Michael, I have been reading all these e-mails about people having indeed tons of engines, so I figured I'd chime in to "make you feel better". I have three engines (one is an A-B-A set), all S standard gauge. There are apparently enough people to offset our rather meager motive power. I sold all of my maybe 20 or so N-scale engines to afford the upgrade to S. When I sold them, I made a commitment to myself to not buy any more than I can actually use on the layout I have. Most of my N-scale engines sat in the cabinets for years and very few saw any running time. I had three favorites that I kept on the layout. Only once was I able to put all of them on a layout in a large yard, only to tear the layout down about two weeks after I had accomplished that.
I recently ran into a friend whom I hadn't seen in a year or more. I helped him demolish his N-scale layout and did most of the benchwork and wiring for his new HO-scale layout about 7 years ago. He's heavy into operations, but could only convince his wife to allow him to have a 2-foot deep shelf layout around the perimeter of two adjacent 10x10 bedrooms (no basements here in Houston, TX). Bottom line was he was only going to have enough space for about three operators, both on his layout and in his physical space. The layout was built in record time and we started operating right away. He quickly bought about 5 or engines which was more than enough for three of us operating (he acted as the mobile dispatcher). However, he seemed to never be able to pass up another engine. When I ran into him the other day I asked him if he had bought any more engines. He said "Yes, I now have 36". I was shocked, but now I know he is "just average"... - Peter. On 11/03/2011 11:34 am, Michael Eldridge wrote: > This month's Model Railroader magazine (which I subscribe to and read cover > to cover) says that modelers own on average 36 locomotives. I own three. Does > one of you own 69? > > -Michael Eldridge > -- Peter Vanvliet ([email protected], or [email protected]) Houston, Texas "It is easy to give up; anyone can do that..." http://pmrr.org/ (my model railroad - RSS feed <http://pmrr.org/rss.xml>) http://fourthray.com/ (my company) http://houstonsgaugers.org/ (model railroad club) -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
