54 Legacy,TMCC and some Conventional.
40, DCS via remote.
58 with DS and Conventional
44 conventional
65 Conventional
53 years old.
Command (DCS and Legacy) for trains.
31 years old running dcs
Double nickels - TMCC and conventional with CAB-1's.
Thanks to Ameen, we now have an idea of how we operate our trains. If you haven't clicked on the link to his graph, you should take a look. It's very professional. What I would like to see is a similar graph based on age. Is that possible ?
67 years old. TMCC, DCS and Conventional.
Dan Padova posted:Thanks to Ameen, we now have an idea of how we operate our trains. If you haven't clicked on the link to his graph, you should take a look. It's very professional. What I would like to see is a similar graph based on age. Is that possible ?
Dan;
I agree, Amen has done a wonderful job with this. I wish we could determine how many individuals used his survey vs. just answered her. Also, I think it would add a bit of clarity if all of the categories could be conglomerates by type of usage... for example:
- conventional
- Lionchief/+
- command control (TMCC/Legacy/DCS/etc.)
- wifi
Just my opinion...
61 - Legacy, Conventional
Jeff T posted:61 - Legacy, Conventional
Jeff, I wouldn't have thought you were 61 from your photograph!! 
That's what folks say to me at 61 also!
Hi, conventional all the way. Ive thought about dcs and tmcc... but conventional running is ... Great !
bigdodgetrain posted:Traindiesel posted:60 (and still purely sexaayyy)
DCS - handheld remote and Wifi
TMCC / Legacy - Cab-2 remote and Wifi
Conventional for older Williams only and occasionally Post War when I remove them from display
And I operate this way all the time, even during Christmas.
have you or do you belong to the san diego 3 railers?
No, we just moved here in September. A couple weeks ago we finally had a chance to visit the model railroad museum but didn’t get there until the end of the day on our way to a Gulls game.
Im still organizing my trains to get ready to build my next layout!
AmeenTrainGuy posted:Just thought you guys would like to see what I have so far:
If you have not taken the survey and would like to here is the link: https://goo.gl/forms/
CboF0q8ZvWBoI4zL2 Thanks to all who took it. I already have shared the data (excluding the names of those who took the survey) with @Dan Padova and @MELGAR. Waiting for there responses.
@Deuce I would like to share the data (with no names in it) with you but you don't seem to have an email in your profile. You can email me if you would like. My email is in my profile.
~Ameen
Thank you for putting together this graph. Interesting.
59 - mostly conventional. Have DCS but haven't set it up yet. Occasional LC.
Work with software all day. Would rather enjoy myself and avoid the frustration of programming stuff on my own time.
39
conventional only
64 - Most of the time Legacy / every now then a postwar fix in conventional
42- conventional for now.
I'm 85 & use TMCC & Legacy almost exclusively !!!!
70s. Use mostly Legacy & TMCC, but have a couple of Lionchief engines
67 with conventional
Dan Padova posted:Thanks to Ameen, we now have an idea of how we operate our trains.
Mmmm... No.
What we have is a graph indicating how the people on this forum who chose to respond run their trains. Does this correlate in any way with the wider community of 3-rail hobbyists? We have no way of knowing. No matter how much it may occasionally seem to some, the OGR forums do not necessarily represent a microcosm of the hobby world.
What happened to the link to the other poll ? Is there more than one going on ? Rich started one also ?
54 / Conventional
I use both DCS and Legacy.
67 only conventional
Great job Ameen and Dan
71- Conventional, 1900' of track all block control
75 - DCS, MTH WiFi, TMCC, Legacy
Like Balshis said, we don't really know. I would guess the Forum misses conventional operators who don't have computers. That probably goes together more than the command people, most of whom probably have computers they actually use.
69/Self
It often doesn't work because I keep buying more trains.
I am 83. Use DCS 90 percent of the time but can throw some knife switches and run old stuff on a Lionel Z.
61 Run DCS, TMCC, Wifi.
Balshis posted:Dan Padova posted:Thanks to Ameen, we now have an idea of how we operate our trains.
Mmmm... No.
What we have is a graph indicating how the people on this forum who chose to respond run their trains. Does this correlate in any way with the wider community of 3-rail hobbyists? We have no way of knowing. No matter how much it may occasionally seem to some, the OGR forums do not necessarily represent a microcosm of the hobby world.
Mike Santa posted:Like Balshis said, we don't really know. I would guess the Forum misses conventional operators who don't have computers. That probably goes together more than the command people, most of whom probably have computers they actually use.
Balshis and Mike;
I must respectfully disagree with some your comments. Dan's original question was to address how folks on this Forum operate their trains. Obviously, this site is not the entire universe of train operators, but I doubt if there is any way to capture that entire demographic. And, since the question was posed in an online Forum, you will never capture folks without computers.
With, as of this reply, 322 responses (most of which were direct answers to the OP's question), I think we have answered Dan's question on how WE run our trains. I spent too many years working with a bunch of market research digit heads and I know survey sample sizes are usually small, and I think that a sample size of several hundred would give them some satisfaction. Can you extrapolate the results to the entire demographic??? Maybe not, but since so many of the respondents seem to belong to one or more train organizations or clubs, I think that, though not provable, the results may somewhat reflect the general population.
I think that the summaries MELGAR and Ameen put together show some interesting things, and a bit more mining of the data would be most interesting (number of respondents in the results, average age of users of any one type of control, etc.). To me anyway, the biggest item of note was the prevalence of conventional operators, and how many seemed to be from the "younger" crowd - people who deal with tech all day and prefer simplicity in their leisure.
Just the opinions of a happily retired Lone Wolf 
Hello, I am 79 and run my trains conventionally or with Cab1/L. I have not responded to any other requests.
I totally agree with what Paul wrote concerning this poll. It gives a very good sample size of OGR members and that is what the original question asked. The responses given been fun to observe. I also want everyone to know that Ameen is a freshman in high school and quite knowledgeable already in many areas. He is far ahead of many of us in being so computer savvy! Great job, Ameen.
Rick
Well while we are at it, why not start again and ask. Age, retired or working, how often we run our trains, do we have a working layout, run trains alone or with others, and are we in a operating club. Ameen can add the info to the existing names on the spreadsheet if desired.
We might see that retired people use their trains more often and prefer electronics. Or they mostly run with clubs and full time employed people use their home layouts more due to less free time.
Of course any trends would only apply to forum people who responded.
30, Conventional because I can't be bothered to spend more money on trains right now.
Also manual - springs and stuff.
40's, MRC 027 Walkaround / Conventional.
I don't do batteries and the Manufacturers should have had that problem dealt with 20 years ago (as the current thread "How Long do BCRs last" mentions).
