Just the 189 for me.
And the 44 DMU/EMUs
Which don't include the 13 HSTs

It is an affliction! At least they're colourful!

That really is a class 66 compulsion!!

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!

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 08, 2026, 12:50:57 PMSo fess up - numbers please

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

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

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.

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 08, 2026, 12:50:57 PMSo fess up - numbers please

That's all I'm saying.

Quote from: Bob G on January 08, 2026, 11:00:29 AM

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

So fess up - numbers please

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.

Guess I was too impatient. I tried but then thought it was easier to just ask.