RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) I made the poll selection private, for obvious reasons. Edited September 20, 2018 by adb968008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonC Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 the categories could maybe do with tweaking with more categories for less than 250 perhaps, I'd be amazed if many folk have more than 500 <10 10-25 25-50 50-75 75-100 100-150 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350 350-500 500+ perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Mmm... I have on average five or more extra loco bodies for every loco (as many as a dozen bodies in some cases), all with different names/numbers so I can do quick identity changes. They are smaller, lighter, cheaper, easier to store, easier to handle, less likely to get damaged, less likely to be dropped, more likely to survive mishandling than the equivalent number of complete locos. Not sure how to answer your poll, though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devondynosoar118 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Less than I want, more than I need. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted September 20, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) Mmm... I have on average five or more extra loco bodies for every loco (as many as a dozen bodies in some cases), all with different names/numbers so I can do quick identity changes. They are smaller, lighter, cheaper, easier to store, easier to handle, less likely to get damaged, less likely to be dropped, more likely to survive mishandling than the equivalent number of complete locos. Not sure how to answer your poll, though. I’d class a body as a loco... it’s intent :-)Same too for a kit still in its box, or a loco which some day will have a motor. Though if it’s a knacker for spares and won’t ever run again under its own guise, and bits may be disposed of, maybe not. Though my dad told me as a kid I could only write the locos number down as “spotted” if it still had its wheels under it. (I was writing down flame cut number panels cut from scrapped class 40’s in Swindon works at the time). I’m less harsh with my daughter... when visiting preserved railways we examine numbers stamped on connecting rods... I let her consider those numbers as a “spot” too... she’s cleared quite a lot of bulleids that way, I even saw a very long ago extinct GWR prairie class that way.. connecting rods off 3150 are on GWR 6106... though if you’ve got packets of connecting rods in a drawer... they don’t count ! Edited September 20, 2018 by adb968008 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 Not sure this poll is much use to marketeers, the usual users of such information. It takes no account of layout size or operation, which varies considerably. If the information gained is that those of us with more disposable income have more locos in general, this is hardly news! I have 9 locos currently, almost sufficient for the small but busy South Wales BLT my layout represents, 10 if you include spare bodies. 3 of these will be replaced by better versions when I acquire them, an 8750 with an old K's cab and an inferior chassis, a Limabach 94xx, and a Silurian era large prairie built by trilobites employed by Airfix back when the pound was still worth 60p. These are enough to cover the needs of the WTT, and cover for locos that have to be withdrawn from service every 10 working days for 2 working days to have boiler washouts. Any further purchases will be un-necessary, not that that will prevent them from taking place! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campaman Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 As above. I only have 9 locos, and can't see that I will purchase anymore unless something really takes my fancy. What I need more of is rolling stock for them to pull.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold melmoth Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 And Peter Denny ran Buckingham on what? 12 or 15 locomotives maximum? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centraltrains Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I don't think many people are trying to recreate a British version of miniatur wunderland!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Too many that don't work and not enough that do. I am having the same trouble with motorcycles currently. Gibbo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Mmm don't let the wife see this haha 34 00 10 or 11 N (just sat in there boxes don't think I'll ever do n gauge again) And non in TT but that's a scale I'm really interested in and have plans in my head for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Someone has over a 1000 locos ? Must be Rod Stewart.... I’ve got 21 for what it’s worth, I’ve probably owned 60 over the last 20 years , but all the Lima and Heljan was moved on . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47423 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Have to admit to being a collector with layout aspirations . I believe about 120 Locos/units with no running line at present. Prices have virtually brought an end to my continued collecting with only a handful of purchases earmarked now. It has to something i really want now for me. I have been selling the models i see as luxuries recently too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 Relative to our forbears, we are loco-junkies. I recently re-read the 1959 RM article "a Magnificent System", which describes a large, but uncluttered, layout featuring two double-track mainlines on a layout 40' long. The locomotive stud was just 10 (kit-built) locomotives. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mac Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Thank goodness there are a few people with more locos than me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 This is the sort of information that should only be shared on a ‘need to know’ basis, and since I don’t need to know how many locos I own, I don’t. That way, even under duress, I can’t divulge the figure. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 More than the wife knows about, less than i think i need... I like Nearholmer's response - if I don't add them up then I can't divulge to anyone... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2018 Great poll . Very interesting . I've been saying I'm at saturation point for years ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2018 5, O gauge 41, n gauge 5, 2mm gauge 8 OO gauge That's a bit of a mixture then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 Too many that don't work and not enough that do. I am having the same trouble with motorcycles currently. Gibbo. Mine all work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2018 Nearholmer is right of course; it really doesn't matter how many locos we have as long as there are enough to run the timetable, and even that doesn't matter if you don't run to a timetable. So long as you are happy with what you've got and can afford it, everyone is happy (except perhaps Mrs Nearholmer). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 And, fortunately, ‘Mrs Nearholmer’ is a liberally-minded person, who only ever raises concerns on the grounds that railway-related stuff might be taking up too much storage space. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2018 So what constitutes a "loco"? Is an HST set a loco - or maybe two given that it represents 2 power cars? Railcars? D/E-MUs? Unpowered models included? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Mine all work. Hi Johnster, To give context to my situation I'm about a year back to toy trains after about a twenty year lay off. The locos that don't work are either retired due to old age, short of maintenance due to storage or are still as kit / project status. As for the bikes one is on SORN, one was ready for the road after building it but then split with the woman and so delayed, then delayed further from falling off the one that now needs repairing, the fourth is mid build. There is always next year. I dread to think how many coaches and trucks need attention though ! Gibbo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted September 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) I haven't voted as there's no "I have no idea" button.............. Edited September 20, 2018 by newbryford 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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