Number of locos

[Trainfish]

There's only one that matters in my collection..... 

Just the one? 



1 is never enough

[LASteve]

When I started out in this hobby, I decided I needed one steam loco, one DMU and a maximum of two diesel locos which would serve all my needs for the future and beyond.

So I've stuck to my guns. I've got 26 which run, one which doesn't and one of the 26 is a shameful waddling travesty which will probably be parked somewhere quiet and look scenic rather than embarrassing itself.

I've not gone crazy, to my mind, and I think I'm done - although I do have one 73 on pre-order with Gaugemaster, but that might as well not exist as I'm sure I'll never see it in my lifetime. That being said, if a 4-VEP model was released, or a "Hampshire Diesel" 3H CL205 DMU I'd be a buyer of a few at pretty much any price. A 4-TC set would open the wallet also. I know we'll never see a 4-REP modelled, but the 4-TC on a push-pull with a 73 or a 33 would look rather lovely.

I've got roster spots for all of them on my new layout timetable (as yet to see the light of day) but they've all got an on-stage role on Moorpark 3 whenever that comes to fruition. Actually, all bar two which I fell for as "bargains" on eBay but even with Rule 1 and a Tardis they're pretty much impossible to shoehorn into the schedule so I might have to sadly let them return to the land of second lives.

@Bigmac - hard to pick favorites, but I can pick the least favorite of the operational ones - a Dapol CL35 "Hymek" that sounds like a bag of spanners when it runs, to the extent that I invested in a dummy 35 sound-fitted to run double-headed and try to drown out the clanking and groaning of the powered loco. Mostly unsuccessfully. It still sounds like a bag of spanners, just somewhat drowned out by the sound loco.

I recently took delivery of a rather lovely CL47 weathered and custom-renumbered by TMC to become D1662 "Isambard Kingdom Brunel". I took the excuse of needing a loco to test some recently-laid track and couldn't resist using it as the test loco, just to enjoy watching it trundle up and down the fiddle yard and admire the workmanship (theirs, not mine, just to be clear).

My piece of string is longer than some, and certainly not at all close to the length of others.

[JulianO]

Definitely lots of answers and some pretty impressive collections.
I have been doing British Outline N Gauge since 1977 and currently have about 35 locos, 1 HST, and several DMUs in service.

I like to see my locos and not have them hiding in boxes, so I am TRYING not to buy too many more..

Having said that I still like the old Poole Farish locos as they are easy to maintain and keep going and going with just a little routine maintenance. I know they don't look as good as current models, but I haven't had great experiences with reliability with several more recent ones. Still have several with 3 pole motors and brass gears in service. Nearly all the rest have had their original wheelsets replaced with Bachmann ones due to the old split gear problem.

Also still have a couple of Lima 31s, Minitrix 27 and 42, a couple of Peco Hymeks (as seen here recently) and a couple of Poole 08s hiding away in store. The newer Farish  0-6-0 shunters are certainly a big improvement on the Poole 08s in both running and appearance,  I do admit.

[Chuffington]

Just glanced at my spreadsheet which says 271 but I know they are not all on there...

Locos or stock?
Thanks mainly to Revolution's Class A and B tanks, and Accurascale's Cemflos I have almost £5k of wagons, and I'm a southern modeller. We don't do freight!
Bob

Locos 

Coaches 300+ but not all catalogued & I haven't even started to catalogue wagons but probably over 500.

[ChrisWV10]

Seeing some of the replies I don't feel so guilty now. A mere 78 N mostly British all eras, a couple of US Operation North Pole sets, a few German and 1 Shinkansen set. Rule 1 applies! Plus 43 OO British Big 4 and pre grouping 'cos I like the different liveries ( 'pretty' engines ) and finally 3 Maerklin HO. Expensive but very worth it.



Rolling stock? Who knows?!

C.

[RailGooner]

..
a question--maybe for a new thread--What are your favourite 3 locos--and why ?

Let's not go there. I'd give a different answer every day!

[Newportnobby]

After last week's Zoom I reckon Alex @Hailstone might be afraid to respond in case someone sees his reply who he doesn't want to!

I've got piles.
PW

You have my sympathy but how many locos have you got?

[mk1gtstu]

As for Locos/HST's/DMU's, not sure the exact amount but I have around 110-120 of them in total.
Rolling stock 500+ including all my coaches and freight rolling stock. Quite frightening when you count up what you've bought over the years!! 

Cheers, Stu

[Paddy]

I've got piles.
PW

Sounds painful! 

Kind regards

Paddy

[dannyboy]

Just to inject a serious note into the thread, for those of you who have not thought about it, can I ask you to check your insurance cover? A couple of years ago, I realised that I was well in to the thousands of Euros mark on what I had paid for my rolling stock. As the household insurance was coming up for renewal, I mentioned this to the insurance company. I can not remember the exact figures, but I was told that as long as the total value did not exceed a certain percentage of the total insured value, I was okay, otherwise, the stock would have to be declared separately. Just a thought.

[Bad Raven]

Re:"Just the one?"

Thats a tight reversing loop.................................

[njee20]

Just to inject a serious note into the thread, for those of you who have not thought about it, can I ask you to check your insurance cover? A couple of years ago, I realised that I was well in to the thousands of Euros mark on what I had paid for my rolling stock. As the household insurance was coming up for renewal, I mentioned this to the insurance company. I can not remember the exact figures, but I was told that as long as the total value did not exceed a certain percentage of the total insured value, I was okay, otherwise, the stock would have to be declared separately. Just a thought.

Yes, definitely. also worth checking if there's a limitation on outbuilding cover too, for those who keep stock in sheds/garages.

Wagons are definitely my downfall, about 600 it would appear. 

[railsquid]

My spreadsheet claims 81 British outline units (not counting the Lima ones). In my defence (and I have a watertight one prepared by one of the leading legal minds in the field of hobby purchase justification), the vast majority was acquired as bargains or second-hand, and a fair few of the latter were acquired cheap as non-runners, as for some reason I find it quite satisfying to fix them up and get them running again. The British electorate's decision to vote for a long-term weakening of the pound in 2016 was very helpful in really kickstarting the collection, though I've acquired maybe a dozen locos/DMUs here in Japan as well. The best bang for my yen was 3,000 thereof (say 25 GBP) for a modern but "broken" Bachmann-Farish Class 47, which (guess what) merely had a split gear.

That figure is however dwarfed by the Japanese side of things, which is at about 250 powered units, and probably some more I have squirrelled away without getting around to cataloguing them. Again, largely second hand and quite a few fixer-uppers, aided and abetted by the general cheapness of Japanese N gauge and the fact that in the used market, the slightest imperfection results in often quite hefty discounts.

Oh, and about 50 German/European/Other.

At a guess I'd say overall about 80% is "Rule 0", i.e. directly relevant to my specific layout interests (admittedly, those cover three countries and quite broad time periods), most of the rest "Rule 1", and the rest of the rest "Rule 2" ("Rule 2" is "I'm not sure why I need that, but they want how little money for it!??").

[Gyppy101]

i have a mixed bunch ... 47 steam locos all BR livery, 27 diesels in green and blue liveries, 3 DMUs, Midland Pullman, Brighton Belle, an HST and a 4CEP so that I can ring the changes as the mood takes me.

[Hailstone]

After last week's Zoom I reckon Alex @Hailstone might be afraid to respond in case someone sees his reply who he doesn't want to!

I've got piles.
PW

You have my sympathy but how many locos have you got?

I have only been collecting them for 16 years Mick @Newportnobby and haven't paid full price for over half of them 194 steam, 70 Diesel including multiple units

Regards,

Alex