Do you feel you "have enough" trains?

I thought I would hit a limit but it has not happened yet. I have over the past few years sold off some items but not that many. And everytime a catalog comes out  I seem to find something that I want. So I have to say that until there are no more catalogs I will still be finding something to buy............Paul 2

I do have enough trains; but there are always new catalogs to check out in the future.  I'm sure I'll purchase something else.

Quite frankly, YES! But then again, I am NOT a collector.

Plenty, but that doesn't totally preclude buying something else.   However, I have actually been selling a few items to make space for incoming stock.

The short answer is “No”. While my collection is not large, and I could certainly keep myself busy with what I have, the reality is I have just as much fun scouring shows and buying what jumps out at me, as I do running them when they get home.

That'll never happen.  I suppose the rate limiting step will be the simple issue of having to keep most everything in a single room of finite size...but that's not a problem for the foreseeable future.

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Curt

My want's and needs constantly change so I usually buy 3 sell 1.

I have been rolling this issue around for a couple of years.  I have sold some things but I have also bought more items than I have sold.  If only the manufacturers would stop bring out new stuff like the Krauss Maffei and the articulated passenger cars in SP Lines from Sunset.  I also am still seeking a DM&IR Yellowstone 2-8-8-4 since my Grandfather was an engineer on one in the 40's.  Oh well, so much for downsizing!

Rolland

Yes.  I’m done.    Now I look for Lionel Plasticville only

I've got 3 good dual engine Switchers, 1 good dual engine FA-3, 12 tinplate cars, and 14 regular cars.

If I can pick up one more small modern switcher, one no-nonsense, non-derailing, non-stalling,  short steamer, and maybe 3 more tinplate cars, then Yes, I am done.

Happily (for me at least), I'm not in this to build a collection.  I'll leave it to you experts.

Way to many more fun things I want to buy that don't involve me sitting in the basement for hours on end.  :-)

Jet Ski?

New Rifle?

Small fishing boat?

My Motto:  "Stomp out addictions before they start!"

Mannyrock

At 24 years old, I only really would like a couple steam engines and a few diesels that have yet to be made yet added on. Rolling stock wise, I would like an Autorack Train, but after that’s said in done, pretty much it’s maybe a loco once in a while, but that is it.

You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.

You know the old saying: "You can't be too rich, too thin or have enough trains".  Or something like that.

But - I am not thin, not rich and I definitely had enough trains about 20 years ago. 'Course, I kept getting them (they kept offering new types) and now I actually get bothered by how many I have. I don't buy any more.

So, yeah - if you think you have enough, you do. If I had only listened to that little voice....

Short answer: heck no! While my younger sister gives me a hard time every time I buy one; telling me "no more trains". Instead whenever I see one that interests me, I still buy it.

Granted, my storage unit is almost full with my collection and along with saving up for a house and for a family cruise this time next year, I have a lot on my plate. But then again, those MTH final runs are on my list...

More than enough--far more--with more on the way.

No.

Way more. But I don’t care. Actually my want list is pretty short but I scour every catalog in the hopes of being tempted.

It's funny that most of us started with this hobby with just a single train. We were happy with that at one time. Interesting.

I'm almost there.....not.

Me, NO ! Wife, YES !

I am almost at that point. As far as engines go all I need in the future is a Ten Wheeler, a Niagara, (NYC) and possibly a Big Boy in 2 rail. In the last two years I bought a bunch (5 which is a lot for me) of locomotives due to #1) finding them at great prices and/or #2) MTH closing down and the fear of never having the opportunity to buy a scale wheeled locomotive again.

I am near my limit on rolling stock. I always tell myself not to buy any more boxcars at shows but I always seem to come home with one or two each show. Boxcars are very addicting to me. I have all the cabooses I need and I have 3 sets of passenger cars. I can’t see myself buying any more passenger cars.

What I need is a layout. You guy who can go to your basements or attics and run trains are very lucky! I wish I could. Hopefully, this Fall I can work on my layout.

My list is being held low by circumstance ...........can't seem to locate a new ( more bigger ) house at a reasonable price these days.  😉

Everyone is different, collect different road names of trains, uses different kinds of track, some like pre-war, post-war, MPC, Modern, including all brands, then the latest and greatest. Some want the scale look with toy trains, some want three rail scale, S gauge, O Scale 2 rail, N, HO, Z, etc.... Therefore, to say does anyone have enough or too many is a Good Question. I am there, downsizing and just buying a select few train items to complete sets, as I am finally very satisfied. It’s been a fun journey, and now it’s fun watching others and their train collections, their layouts and ideas. Happy Railroading Everyone

Yes!

However, if I see a MTH PRR A5 PS3 or any REA express car in the correct pre-1950s paint scheme or that elusive FGE reefer, or....

Actually, my buy list is pretty short, shorter than my sell list.

I stopped buying rolling stock several years ,i sometimes go 1 or 2 months without even running any trains ,my fun is mostly building my layout ,not so much running trains some of my engines can go a year or more without even being run.

@Vinny26 posted:

Yes.  I’m done.    Now I look for Lionel Plasticville only

I have some Plasticville I would like to part with...what are you looking for?

I always have enough, but that doesn't mean that I don't enjoy adding more to my collection. 

Yes, but I'm still buying more

I have more trains than I need that probably will never see the layout.  I haven't made any substantial purchases in the last 5 or so years.   My main interest is scratch building structures.

Do you feel you "have enough" trains?

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Curt

As Allen stated: More than enough--far more--with more on the way. But Curt's answer seems to be the best. I will have enough trains when I go to the roundhouse up yonder until then NO, but the wife thinks so and the kids will most defiantly think so when the have to dispose of them.

@gene maag posted:

I have some Plasticville I would like to part with...what are you looking for?

Looking for Plasticville in Lionel boxes.  

@Vinny26 posted:

Looking for Plasticville in Lionel boxes.  

Sorry I don't have any of those.

I think I'll hit a point where I have enough but I'm just starting out now. I imagine that limit is far away.

I've noticed that I'm picky with items that I'm not collecting. Only certain cars/locomotives will do and I'll wait to get them. But if it's interesting to me because of connections to something I like in history...I tend to buy it.

I have no intention to run ore cars on my steel layout but I still bought an ore car that had Youngstown on it haha

Every once in a while, someone I like will do a post that they are searching for something. I just happen to have it and feel like helping them. After that, I have seller's remorse and miss what I had.

To fix that feeling, I buy more!

Then..... I see something I always wanted (just about any modern piece). I buy that too. My wife says no more. That lasts until some poster here shows what they have, and I see another thing that I want, or something new comes out, or a post like this reminds me that I never did get something because I agreed to "no more trains!"

If I only had won the lottery, Mike Wolf would have never even thought about retiring. (I'd have those big fancy Lionel's too.)

Does any of this help your post?

and where's my buddy from the isle of denial?

Yes I have enough trains!! I won't be buying anymore for the time being!!

Yes, I have enough trains, but I will continue to scour the Buy-Sell board as well as train shows when they resume. I'm ok with the second-hand market but will not put a new nickel in the economy of our nation's enemy.