saying.
It's north of 250 but my enjoyment originally came from modifying/tweaking RTR locos then white metal kit building, etched brass then scratch building with a lot of 3D prints thrown in.
Many years ago I modelled the GWR but then the NSE era and now the Southern and its pre-grouping constituents hence so many, a majority of which haven't seen daylight for years and very unlikely to again.
I could sell a lot on but can't be bothered with the work/grief that could entail.
The Ferryhill locomotive roster has the following:
- 25 steam locos
- 33 diesel locos
- 6 electric locos
- 5 DMUs/EMUs
- 69 locos total
In addition, I have the Dapol LNER J72 0-6-0T on pre-order
I bought my first N gauge loco in 1967, so I have only been averaging just over one new loco per year over that period.
Ian
Quote from: Newportnobby on January 08, 2026, 12:50:57 PMSo fess up - numbers please :D
OK. When I was an OO kid modeller in the 1960s I got 1 train a year. I had five when I changed to N in 1970.
We were not well off when I was at secondary school or even at Uni, and so I had maybe 10 N gauge by the age of 25. With my first job I had cash to spare. By the age of 40 I think I had around 50 locos. Then Farish sold out to Bachmann and there was a shortage, especially of green diesels!
Salaries went up, as did the desire to possess something even if it didn't fit in with what I was modelling at the time. I think that this qualifies as an addiction. I now had the ability to own something that in the past I could not have afforded. So I bought it. But I have also been selling things acquired like that too, because I can always look back and say "Yes I had one of those once". The Blue Pullman (Midland Pullman) is a classic example of that.
So in fact my stock is not as excessive as some. Well that's what I tell myself, anyway. It is themed by era, and I've narrowed the eras down to exclude most of the 1980s and 1990s now. The focus is on 1955-1968 and 1968-1980 now. And that's because of the availability of stock that fits my preferred regions (S and W) and eras (4-7).
And as I said before, of those 50 odd locos I had pre-2005, I only have my first N gauge loco, a Peco Jubilee, for posterity. Everything else has been bought post 2005 (but this also includes older models, like the Peco Adams B4 tank, for example).
Ah. That was cathartic.
Bob
More than some, but not as many as others!
I started in 2009, try to stick fairly rigidly to WCML post-2010 models, I think I've only got a handful that don't fit. Total of about 150, but it's a long time since I counted, and I do sell stuff on quite regularly. Think I've now hit fifty class 66s with the release of the Revolution ones!
That really is a class 66 compulsion!! :o
It is an affliction! At least they're colourful!
Just the 189 for me.
And the 44 DMU/EMUs
Which don't include the 13 HSTs
The simple honest truth is I don't know, but I have been modelling in N for a long time so it is a substantial number.
Most are now DCC (many sound fitted), but I have kept some of the more treasured analogue models such as my kit built Langley B1 61018 "Gnu" which runs on a Bachmann/Farish A3 chassis, and my kit-built 60532 "Blue Peter" (a resin kit but I can't remember by who), two Peco jubilees repainted into BR livery by the late and sadly missed Fred Hempsall (who also built me a Foxhunter A1 "Flamboyant" which I still have). there is also my first V2 converted (butchered) from a Farish A3 with scratch-built tender on their LMS chassis. I also have a few very early Farish locos like the original 94xx and Holden Tank. Oh, and maybe 8 Union Mills locos, only one of which has had the DCC treatment (a J38).
It must be some kind of illness I think! :hmmm:
Roy
all I will admit to is:
more than I need, but less than I want.
Quote from: Roy L S on January 08, 2026, 11:47:23 PMand my kit-built 60532 "Blue Peter" (a resin kit but I can't remember by who),
Roy:
I think the resin kit for your Class A2 Blue Peter model was probably manufactured by a company called Fifty-Six and a Half Inch Model Railways (long since out of business).
I bought the same resin kit (but from a different supplier) but never got it past the primer stage before GF came out with their A1 and A2 models.
Ian
Quote from: Bob G on January 08, 2026, 09:41:04 AMI claim the fifth amendment... Oh and did you know N gauge storage takes up 1/8th the volume of OO? So you can have 8 times as many trains in N as you can in OO for the same storage space.
