Collecting

[Balrog21]

How in the good Lord's name do you amass over 8,000 pieces of rolling stock that is 90% dedicated to an individual rail line? Jeez!

[jward]

who did that?

[Balrog21]

some nut on Ebay...he's selling them as well...i can't even imagine what 8,000 rolling stock boxes would look like all stacked up at once! He's selling bunches in huge lots of 20's, 50's, 70's...it's nuts!

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

Gee. I thought I was like a cat lady with trains, with 23 computer paper boxes full, plus a number of sets in their set boxes, but that guy has me beat. (Kind of a relief, too). 

And my collection isn't all the same railroad. Indeed, some of my stock is for railroads that didn't exist at all, didn't exist in prototype/1:1 scale, or only existed "in celluloid."

[jettrainfan]

I got 200 pieces of rolling stock probably, collecting sense I was 12 probably, but only about 120 have metal wheels and knuckle couplers. this is a ruff estimate but believe it or not... the 120 part is near spot on. I'm 17 now with a job. If your truly dedicated and its your main hobby, its easy. my other one is drag racing and I buy a $20 shirt 1-3 times a year. Just giving a ruff idea of how people get so many trains. 

[Jerrys HO]

B21

I was looking at that in the e-mail you sent me. This must have been someone who bought out a closing hobby shop's inventory. Let's hope so or this guy is worse than all of us.

Jerry

[TimR]

Which scale? What road? I can't find it.

[jbrock27]

Yea Bal, how do we find this obsessive-compulsive, hoarder dude?

[Balrog21]

I must say I think it's going to hurt him putting all these up at one time though....maybe some of us will get lucky...I reached my limit on one though...it's worth more but 250.00 was my limit. *sigh* why couldn't i hit the lottery last week!!!! ARRRRGGGHHHH! I've also noticed that he's shortened the auction time to 5 days now instead of the original 7. =)
B

[Balrog21]

Which lead to my next train of thought...How big is his layout that he runs most of these on?

[jbrock27]

Thanks Bal.  No bidding competition from me, I promise.  Just curious for a look see.

[jbrock27]

How about it?!
For me, throw the JC Penny catalog in there too!

[jbrock27]

MY Goodness !!

I had to stop looking, it was just too much.

[Joe323]

 A few weeks ago CSX posted a roster of all its rolling stock on Facebook including locos and it was 64,000 or thereabouts.  This guy might be trying to beat them.

[Balrog21]

I think he is Joe! =)