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For April’s poll, I want to revisit the spending question I first asked around this time last year.  Last year 49% of the participants indicated they would spend between $1,000 and $3,000.  It will be interesting to see how much that number changes this year.  To participate in the poll, scroll down the page a bit and the question will be located in the right hand sidebar. 

The results of the March ‘07 OGW Poll are final and surprisingly (to me) more than 53% responded that they don’t collect/run other scales.   I expected at least half would have indicated they collected/ran other scales.  For those that do, HO topped the list, as I expected, follow by a tie for second place between G and N scale.  Click here to see all the results.

O Gauge is my favorite scale but I have a small HO layout I set up on a 36" x 80" door.  I built it to run my old HO collection from my childhood but quickly became a fan of DCC when I discovered I could purchase an inexpensive DCC system and DCC equipped locomotives from Bachmann.  My kids and I enjoy both the HO and small O Gauge layouts we have.  Do you collect/run scales other than O Gauge?  Let me and other OGW readers know by participating in the latest OGW Poll.  Scoll down the site a bit and you’ll see the poll questions posted on the right side of the page.  You can view the results of prior OGW Poll questions here.

For the October/November 2006 poll questions I wanted to get a feel for what types of O Gauge trains people collect.

Question 1:  "When buying O Gauge locomotives do you focus on a few specific road names or have no preference?"  72.7% responded they focus on a few specific road names.

Question 2:  "What type of locomotive do you collect?"  Two answers tied for the top spot, Steam Engines and a mix of Steam, Diesel and Electric engines with 36% of the votes.  This was a bit surprising to me because I expected a mix of Steam, Diesel and Electric engines to be the top answer.

Question 3:  "What type of cars to you tend to collect?"  90.2% responded they collect freight cars.

Question 4:  "What model train manufacturer do you collect?"  Lionel topped the list with 42.9% of the votes.

Click here to view all the results of the October/November 2006 poll questions.

Thanks to all who participated.  December/January’s poll questions will be posted shortly.

Related Posts:
OGaugeWatch.com Poll Results - September ‘06
OGaugeWatch.com Poll Results - August ‘06 
OGuageWatch.com Poll Results - July ‘06

The October ‘06 OGaugeWatch.com poll questions are now available.  This month I am focusing on the types of trains in your collection.  Click here to participate in this month’s poll.  Thanks.

Dave

For September’s poll I focused on the Christmas layout.  76% of the OGW readers that participated in the poll will be building a Christmas layout this year.  Only about 5% will be building a Christmas layout for the first time this year.  Over 63% will rebuild their Christmas layout every year instead of storing a permanently mounted layout.  And 80% located the holiday layout under the Christmas tree.  Surprisingly, only 21% will put Christmas themed buildings, like Department 56, on the layout.  I expected this number to be higher. 

Thanks to all who participated in September’s poll.  The October poll questions will be up shortly (once I decide on the questions).  See the detailed results of the September poll here.

Dave

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OGaugeWatch.com Poll Results - August ‘06 
OGuageWatch.com Poll Results - July ‘06