Well on the advice of a friend and my wife also, I did not want to store my train in a storage container or out in the garage. So yesterday I got a little creative and built me some shelves out of old cedar fence material for a rustic look that I think fits the era of the train. Here are 2 pics of how they turned out. I did resize the pics down to 1/25th the original size before posting hopefully that worked sfor the site requirements.
Sean looks great! For a start, What will happen when you end up with more pieces, WAY more? Next thing you know all 4 walls have shelves, stuff is on the floor etc. Nice start. The other Sean
I have a room in the basement 12 X 30 full of train stuff and 3 3X5 shelves in my office upstairs full of more train stuff. If this keeps up I will need to add on to the house.
Sean McGillicuddy said:That's the plan LOL.
Sean looks great! For a start, What will happen when you end up with more pieces, WAY more? Next thing you know all 4 walls have shelves, stuff is on the floor etc. Nice start. The other Sean
Geoff George said:Wish we had a basement!
I have a room in the basement 12 X 30 full of train stuff and 3 3X5 shelves in my office upstairs full of more train stuff. If this keeps up I will need to add on to the house.
Sean, sure like the picture of old Ephrim, nice shelves too. Jake
ps, I see what you ment about the wall color.
They look great on the wall. Might as well enjoy them. I was always storing my engines under a bench we have by the front door. My 9 month old found them and kept trying to get them. I waited until my wife was at work and i put some rustic shelves up on the wall by the front door. To my suprise my wife thought it looked nice. I was sweating it. LOL My rolling stock I store outside in a one of those small plastic shelving units that is enclosed.
Finally took a picture of my inside storage. Here is where I store my engines. To my suprise the boss thought it looked nice.
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This is my outside storage for rolling stock etc… Its not real big but dont ever plan on having a hudge inventory of rolling stock
How well does the outside storage cabinet work for you? Does it do a good job of keeping out the moisture? Have you thought about a de-humidifier? What about when the sun shines on it? Does the temperature reach toward extremes? I’m assuming it’s a manufactured unit like “Rubbermaid” or something similar. I ask because I want to persue something similar.
Thanks,
Bill Wright
This is my winter, spring, summer, fall train storage. It’s also the Burns Jct. Interchange on my layout.
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here’s the Interchange track outside the garage window.
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Bill Wright said:Its like one of those rubbermaid storages just a different brand. So far it works great. It sits in the sun all afternoon and has been through heavy winds and rains. So far noo moisture. I have not had any moisture buildup mainly because it does has enough ventilation for the moisture to escape. You can gget bigger and better quality units like this. I got mine at Lowes
How well does the outside storage cabinet work for you? Does it do a good job of keeping out the moisture? Have you thought about a de-humidifier? What about when the sun shines on it? Does the temperature reach toward extremes? I'm assuming it's a manufactured unit like "Rubbermaid" or something similar. I ask because I want to persue something similar. Thanks, Bill Wright
I have a small room - 10x10 - wall 1 has floor to ceiling racks with stuff end on - wall 2 has the work bench with end-on boxes and above that are racks with end-on boxes. In our backyard shed - only 6 x 10, one wall has racks on with end-on boxes, and the other long wall has a three-foot high work-surface - under which are a pile of end-on boxes. In the grarj, my office and workplace and shooting info library, one end has a pile of boxes, and the wall has a 4 x 3 glass-fronted display case full of my H0 stuff - most of which is cunningly hidden away up at the railway club, along with a bunch more boxes…
Needless to say there are always a couple of locos ‘on show’ for one reason or another - right now there is a Bachmann Shay awaiting its new Banta cab and an Aster BR01 pacific on the beautiful wooden display tracks my cousin in Wooler makes for me.
tac
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PS - Shoot! I forgot the backyard storage bin - 12 home-built skeleton log cars, four cabeese and three flats, plus all my paraphernalia to run the steamies.
PPS - SHE just reminded me that there are another four locos in the summer house thing stuck on the end of the house, and a couple of cabeese as well.
