I am on limited funds. As in my wife won't let me spend a whole lot of our disposable income on trains. So I actually donate plasma to get my spare change to buy toys like my trains or other hobbies.
My likes and wants tend to be northeastern based trains especially New Haven or Metro North passenger stuff. I grew up near New Haven and when I was a young kid, I was fascinated by this old man who lived at the same retirement home as my grand parents and had a really awesome double/triple dog bone layout in the basement of the building they lived at. They lived in Whitney Center in Hamden, CT back in the 70's through the 90's, grandpa died in 2003 still there. Often wondered what ever became of the layout.
I was young, probably 10 years old. He gave me some stuff, some old Tru-Scale ho track that I never utilized and ended up giving away to someone who could use it. He also was a New York, New Haven, and Hartford modeler who liked the McGinnis era which is one of the reasons why I like that era.
So for me I collect stuff that I can afford but I prefer passenger North Eastern based stuff but I ain't picky, beggers can't be choosers. 