:drool:
So N is vastly more expensive than OO if storage space is the limitation on loco numbers. If layout area is the limitation, then N is only 4 times more expensive than OO.
My locos are models from 3 continents (UK, North America, and Australia) across several time eras covering steam and diesels, but I only have about 55 locos in total :*( . I thought that I had a lot, but am really put to shame by quite a few others on this forum. But since starting in N scale in about 1978, I admit to having had in my hands another 25 or so locos that I have since sold on for various reasons.
Webbo
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@AndyRA Wow, Andy :goggleeyes: I guessed you'd have a lot of locos but didn't realise you'd employed a guard cat to keep an eye on them!
Quote from: icairns on January 09, 2026, 02:22:14 AMQuote from: Roy L S on January 08, 2026, 11:47:23 PMand my kit-built 60532 "Blue Peter" (a resin kit but I can't remember by who),
Roy:
I think the resin kit for your Class A2 Blue Peter model was probably manufactured by a company called Fifty-Six and a Half Inch Model Railways (long since out of business).
I bought the same resin kit (but from a different supplier) but never got it past the primer stage before GF came out with their A1 and A2 models.
Ian
Hi Ian
Yes, that was it, I believe the locos were also made ready to run by a company called "Pro Models" (not sure what googling it would come up with and I do not intend to find out :D ). Mine languished in primer too for a long time but I did finish it, a loco I did a pretty decent job of if I say so myself.
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The loco I am probably proudest of is B1 "Gnu", this Langley kit sits on the much better BachFarish A3 chassis, the airbrushing was done by my ex (a very capable modeller - better than me) I did the lining and lettering right down to the power classification and Route Availability which was pretty eyeball straining!
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Both locos were made well before there was any prospect of either being done as a RTR model, at a time where if you wanted something that wasn't available you got on and had a go, or didn't have one! It is easy to forget just how spoiled we are for RTR models these days...
Regards
Roy
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@AndyRA Wow, Andy :goggleeyes: I guessed you'd have a lot of locos but didn't realise you'd employed a guard cat to keep an eye on them!
He also helps to select the next Loco to run. :D ;D
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47 steam, 12 diesel/dmu.
Quite a lot of rule 1s, eg Terrier, N Class, Blue Pullman, LMS 10001. SECR C Class may well be the next.
And I thought I had a lot of locos. Not so it would seem; vide supra
@Roy L S Roy:
Your models of the A2 and B1 look absolutely superb! I also have a Langley B1 but mounted on the then Langley recommended Black 5 chassis. I think I built this around 1980 before I had the confidence to try lining, so my model has remained in unlined black.
Am I correct in thinking that you may have posted photos of your A2 on the old N Gauge Yahoo group or some other forum? It seems very familiar.
I am not sure if the Pro-Models RTR A2 was a resin model from Fifty-Six and a Half Inch Models. The only reason I say this is because Les Richardson reported on the N Gauge Yahoo group many years ago that he had bought one from Pro-Models and the body was a metal casting but the tender body was resin. He stated that the Pro-Models loco used a modified GF V2 chassis.
I would be interested in learning more about these relatively obscure companies and their N gauge kits.
Ian
In N gauge I have 75 locos or DMUs. They were all bought for a reason and fit in with stock required for running various eras on my two N gauge layouts. Every one of them does get used although not all at the same time of course. I have not got anything that doesn't fit in except for the NGS shunter which I felt I should buy to support NGS. Even Thomas fits in with my strategy as he is used to entertain little ones on my branch line layout.
I also have 31 G scale locos/ railcars and recently six 009 locos have mysteriously appeared, don't know where they came from. I have just two 00 items in the form of a railbus and a San Francisco street car. I have to admit the street car was an unplanned impulse buy and it serves no useful purpose other than a holiday memento.
