Breakdown of Engines By Make-Revisited

Marx - 35

Lionel - 18

Other - 8

MTH (28)	58.33%
Lionel (10)	20.83%
K-Line (3)	6.25%
RMT (2)	4.17%
Williams (2)	4.17%
3rd Rail (1)	2.08%
Atlas (1)	2.08%
Hybrid (1)	2.08%

 

Counting powered units only.  For the Lionel engines, 2 of them are MPC-era.

23 Lionel
9 MTH
12 Williams
5 Atlas (industrial rail)
6 K Line
5 Marx
1 Karl Bub
2 EMT
1 Hornby
5 rMT

I used to be 50/50.  But now I only buy Lionel locomotives.  The ease of use f Legacy and the better sounds wins hands down.  I cannot bring myself to buy another MTH locomotive. 

My breakdown is different than most:

 

24 3rd Rail

22 Weaver

11 Williams (mostly old brass steam from the 1980's)

9 K-Line

7 Atlas

7 MTH

5 Lionel

 

Everything has been or will be converted to TMCC.

 

99 44/100% Lionel  (There's a KLine PRR 520 type in there, a PRR Beep, and a PRR Williams E60 Body)

 

100 +/- Modern Era Diesels/Electrics

 65 +/- Modern Era Steamers

 27 Postwar Diesels/Electrics

 20 Postwar Steamers

 

This doesn't include small powered units like Handcars, Inspection Vehicles, Vulcan Switchers, Trackmobiles, TMCC Crane, Burro Crane, Tie Jector, Trolleys etc.

 

Don't forget I'm a PRR by Lionel collector first, and an operator second.

Currently....

 

8 - Marx

2 - Lionel

 

Probably enough Marx spare parts to build another!  LOL

16 Marx

2 Prewar Flyer

4 Hornby

4 Lionel

1 MTH

2 Schyling

3 Unique Art

1 Craigstan

1 K-Line

1 Bowser

 

Very approximately:

 

69% MTH

 

18% Lionel

 

13% Williams (mostly brass)

Here's my list, I'll include my sons separately.

• MTH 15 engines. 
• Lionel 2 engines.
• RMT 1 engine.
• Williams 3 engines.
• My sons list is,
• MTH 6 engines.
• Lionel 1 engine.
• Kline 1 engine.
• Atlas 1 engine.         

My roster s far:

 

MTH 8

Lionel 2

Williams 1

Kline 2

Plus 5 PW Lionel

 

Jay

Here we go..  All but 1 are NYC!

 

Lionel:  25 powered / 9 non-powered (65%)

MTH:    5 powered / 3 non-powered   (15%)

K-Line: 4 powered / 0 non-powered   (8%)

Atlas:   3 powered / 0 non-powered   (6%)

WBB:   1 powered / 1 non-powered   (4%)

Marx:   1 powered          (2%)

 

Now, let's talk reality... I don't run the MTH, other than the PA1s that I had converted to TMCC...

 

Thanks,

Mario

 

 

 

K-line...........15

MTH...............6

Lionel............0

Altlas.............2

Weaver..........1

Williams.........1 

This does not include dummy units

Don

14 Engines (7 steam and 7 Diesel) all Post War Lionel

 

Ask me next week and it will likely be 15..and growing.

MTH..........9

Lionel........3

K-Line........4

Weaver.......1

Williams......1

 

Matt

Are any of those of the Milwaukee Road livery?

Lionel Legacy.....7 (5 of which are Vision Line's)

 

Matt, I think they all are....No believe it or not two and soon to be three are demos. Don

There’s a big difference in manufacturer breakdown between the engines in my collection and the engines that I run on my layout. 

                   

Of the 113 engines owned:

 

• Lionel = 85%
• American Flyer = 4%
• K-Line = 6%
• MTH = 3%
• Marx = 2%

 

Of the 15 engines I am running on the Layout:

 

• Lionel = 53%
• K-Line = 27%
• MTH = 20%

 

I included all of my powered diesel, electric and steam locomotives plus only the motorized units that have a coupler and can pull a train.  Therefore not included are the non-powered dummies and many motorized units, especially my trolleys, 5 of which are MTH.  But all 3 of the MTH engines I own are run on the layout. 

 

Digging down a little deeper, roughly 50% of all engines are post-war Lionel but I only run 1 of those engines.

 

Bill

 

Myself being New to this scale I have

3 powered Lionel and 4 non-powered MTH.

I really like the detail the MTH diesels have but I love the sounds and lights of Lionel so for me I have the best of both Worlds Detail & Sound

 

MTH: 5 PS2

        1 PS3

Lionel: 1 TMCC (ERR conversion)

         15 conventional

         1 non powered

Mark: 5 powered

         3 non powered

K-line: 2 conventional

Williams: 1 conventional

         1 non powered

All but the Mark's I can run on my big layout, they don't like the Atlas switches but I will run them on my ceiling layout with fast track.

Dan

Brien, I'll go out on a limb here and guess you'll be adding a nice Postwar 646/2046W to your roster.

34 Locomotives, all MTH Rail King;

12 Trollies, 5 MTH Rail King, 3 Western Hobbycraft, 3 Corgi & 1 Lionel;

2 Subway Sets, all MTH Rail King.

 

Overall, 85.4% MTH Rail King, 6.3% Western Hobbycraft, 6.3% Corgi & 2% Lionel

Thanks for running this thread.

