DO IT
I thought this was a support group but you guys are more like enablers when you post photos and videos of your cool trains.
Tonight while running I had the GP38 pulling passengers and the Heisler with a freight and the Sierra tender in tow. There was a few close calls with the faster GP running up on the Heisler which was fun. Listening to that Sierra makes any loco come to life with personality so now I want all my engines to have sound.
We do need a support group for too many trains and maybe a sound junkie meeting too?
We are doooomed !
Oh yes, I NEED more sound cards…I need them, I really need them.
It would be nice to have more.
Maybe I sell a loco or 5 to pay for them.
Naw, my toys are mine and whats mine is mine.
David Maynard said:
Oh yes, I NEED more sound cards…I need them, I really need them.
It would be nice to have more.
Maybe I sell a loco or 5 to pay for them.
Naw, my toys are mine and whats mine is mine.
Yep, it’s that time of year. All the squirrels are gathering nuts and anything else they can get their paws to.
Hello all .
My name is Mike and I am a trainaholic . I have been ill with trains for 77 years .
I blame my Mom ; when she was giving birth to me said “Oh what a strain” and I thought she said Train
I was born at an early age , and had two elder brothers who used to go train spotting . When Mom made them baby sit , they took me to the local railway sidings to train me in their train of thought which summed up was “Trains Trains Trains”.
Even getting machine gunned by a passing Luftwaffe Ju88 whilst train spotting near the local Spitfire Factory did not dampen our ardour . The '88 missed us , but we were too stupid to see that train spotting was dangerous .
Now I collect and run model trains . My bed is surrounded by large red/green boxes . My garden has little model bridges in from past efforts at railway building .
My conservatory is lined with model locos .
I am about to break down , so will leave the floor and let someone else grieve publicly .
Mike , well trained .
Hey, Mike, don’t let me interfere with your train of thought here, but it’s interesting to gauge the reaction when faced admitting to actually feeling a real need to have loco for personal reasons, or being railroaded into buying another locomotive - in my case, by my granddaughter.
She’s on the right track though, I rarely let a year go by without buying something serious for our little backyard roundy-round.
It will, inevitably, be a live-steamer of the smaller genre - possibly a De Winton. Living not too far from Leighton Buzzard [no, I didn’t make the name up, go look] means that we can pay visits to the fine NG ‘layout’ they have there, even ride behind it, and get a fix of the full-size loco - ‘Challoner’ as and when we care to do so. Regner make a quirky model that is not too dissimilar, so that might be a great way to end up 2014.
Best
tac
PS - Leighton buzzard is not that far from another town with an odd-sounding name - Tring. I’m told that it was the location of the very first bicycle bell factory, hence the sound they make. Or maybe the other way round.
You’re getting as daft as me , tac ,you must draw a line under your train of thought , there is no point in switching between trains , it will send you loco .
And by the bye , Leighton Buzzard is an easy hour’s drive from here , too
You mention Tring ( Quasimodo’s favourite holiday town ) , there is an airfield near it called Wing . I have trawled the UK looking for Fuselage , Tail , Propeller , Cockpit , but alas and alack , 'twas fruitless .
Mike
No more locos here - I have enough.
My parents lived adjacent to a Great Western railway station so I heard the sound of train whistles whilst in the womb I guess. A move by them just a short distance away found the same railway running at the bottom of my back yard, it was on a small embankment so a fantastic view, to a small boy, was had. The rest, as they say, is history.
Todd
You could have an interchange with Mass Central
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/modelListRR.aspx?id=MCER
Just giving you the can of worms!!!
Sean
You guys are a HOOT . I was hoping for some clever witty remarks when I started off this thread like it was a 12 step program and you guys didn’t disappoint.
That Mass Central looks a lost like a Boston and Maine Sean and that is more up your alley. I’m thinking more along the lines of the Mass Coastal which generally has the unglamourus chore of hauling the trash train off Cape and is painted up much like the Cape Cod Central maroon and black scheme. I often see it sitting through the trees from RT6 by exit 8. I still haven’t painted my S4 to resemble a Bay Colony engine but that one has been getting too much track time lately to be pulled from service.
Todd
Yes that pic does , but look into the other engines.
The other list gives you what they used and what is available on the market.