I currently have 130 pieces of motive power split roughly 50/50 steam and diesel with a few hybrid/electrics purely as they were iconics (to my mind)
Some of my justifications for them appearing on my own layout(s) are, admittedly, horribly contrived whereas our club layout is of no fixed location so could be anywhere in the UK
I also have another half dozen on pre order and one on Fleabay I might possibly win tomorrow
Quote from: Newportnobby on January 10, 2026, 09:15:03 AM...one on Fleabay I might possibly win tomorrow
I thought you didn't use the site that must never be spoken of?
(better tell me in PM so that I don't bid against you :D )
Oh and nice to see you like that photo of the DMU I posted for you!
Bob
Quote from: icairns on January 09, 2026, 10:26:45 PM@Roy L S
Roy:
Your models of the A2 and B1 look absolutely superb! I also have a Langley B1 but mounted on the then Langley recommended Black 5 chassis. I think I built this around 1980 before I had the confidence to try lining, so my model has remained in unlined black.
Am I correct in thinking that you may have posted photos of your A2 on the old N Gauge Yahoo group or some other forum? It seems very familiar.
I am not sure if the Pro-Models RTR A2 was a resin model from Fifty-Six and a Half Inch Models. The only reason I say this is because Les Richardson reported on the N Gauge Yahoo group many years ago that he had bought one from Pro-Models and the body was a metal casting but the tender body was resin. He stated that the Pro-Models loco used a modified GF V2 chassis.
I would be interested in learning more about these relatively obscure companies and their N gauge kits.
Ian
Hi Ian
Thank you for your kind words. Amongst my collection I also have another B1 which I converted to tender drive using the Union Mills tender and mechanism (I may well have been the first!), Fred H did the paint job on that one, no other than preserved 61264.
As to the A2, my "Blue Peter" was definitely a "fifty six and a Half inch" kit and I think I may well have posted it's picture on the Yahoo Group before. I feel 90% sure "Pro Models" did the Peppercorn A2 RTR using this kit, but I recall they also did a RTR model of the very different Thompson A2 which used the Farish V2 chassis, this a loco I would love to have a model of, but I didn't have the £250 odd they cost back then and I doubt it will ever be done by a mainstream manufacturer these days (Hornby making it in OO).
Yes, I would like to know more too, and wish I had paid more attention at the time, of course there were also lovely RTR models made in the late 90s by Duncan Hazledene (can't remember the company name) of LMS prototypes too, and Fred Hempsall planned to do some resin models under the "Cempro" brand some of which I think my have appeared. My last recollection is that originally Union Mills also mentioned plans for locos like the V2 with outside valve gear in his early material, but clearly decided against them.
All in all, the early 1990s to about 2005 was in it's own right an interesting and much overlooked period for N models, and in terms of history, not very well documented...
Roy
Re: Pro Models.
A good number of years ago, two A2/3s originating from Pro-Models, I managed to obtain - I think both did originate on Les Richardson's system.
Both had seen some use and were suitably 'used'. This was one (the front bogie had already fell off!)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49928277987_0e6e816a2c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j4Ztz6)A2_0 (https://flic.kr/p/2j4Ztz6) by Dr Al 60103 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68426125@N07/), on Flickr
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These comprised what appeared to be a Langley A3 body (whitemetal) modified with resin cast front end footplate, bits atop the chassis and tender body/underframe. The V2 chassis was also modified with equidistant driving wheels and new coupling rods - the chassis block had a new slot made for this axle using a rather scabby resin piece.
Both these models I completely gutted and rebuilt. They got:
- stripped of DCC
- new Bachmann B1 driving wheels to the V2 chassis
- replace front bogie with Dapol A3 (either bogie, or wheels, I forget!)
- replaced resin axle slot block with mazak part cut from another scrap Farish jinty chassis, for future longevity
- complete replacement tender from Farish A1 - retaining its motor to give both loco and tender drive (!). Somewhat remarkably, despite being from two different eras, with different size motors and completely different geartrains, these are almost perfectly speed matched.
- cab removed and replaced with Foxhunter A1 etched brass cab
- new brass turned buffers, and various other new replacement details including wing deflectors in brass (these were resin or plasticard originally)
- new front end detail under the footplate in the very prominently visible region ahead of cylinders.
