gunrunnerjohn posted:... However, there is simply a LOT of stuff! I figure the train stuff is going to be around 45-50 large boxes. ...
Seriously, I think some of us could easily fill a train store with our inventories. 
The worst culprits -- and I include myself in this category -- are the ones who purchased our trains while DREAMING of that big basement empire or barn empire we'd build in our retirement years. 
If I could do it all over again, I'd spend the $$$ on building the layout as early in the game as possible. THAT then becomes our built-in governor of sorts in spending... because you constantly SEE the trains either on display or in operation on the layout. Storing them away in boxes (for years and years) is an absolute guarantee to over-purchasing in the long run. I'm speaking with first-hand knowledge here -- as my wife will very quickly attest. 