The point of my response was:: the reason for you to have more motive power, and they might of interacted with each other.
Todd, I think you are afraid of there paint theme ( no Maroon )
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1502656\
One can never had enough locos or trains in general! I always tell my wife the same answer, trains or money in the bank…you cant take either with you to the next life. So enjoy it while you can. However I usualy lack the money to buy the trains I really want. Miketheaspie
Mike, I can see your point, but I am running out of storage for my trains. Besides, I can only run 2 trains at a a time, so having in excess of 30 locomotives is getting close be being extreme for my situation.
David Maynard said:
Mike, I can see your point, but I am running out of storage for my trains. Besides, I can only run 2 trains at a a time, so having in excess of 30 locomotives is getting close be being extreme for my situation.
Is that relatively extreme?
I can definatly understand that. At one time I was in that boat, mostly in HO scale and Lionel. I sold off whatever I barely ever or never ran and used the proceeds to buy my first live steam engine. If there is a certain locomotive that you have always wanted but never wanted or was able to afford what it goes for, you might look into selling off a few and getting that dream item you have always wanted. Just an idea. I only wish I was in your shoes in regards to G scale locomotives. I have a grand total of 3 LGB engines, 3 shared ownership live steamers and 1 that I own. its all “relative” HJ! 
I know the feeling. I love building locomotives. It’s something of an addiction. There are models that I’d love to build “just because,” and prototypes that are always in the back of my mind in the event I find a suitable platform to start with. And, yes, the problem is exacerbated by the occasional “too good to pass up” deal, or a combination thereof:
Deal 1: Really cheap Bachmann 4-6-0 chassis from Bachmann
Deal 2: Surplus Bachmann 2-8-0 boiler, cab, and tender from a member here
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Or at least it will over the course of the next year or so, becoming Tuscarora RR #6
I certainly don’t “need” it, and at this point, I’m wondering how a railroad with as little traffic as the Tuscarora RR could justify having 6 locomotives on its roster (I’m thinking maybe #3 or #4 would have had some kind of irreparable accident, thus the railroad replacing it with #6 in the late 20s or so…)
If and when I ever source inexpensive 48" drivers, I’ve got a small handful of middle-generation EBT locomotives that I’m going to take on. I’ve occasionally been able to scratch some of my “want to build” itches by building locos for others, too.
Bottom line, just give in and build it. You can always sell it later, but you’ll always have the satisfaction that came from building it in the first place.
Later,
K
Mike Toney said:
I can definatly understand that. At one time I was in that boat, mostly in HO scale and Lionel. I sold off whatever I barely ever or never ran and used the proceeds to buy my first live steam engine. If there is a certain locomotive that you have always wanted but never wanted or was able to afford what it goes for, you might look into selling off a few and getting that dream item you have always wanted. Just an idea. I only wish I was in your shoes in regards to G scale locomotives. I have a grand total of 3 LGB engines, 3 shared ownership live steamers and 1 that I own. its all “relative” HJ!
Yes Mike, 
I’m of the same school; if you have them run them. If you don’t run them you don’t need them.
Haven’t bought any trains since spring 2014 ECLSTS and I needed a fix so I preordered two GP60s from RLD Hobbies. Not sure how many engines that I have, but 24 of them are New Haven about half of which are custom paints. Still working on a kit bash RS1 made from two USA Trains S4s and an Aristo Pacific that I’m attempting to turn into a Hew Haven I-4, but having a major snag with it lowering the walkways and moving the sand dome, so this may end up compromised.
AML GP60s are newer era than I prefer, but I needed a “fix”!!! LOL !!! Now, if the AML GP60s don’t arrive in an acceptable timeframe, then I’ll need a “refix”!!!
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
David Maynard said:
Mike, I can see your point, but I am running out of storage for my trains. Besides, I can only run 2 trains at a a time, so having in excess of 30 locomotives is getting close be being extreme for my situation.
Hans, yes it is, for me anyway. And that 30 plus (I have lost count) doesn’t include my recently acquired Mogul, Forney, Little Critter and F3. So I might have passed the 40 locomotive point at this point. It also doesnt include my display pieces, a Milwaukee Road RS3 and Western Maryland FA1.
I think its time for my meds, and a nap.