Like some of you may be, I am signed up with a couple of dealers, only three that I can think of, and with their announcements, and the catalogs, it seems there's a continuous feed, can it be called a glut, of engines that are released. I thought to myself, the hobby must be doing very well. Then I took a look at my upstairs train room (A room that is a disaster area yet it de-clutters the already cluttered basement, though that is with construction materials) and realized I am one of the buyers, albeit a small timer, of this stuff . The fact is, I've got more engines and rolling stock than I can possibly ever use. What I don't see advertised and released are buildings and accessories, at least not very many or interesting items. I'd even venture a guesstimate that the O-gauge hobby is 75% engines, 24% rolling stock, and 1% buildings/accessories, by volume of sales.
Anyone else see this in similar vein? Or, how do you the O-gauge hobby in these times? Has it always been like this?