Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
David Russell said:
Brian,
I have been thinking about the plantings you suggested and they are all very good Idea's. We already have Hosta's and ferns(in the shady areas) My current issue is a train barn and where to put it???
I was goning to run them into the house but after final "CAREFUL" measurement instead of just guessing, in order to get them into the house the train must climb atleast a 5% grade?? I don't think that will work unless I break the train down .
My question is what are you guys doing for storage? Does anyone have a barn on the mainline somewhere?
I would like about a 24' barn if possible but will settle for 16'. I need some ideas and soon. I have browsed everyone's Train Shed and websites but didn't see many storage idea's?
Dave
David,
What does that carefully considered track alignment to get into the house look like?
Storing your trains in the house, by moving them on the track right into the house/garage/sunroom or whatever, is by far the neater solution than having “things outside”.
The “real McCoy” would be storing the consists, as they end up at the end of the day, without having to even split them. OTOH if they need to be marshalled for the next day I guess breaking them up is no big deal, either.
Hans,
Well it’s not that it is carefully considered, it’s just that is was carefully measured. I eyeballed it at first and thought it looked like maybe a few inches to climb. I need to go 16" in 24’ which leaves me with about a 5 1/4% grade. I’m only running 1 train for now as it’s a folded dogbone plan that I eventually plan to run DCC or a Train Engineer later for multiple operations with a few sidings for industry etc. But till I get all my stuff out I’m looking at about atleast a 25 or 30’ train. I have no problem breaking that down in half but the “cat’s rear end” would be to run them into the shed.
Warren ,
THANKYOU!!! I missed that but “yes” that is pretty much what I’m after.
I have a bunch of rescued 6" T&G redwood that some dummy was gonna throw in a burn pile for a party
The best pic I could find posted is this one. I would bring the siding off the outside track, about the 3 fence post’s out where the bend is,I purposley left that space for the run. I’m standing on the deck taking the pic and the posts are about 8’ o.c. Don’t know if I have it reduced enough to make it open but lets see if I can do this right?
http://saabpics.com:3000/gallery2/v/MrWinkey/Railroad/Finally+into+the+garden+100_+out+006.jpg.html
Nope?
http://saabpics.com:3000/gallery2/v/MrWinkey/Railroad/Finally+into+the+garden+100_+out+006.jpg.html
Thanks Guys
Dave