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N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by Trainfish - January 08, 2026, 11:17:25 PMJust the 189 for me.
And the 44 DMU/EMUs Which don't include the 13 HSTs #42
N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by njee20 - January 08, 2026, 11:03:38 PMIt is an affliction! At least they're colourful!
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N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by Newportnobby - January 08, 2026, 07:01:52 PMThat really is a class 66 compulsion!!
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N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by njee20 - January 08, 2026, 05:28:58 PMMore 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! #45
N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by Bob G - January 08, 2026, 05:20:08 PMQuote 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 #46
N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by icairns - January 08, 2026, 03:50:20 PMThe 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 #47
N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by thebrighton - January 08, 2026, 03:14:53 PMIt'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. #48
N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by Bob G - January 08, 2026, 01:03:52 PMQuote from: Newportnobby on January 08, 2026, 12:50:57 PMSo fess up - numbers please ![]() That's all I'm saying. #49
N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by Newportnobby - January 08, 2026, 12:50:57 PMQuote 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 So fess up - numbers please #50
N Gauge Discussion / Re: How many locos?Last post by GreenDiesel - January 08, 2026, 12:45:35 PMQuote 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. | Please Support Us!
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