Here's my lineup:

Overall percentages (of 23 engines):

61% Lionel

39% MTH

 

Breakdown:

Lionel (14)

  Steamers: 9 (3 conventional, 2 TMCC, 4 Legacy)

  Diesel:  5 (1 TMCC, 4 Legacy)

 

MTH (9) All PS2

  Steamers:  3

  Diesel: 5

  Electric: 1

Hopefully the OP -- or someone -- will compile all the results so we can see the overall breakdown among forum members.

 

16 MTH

3 Lionel

6 Williams BB

MTH          26   all premiere PS 2  or PS3

Lionel         7     Legacy

K-line          5

Weaver       2

Atlas O        2

3RD Rail       1

Williams       1

All locomotives are either TMCC, Legacy, PS2, PS3, 1 conventional (Williams)

Did a count of mine last night - 93 total engines. 

Of the 93, 90 are Lionel, 3 are Williams

I was curious about how these totals stacked up, so I entered all the counts given into MS Excel.  Twelve people gave only the percentages of each they own, not the total that those are percentages of. I assumed these had the same number of locos as the average of the others (they have 52 each), figured out their counts and then totaled it up by manufacturer.  Here are the totals I got.  It is consist with my impression over the past several years.

You are pretty much correct.  The Legacy E9s I got recently are the first diesels I've bought in about a year.  I do pretty much only steam.  MTH just isn't shipping steamers, whereas Lionel is turning out really good ones.  Regardless, I want both to prosper.  I do wish MTH would ship my locos, though. . . .

12 Lionel (100%)

Oldest 1980, newest 2012.  Most from the 90's.

10 conventional, 2 TMCC.

time range would show trends.

 

I started buying MTH after PS-2 came out before it was all LNL.

Lee;

Hey thanks for doing the heavy lifting for me!

I was going to let the thread run another day or two, then compile the results, but you beat me to it.

Since there are a few more posts since you tally, I am hoping you will add them in as well, and re-post the results?

 

Rod

Yeah, I will.  I was just curious, and started counting, and pretty soon I was writing down numbers.  One thing led to another and pretty soon I had a spreadsheet!  It is interesting results.

MTH 45 does not count dummy units or "B" Units about 50/50 steam to diesel.

Lionel PW 13

Lionel other 10, 1 converted to PS2

I think that is all of them!

Thanks Lee;

I guess I should throw my numbers in here:

(By make: steam/diesel)

Lionel       21/58

MTH          28/60

Williams     3/5

Weaver      1/6

K-Line        8/3

Atlas          0/1

3rd Rail      1/0

Other         0/0

 

Rod

About 60%:40%  Steamiesel

 

Lionel

  TMCC/Legacy         65

  Conv.  Pre-, Post-, Modern 36

         Total   101

 

K-Line

   TMCC    11

   Conv.     6

     Total   17       

 

Williams

   TMCC    3

   Conv.    8

    Total   11      

 

Weaver

   TMCC    3

 

3rd Rail

   TMCC    2

 

RMT  

   Conv.  15

 

MTH

   PS1   5

   PS2   2

  Total  7

 

George

I included powered units, broken down by diesel/steam/electric

 

MTH      3/7/0

Lionel    0/9/0

3rd Rail  0/4/0

WbB       3/0/1

Weaver   0/1/0

RMT        1/0/0

 

There ya go again! 29, I hadn't counted..... only one steamer left on pre-order

 

Gilly

 

 

Lionel - 75%
MTH - 20%
3rd Rail - 5%

Just how it worked out, if it is an engine I want, it doesn't matter who makes it.

Planned to be Lionel only originally.  I wanted to buy one operating system for simplicity.  Already had a few Lionel locos at the time.

Got a great deal on 4 MTH engines as a package.  Too good to pass up, so I bought them.  Engines Lionel never produced.  Had to have them!

Now I understand why some have both operating systems.

I'm impressed by all 3 brands, each has something I like.

My List

 1 - Lionel Pre-War (1 steam)

 2 - Lionel MPC era (1 diesel, 1 steam)

 1 - Williams Diesel

 1 - Lionel Diesel (conventional)

12 - MTH Diesels (10 Premier, 2 Rail King) - 5 PS3. the rest PS2, 1 dummy which I am not counting

 

17 total (only the MTHs are on my layout)

Here are updated statistics reflecting everyone who has reported so far.

• 71 people have reported what they own
• 15 of those reported only the percentages, not the actual numbers they own.
• of the other 56 who reported actual numbers owned, the maximum was 377, the minimum 4 (actually 3 with one on order).  The average person reporting numbers reported owning 51 locos.
• For those who reported only percentages, I assumed they each owned 51, and worked out the counts for them for each manufacturer.  
• Lionel totaled 53% of all locos reported.  However this includes pre-war,  post-war, and MPC era locos.  Not all people reported Lionel broken out by postwar/pre-war, etc., but I estimated the total overall for the group who did and extrapolated that to the large whole.  The 13% number should be considered an estimate, but the more I think of it, I think its a pretty good estimate: about one out of every eight toy locos is old.  Seems about right.
• Below, "LNL - old" means pre-war, postwar, and MPC period Lionels.  LNL-new means after MPC.