After new wheels:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49928278407_a228eeec61_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2j4ZtGk)A2_3 (https://flic.kr/p/2j4ZtGk) by Dr Al 60103 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68426125@N07/), on Flickr
Replacement cab
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After complete stripping and rebuild (this is second model)
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Complete with test A1 tender
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50059375183_3c2f93f846_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jgzocz)A2_1cab (https://flic.kr/p/2jgzocz) by Dr Al 60103 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68426125@N07/), on Flickr
Painted, with Farish Tornado tender backdated
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50196679962_862e83fb3c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2jtH78m)A2Tender3 (https://flic.kr/p/2jtH78m) by Dr Al 60103 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68426125@N07/), on Flickr
Vs original Resin tender (which was pretty rough representation)
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I never took a complete picture of 60501 when complete, so below is 60506 which was!
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And the powerhouse of a drive
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Was it sacrilege to gut these?
I guess if you are an N Gauge collector or historian, yes! For me they actually were bought pretty cheaply (IIRC ~£60 for one and £50 for the other), so the value was in their potential.
Was the Pro-models attempt good?
I think I'd say ingenious adaption of all the bits to get there, but mediocre execution of it all. Having said that it provided the basis for the above models, both of which are still part of the active fleet.
Searching "Pro models n gauge" doesn't bring up much, so the old URL would need to be found to see if it's still on the 'way back machine' internet archive (I'd suspect it will be). They certainly had a range of different models from what I recall, all of similar early 2000's style basis.
Best,
Alan
Quote from: Roy L S on January 10, 2026, 11:16:03 AMI feel 90% sure "Pro Models" did the Peppercorn A2 RTR using this kit, but I recall they also did a RTR model of the very different Thompson A2 which used the Farish V2 chassis, this a loco I would love to have a model of, but I didn't have the £250 odd they cost back then
If that was ~2012 era, then with inflation that's north of £400 in todays micro-£ era.
Not sure they were worth that IMHO.
Cheers,
Alan
Hi Alan
Thank you for not only confirming but helpfully filling in the gaps as far as the Pro Models A2s (both Peppercorn and Thompson) are concerned. I feel sure there were other models produced, but these are the only two I remember.
I only ever saw finished versions of their Thompson A2 pictured, and was intrigued by it, but as I said, I could never have afforded or justified the price they asked, and also, I wasn't overly impressed with the standard of finish (reckoned I could have done better myself).
Now I see the way they went about the model and chassis conversion in particular, while certainly capturing the essence of the real loco, their chassis work looks a bit of a "bodge" to me and quite honestly, I am glad I didn't buy one back then (I reckon probably circa 2006 ish).
Looking at what you have achieved by reworking the model, in my opinion it was definitely not sacrilege, what you have created out of it unsurprisingly stands head and shoulders above the original attempt.
Roy
With `only` 16, I feel a bit inadequate...
A good reason to buy more!
About 40 locos or other powered vehicles in use for me. Aim is to keep basically to late 1970s BR blue, but in my imaginary world Diesel Hydraulics lasted till then and some were still in maroon. A few later anachronisms have also crept in, in terms of liveries.
Trying to keep number down to those that will fit on layout, as I don't like locos hidden away in boxes. Have Rapido Class 45 on pre-order though..
Also still a number of old Lima and Minitrix locos hidden away in the cupboard, plus Poole Farish 08s and DMU which occasionally may have a run.
What a saddo, eh? :-[
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You been mucking around with AI again? :D
Quote from: Bealman on January 11, 2026, 05:40:33 AMYou been mucking around with AI again? :D
Nah. Simple Excel and pie charts
:doh: I knew that :-[
My spreadsheet :claphappy: says I've 32 and 8 DMU units. Was going to be happy with 6 BR standard class locos :no: but the more I researched the Norfolk history the more variants I "needed"! :thumbsup: Then I discovered that there were more RTR makers than Minitrix and GF :bounce: so I 'had to try' their versions - consequently my guilt :angel: has been replaced by a strong pointy finger at the RTR manufacturers. :laughabovepost:
Happy New Buying Year
I have approximately 90 n gauge locos and units. These go along with about 150 coaches and 300+ wagons. Most of the locos are DCC, with a growing number sound fitted.