what percent of your engines do actually run

40+ command 100% command are run at least once a week. None mY of post war. 3 proto 2's as spares are run every couple of months and will be given to my kids next christmas.

All of them except my 700E.

100% here, I also keep them well maintained. Any problems with my rolling stock or engines is repaired/fixed.. ASAP

B.N.

100%

100% of all 29 engines are in perfect working condition.

All of my 48 engines will run but I can't run them all. I can only get 4 trains running on my layout at once and two or three sitting on the passing sidings. 

I have close to forty command control locmotives and all are in good running order.  As with other members I jump on issues when they occassionally occur and get my locomotives back in service as quickly as I can.  Bill B. 

All 15 MTH engines running well and often!

I have 60 engines/motorized units. I've got 4 down right now. Everything will be back up and running by summer.

 

I run mostly my new stuff. However when I get in the mood to run MPC or Postwar I'll stay on it for a  couple weeks at a time.

 

I keep a spreadsheet of when everything was last oiled and greased. This way nothing gets neglected. It's easy to do and keeps me honest for how well maintained my stuff really is.

I would guesstimate that about 80% of my engines see regular service.  I do have about 5 engines that are put away in boxes, only because they aren't that important to me.  I also have some 15, or so, engines of Chicago & Northwestern prototype, which really haven't been run for a year or two.  And then, there are 5 engines that are on the RIP (repair in place) track waiting to be fixed, upgraded or simply gotten rid of.  At York last year I found a little 0-4-0 Hornby engine from the early '30's which needs repair and restoration but when done, will only see occasional service like my other collectable trains from Lionel, American Flyer and Marx do. 

 

Everything I run on the layout itself is Command Control, TMCC, Legacy or DCS.  No provision to include conventional control on the layout itself, unless the CC engines are removed from the tablework.

 

Paul Fischer

I have sixty seven engines, counting A-B units are two units.

Two are on my workbench and will run when they leave it.

Five don't run (four electronic, one mechanical)

Four run rather poorly by modern standards (Lionel and Marx pre- & Post-war)

The rest do actually run.

 

Only 28 - fewer than half -- have been run in the last year, though.

 

Also four more used-to-be-engines are disassembled in my parts bin and I gave away one loco that needed TLC (for a total of 72 engines I've actually bought). 

 

I run only conventional.

All of my post-war engines run fine and well.  Beyond that, my newer non-command engines also do fine.  I'm afraid to test out any of my PS1's - I just let them sit. 

 

Now about the newer stuff - I run everything that haven't thrown a tire.  That's my biggest problem.  I've got about 20 subways, and quite a few have tires off.  They sit.  About five of my MTH PS2's also lost traction tires, out of about 20.  Lionel TMCC, Legacy and Vision are all running just fine - no tire issues, no other problems.

 

My Vision Challenger had to make a visit to the Lionel hospital for an antenna problem, but she's back to health now.  Knock on wood, that's been my only Lionel problem.  Even my K-Line engines are running just fine.

 

I've got to learn how to deal with those tires!

 

I have about three dozen "scale" three railengines which all run and I run them all. Some a lot more than others,

100% of my modern locos that have TMCC or DCS systems run perfectly and they all get their time on the tracks. A few conventional locos have issues with e-units or sound that may prevent them from being used.

I have over 200 engines. From a few Lionel leftovers from the fifties to Lionel conventional and TMCC. Weaver, Wiliams, Atlas, 3rd rail, and MTH which are mostly PS-1's. Out of all of them so far I have only 2 that are not runing. A lionel because of a split gear and an MTH with a board problem. Because of so many PS-1's before I try them out I switch out the battery with a BCR first....................Paul

From postwar and MPC to the present, I have well over 120 engines. I run them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All run

i have over thirty engines,steam and diesel.i run every engine at least once a week.no engine sets idle for very long.

 

i have a mixture of dcs and tmcc engines as well as postwar.i do find myself running the command control engines in conventional rather than in command mode.

 

i enjoy running the engines using my lionel cab-1 controller.

 

terry.......

All of them run. But my two Early Williams Hudson's without flywheels look very clumsy running down the track. So I guess they could be considered shelf queens. At the time they were issued I believe they were the only 3 rail scale Hudson's other than the 773.

 

I have Forty engines from Post War to the present.  MTH, Lionel, WBB all are operational.  All go on the track during the year.  I have like all who run trains experienced some problems, if so off too the Local Hobby Shop. 

 

Nothing better than running trains.

 

Many thanks,

 

Billy C

I have about a dozen and all but one have seen the track!!

I'm a slave to what my son wants to run but they all get run sometime over the year

23 steamers

21 ready willing and able

1 need to order a couple parts

1 a Northern project from junkers

some get run more than others but all get run.

I don't wanna start lyin' to my wife, so I have never counted 'em up...what I don't know will never hurt me.  Do they all run???...of course!!!

All the ones I use run just fine

 

Maybe I should say, all the ones that ran when I purchased them, still do so.

 

 

And of all the ones I have purchased that either did not run, or were very incomplete, probably 50% of those now run.  I, unfortunately seem to purchase projects faster than I complete the existing ones.

 

There's probably 140+ engines from 1915 to pre orders for 2012.  So I would guess all told 75% of them run.

Just stopping the replies to this topic

have 9 misc engines. i run all EXCEPT lionel gp-38 chessie 6-28827. has a chewed up drive gear that lionel cant get me motor unit for. anyone have an alternate source ?

100%

 1lionel u36 b 36 years old and runs good   1 marx  36 years old   1MTH Railking 4-6-0  1MTH Railking SD70ACE all run good

Except for two Beeps still in their boxes, and my old 1950s 681 that sits on a shelf, I run all the others.  I only own 10 engines, I think, but I'm not home where I can count them.

I think about 99% runs, but I only run command nowadays, so I likely don't run more than 15% of them.

Of that 15% it's mostly steam that I run. Lionel, MTH, and K-Line scale.

 

Rod

All have been test run or operated a short time to make sure everything operates.Most are MTH Premier PS2,Lionel JLC series/RS4.0/RS5.0/Legacy,Third Rail and a few Williams scale diesels.I DCS and Legacy together on my layout.I can run up to 8 trains at a time.

 

Ricky

I have over 200.  Most of them are MTH.  I have 8 Lionel, 2 K-Line, 2 3rd Rail and 4 Williams.  Everything runs.  It is a bit of work to keep everything running.  I will not let anything in my collection  that is a non runner.

100% of 6 locomotives.

My engines run, to stay on topic.

BUT I think you guys are crazy telling the world how many engines you own.

  Ron did it right - he didn't even tell HIMSELF how many he has!

Good question. Let's see... I have six engines, all on the layout. Four have their own train and associated track so run all the time. Two are parked in sidings. I run one of those rarely. The last needs new bushings or something (sounds like a banshee) so never runs. So 83% are run  

I have 11 out of commission right now 

Wives can be as sharp as they want to be.  If she asks him "Do you have more than 100?" and he says he doesn't know he may be telling the truth.  If she follows up with "What is your best estimate on how many you have?" it would give considerably less wiggle room.  

I have 14 locomotives. They all run in some manner but I am in the process of converting them to TMCC. I run mainly the TMCC ones bit occasionally put the conventional ones on the track for testing. I have two with antenna issues that I haven't fixed yet but they still run. I can only run three trains at one time so 14 is really more than I really need. So I'm trying to decide if I should sell some of the conventional or continue upgrading. I like the upgrading process because it tests my electrical skills but I find that I have little time to work on all my train projects.