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

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

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.

Planet Rock top 500 tracks as voted for by listeners .

Tony 

That's funny Mick, I listened to "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" last night, not quite as good as I remember. Overall though, I was never into his work. According to the internet, he lived in the same road as me (which I didn't know), then moved twice locally to end up in a small block of nearby flats (which I did know) after his parents divorced. Both my mother and sister-in-law went to the same school in Pinner as he did - so there!

Oddly, he has recorded with both Steven Wilson and Kate Bush both of which I have.

Tim

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.

 

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 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.

Quote from: Bealman on January 08, 2026, 05:10:40 AMDoesn't surprise me as they were mates back then, but Rod would have improved things.

And he did. I only have one EJ track on the USB and it's 'Funeral for a friend/Love lies bleeding' off 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'