rtraincollector posted:Keep buying more trains, knowing I have no where at all to put them, then selling lesser quality to make room.
Whats really bad I'm still doing it LOL
WITZ 41 posted:Accepting a new employment position that turned out not to be as advertised. Terrible work environment and demands. I've worked for several best in industry organizations, this is not one of them.
It requires a massive amount of longer hours to achieve success than expected leaving ZERO TIME or ENERGY to focus on the O gauge hobby.
Boo hoo. I've spooned the tears of self pity out of my coffee and I'm networking to land elsewhere.
Need to get back to the rails!!
Add me to that list. Lots of promise and little result. Gone from home a lot more and less money...hoping I didn't fail life 101! Haha!
A new employment position that turned out to be not as advertised? Does such a thing ever happen?
Or does such a thing ever NOT happen?
Sure glad I retired. 
Greatest mistake-overbuying. I started as a collector and had to have one of everything P/W that Lionel made. Then I became an operator, focused only on the Eastern Roads and went with the better rolling stock. Between the vintage and operating pieces, there are so many trains here that they could never be all displayed or run. When you get inundated with trains you just buy selectively.
Not committing to one or two road. At the present time all my locomotives are Santa Fe.
In the years gone by I have owned:
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Rio Grande
I have an ABBA set of Atlas O Western Pacific F3’s on order (due out 2nd Qtr of this year). That will pretty much cover all the major “Pacific “ railroads in North America . But hey, I am gonna need some non-Santa Fe power to haul my 12-car WP-CZ.
Must be nice to have the resources to overbuy. Many of us don't have that luxury.
Selling some prewar that I should have kept.
"2. Dale also told me the the most important thing; THESE ARE TOY TRAINS! It doesn’t matter how much ballast, weathering, painting, building or sound-proofing you do, it is still a toy train. Whether it’s a simple loop of track or a grand layout, I love seeing trains run and my biggest kick is when a small child or an older soul sees the train run they get that look of wonder and joy. "
There it is. The most positive comment -- the comment of the century -- about our hobby.
Tremendous.
Steam Crazy posted:Must be nice to have the resources to overbuy. Many of us don't have that luxury.
First depends which price point your at. Second that's why some of us sell the trains we have so we can buy something we like better.
rtraincollector posted:rtraincollector posted:Keep buying more trains, knowing I have no where at all to put them, then selling lesser quality to make room.
Whats really bad I'm still doing it LOL
That's what collectors do, doesn't matter what the objects are.
Once in a while I take a break from buying and selling.
But eventually I start up again.
Waiting too long to start building a layout. When we moved into our new house in 2010, I should've started building the train room right away, but waited until the winter of 2012, and finally finished the room the end of 2014 and assembled the benchwork in early '15. I'd be a lot further ahead if I hadn't waited.
Waiting for my parents to buy me that first train set when I was 4 years old. If I'd focused on toy/model trains from the get-go instead of wasting time learning how to walk and talk I know I could have had that first train set and started running trains at least two years sooner.
I can’t think of any errors I’ve made in the hobby. I’ve enjoyed every aspect of the hobby, even perceived mistakes. I learned from those and the resulting improvements enhanced the fun I have with trains.
I can honestly say that I have not regretted any train purchase I’ve ever made. I love them all! I only regret the trains I wanted but didn’t buy ...... yet.
walt rapp posted:selling off all of my almost-all Pittsburgh related engines and cars to get into tin-plate. Gosh I miss seeing those cars running around on my Christmas Layout. Also a big loss: selling off my Aerotrain.
All regrets
- walt
Walt ...when I buy a train I always seem to keep it forever I don't like the hassle of selling things...but if you ever decide to go more modern again I will sell you back your two EL RS3s still named "PIRATES" and "KENNYWOOD" for exactly what I paid for them from that vendor in Monroeville...100.00 each.
Not realizing the difference between 0-27 and scale equipment and having to (at a loss) cull the former.
Not making the jump to O/O27 gauge sooner. I turned my nose up at 3 rail far too long and got burned out on model railroading. Getting my dad's old Lionel set out one Christmas got me back on track. So much for my misspent youth in HO. LOL!
Ditto on that one Andy!!
Mark Boyce posted:Ditto on that one Andy!!
Me three!! I still have all my old HO and N gauge stuff though. Boxed and put away.
carsntrains posted:Mark Boyce posted:Ditto on that one Andy!!
Me three!! I still have all my old HO and N gauge stuff though. Boxed and put away.
I sold all mine and used the money for two daughters tuition payments. Unfortunately for them, it was a drop in the bucket.
So far the greatest error I can think of on my layout is not drilling holes for wiring before I put they plywood on top, that makes it difficult to run wires for accessories and other things.
I am sure I will be making many more seeing as I just started.
My biggest mistake, for being in the hobby for only a few months? Twofold ...
1. Buying things that I think look really cool, and that I want on my layout ... that isn't even built yet! How do I know it'll fit, look at home, on my layout? I have no freaking clue! I suppose I'll find out soon enough.
2. Overpaying. Gee, I really need that train. So I buy it, only to realize that I probably spent $30-$50 more than I needed. An expensive lesson to learn, but hopefully it'll keep me from making that $100+ overspending mistake.
tcochran posted:So far the greatest error I can think of on my layout is not drilling holes for wiring before I put they plywood on top, that makes it difficult to run wires for accessories and other things.
I am sure I will be making many more seeing as I just started.
Or drilling holes and running the wire through it knowing after you put the connectors on it, it wont fit back through the hole!!! And the 12x6 layout I just took down? I had ran a white wire around the whole layout to power accessories. That layout was up for a year and I never hooked anything to it. Menards buidings have plugs and adapters. So do Woodland Scenics!!! : )
Jim
