On Average How much do you spend on buying new trains and Layout improvements Yearly?

Tim,

How much you spend on trains has a lot to do with your personal financial situation, your available room for running/storing trains, What your individual interests are (collecting/running/historical) and how much an interest you have in Model Railroading. It is different for each person. As for me, I choose to never discuss personal financial matters on the internet so I will leave my answer generic and not provide my personal spending.

Well put.

Goes hand in hand with how much is your car payment, mortgage, real estate taxes, rent, etc.

Not relevant to most discussions and nobody's business. 

One can read between the lines for a ballpark idea.

It doesn't help your request when your own numbers don't readily make sense either (not that I would have given a number anyway).  $5-$10 a year on track when you state you paid $150 total means you've been purchasing that set of track over 15-30 years.

-Dave

Most of us, at least me, spend a lot more on trains than we tend to realize.  A real wakeup call is when you do a spreadsheet and total up what you have spent.  That's not necessarily a bad thing, but as we spend small amounts over a long period of time the totals will surprise you.  It is good for insurance purposes, but may be harmful to spousal relations. 

Art

How many guys just let out a big AMEN after reading Art's last line?

One million dollars!

If I told you, my wife would find out.

My wife has access to my train inventory, so she already knows how much I spend.  However, she would be very mad if her friends found out how much she lets me spend on trains so I never talk about it.

I never add it up. Have you ever golfed, old cars, etc? What hobby doesn't cost $$?

I'll third this, especially the it's "nobody's business" statement.

I fall in the range of... Less than I want to and more than the wife knows!

Enough

Tim,

Unless I am mistaken, your picture shows you in a scout uniform. Are you of High School age? Older? Younger?

This topic comes up every now and then. It is always interesting to read the responses.

I imagine the amounts spent are all over the ballpark. The biggest factor seems to be how much of a priority our hobby is to you. The more interest usually translates to the more spent. 

At that time I was in High School now I am entering my 2nd year of college. I will be 19 on Thursday.

So was there a typo in your track calculation, or have you been buying a few pieces each year since you were 4?

(I know that comes off as harsh, but I'm just trying to make a point)

I hope your studies go well.  (and that you continue to enjoy the hobby)

-Dave

My answer: big enough to enjoy but not too much to hurt. 

BTW, I appreciate the general discussion and the vagueness of the answers - I see that I am not alone.