An analysis of my freight equipment, by manufacturer

[bbussey]

When time allows, I've been trying to weed out non-prototypical models and "obsolete" models (meaning a subsequent more accurate model is now available) from both my New Haven era and Conrail era freight fleets.  In the operational fleets, I've known for a while that MTL items were no longer a plurality.  But interestingly, for the first time in many decades I would imagine, I'm on the verge of MTL cars not being a plurality outright in my entire collection.  Here's my Top Five for each era:

New Haven:
    Mfr              Active fleet qty     Qty total
    ATL               64                     84
    MTL               52                     99
    IM                 47                     57
    ATH              15                     22
    RC                13                     13

Conrail:
    Mfr              Active fleet qty     Qty total
    ATL             56                       107
    MTL             41                       127
    RC              25                        47
    TWX           20                        --
    ATH            15                        25

ESM is 6th in the NH fleet (10) and 8th in the CR fleet (eight) respectively.

What I really need to do is get the total quantity down to just the active fleet, or close to it.

[Denver Road Doug]

Just curious, what is the criteria for "active fleet"?

[bbussey]

Just curious, what is the criteria for "active fleet"?

Operational or designated for operation on the layout, as opposed to just having it on hand.  I intended to run all of it at one point, but it's accumulated over the decades and is just too much now.  Currently, if I buy something new, then something old gets unloaded or re-purposed.  For example, I unloaded my entire MTL New Haven 40' boxcar fleet over the past two months, because the Atlas and InterMountain cars fill the void.  The only MTL New Haven boxcar I still have is the 50' plug door that shows up in the Railwire banner rotation, and that will be gone eventually when I get around to kitbashing one of the Athearn cars with a new camel door.

[wcfn100]

I just grabbed my first box of MTL stuff to get ready to sell.  I don't even want to know the ratio of what I plan on using and the total.  I think a Bankers box holds about 180+ standard MTL jewel cases and I have maybe a box-and-a-half to sell. 

Jason

[Kisatchie]

I just grabbed my first box of MTL stuff to get ready to sell...  ...I think a Bankers box holds about 180+ standard MTL jewel cases and I have maybe a box-and-a-half to sell. 

Are you selling them on eBay, or here, or both?


Hmm... and me with only
$2.73 to my name...

[wcfn100]

Are you selling them on eBay, or here, or both?


Hmm... and me with only
$2.73 to my name...

You've been PM'ed.

Jason

[Kisatchie]

You've been PM'ed.

Thanks. Got it!


Hmm... I've never once
gotten a PM...

[craigolio1]

Thanks. Got it!


Hmm... I've never once
gotten a PM...

Here in Canada we have a PM you're welcome to. Oh sorry I couldn't resist.

[Kisatchie]

Here in Canada we have a PM you're welcome to. Oh sorry I couldn't resist.

Hmm... we'll trade you
our president...

[Van Horne]

Hmm... we'll trade you
our president...

We'll take that trade . . .

[Blazeman]

Watch it boys.

[PAL_Houston]

We'll take that trade . . .

...and here I though Canucks were better educated, and not so gullible?

[GaryHinshaw]

To get us back on topic...   

Here is the breakdown for my current fleet (excluding the 10% or so I haven't put in my spreadsheet yet).  All but a tiny fraction are current era and all are potentially in active service

Company	Qty.
Atlas	95
Red Caboose	85
Intermountain	74
ExactRail	44
Athearn	37
Walthers	19
BLMA	16
Kato	16
Deluxe	14
MTL	13
FVM	10
Bluford	8   (all Laurel Valley)
Con-Cor	4
Huberts/LBF	6
Trainworx	3
Total	444

Go Atlas! I was surprised how high Red Caboose ranked (mostly auto racks & centerbeams).  BLMA and Kato should be higher in practice because many of those cars are 3 or 5-unit spine or well car sets.

[basementcalling]

Here in Canada we have a PM you're welcome to. Oh sorry I couldn't resist.

It's not the first PM that causes problems. Once they go plural they cause issues every month I am told.   

[Denver Road Doug]

Well, I'm not sure the OP was eliciting comparison posts, but I guess it's better than politics...here's mine.   

Atlas                   121   21.6%
Intermountain      85   15.2%
Athearn               61   10.9%
PM/RC                 54   9.6%
TrainWorx           49   8.7%
Deluxe Innov       48     8.6%
Micro-Trains        48   8.6%
Other                  23   4.1%
Walthers              22     3.9%
E&C/LBF              16     2.9%
BLMA                  16   2.9%
MDC                    14   2.5%
Kato                    4    0.7%
Grand Total   561