Chief......I showed my son-in-law "The Box" or as LAZ calls it "THE WRECK TANGLE" and he was completely blown away with what you have created. Inside and out. He wanted to know if the wifey Pam has a set of keys. :-) JACK.
IF IT WON'T COME LOOSE BY TAPPING ON IT, DON'T TRY TO FORCE IT. USE A BIGGER HAMMER.
Thanks guys. Howard, they do have a special lifetime member rate every so often.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Chief, The Train Box is just GREAT!!! Thanks for sharing!
John
Wonderful Train Box Chief. You and the wife have both done a great job! The layout of your track looks great, I really like what you are doing with the yard area. I hope you'll continue to post progress photos! Bo
Yearly member but hope to become life member in the future.
Banks, windows have blinds that are closed. Sliding doors have deep tint added [that to my son, Frankie]. That also cut way back on the summer sun heat that came through the doors. There will be 2 foot tall Masonite around the walls with backdrops attached. This will also cover most off a window. The mountain [where the hole is] will cover [or almost cover] that window.
lion88roarWho is paying for the fuel??? I would love to see what Buckeye would do to it!
You should get the Tardis crew to move it for you,
Chief the layout looks great!!!!!!!!
Aren't you concerned the sunlight from all those windows will fade things??????
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Soooo.....you're saying CTT would support a layout of the month club????
Becky
Trains, trains, wonderful trains. The more you get, the more you toot!
I'm thinking we should have Chief build a layout in a pod, then ship it from person to person to everyone can add something. A little scenery here, a little hobo scene there ...
Bob Keller
fifedog dbaker - - I like where this is going; instead of a car exchange, we should have Chief's Box exchange. We could ship it to a new member each month, add our own touches, take pics to post, and move it along. BRILLIANT!
dbaker - - I like where this is going; instead of a car exchange, we should have Chief's Box exchange. We could ship it to a new member each month, add our own touches, take pics to post, and move it along.
BRILLIANT!
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That is looking great Chief !
Charlie a.k.a. MichiganRailRoad714 (Charter Member TTC)
Whaaaat Chief? No close up of one certain custom beaver pond accessory????
Hey it looks great!
Regards, Roy
Actually now I have a opperating layout I would love to do a car or even engine exchange. That would be great. we should look into that again fife
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Penny Trains I'm not a firearms enthusiast per se but I do enjoy lithium deuteride thermonuclear weapons. Becky
I'm not a firearms enthusiast per se but I do enjoy lithium deuteride thermonuclear weapons.
Well Becky, that's the great thing about toy trains, you can run them every day. You can't nuke somebody every day!
Wayne
WHOA !! That is really fantastic. The outside looks like a professional job, and its always been there. Surprised you don't have people asking about selling or wanting to move in. I think the Roseyville Chamber should add it to their website, as a major local attraction.
The layout is going to be fantastic, looks like their will be a lot of activity and have trains running in the background while specific tasks are being performed. Really super! You've made a lot of progress in the time you have had available. Keep up the good work!
Thinking what I could do with a pair of insulated wire cutters, a small tow truck, some wheels (just in case), and a few hours under the cover of darkness. Would only need to go 2500 miles once was on the Interstate. (Of course my intention would be good, protecting "The Box" from an attack of Snow Canons.)
You're living the dream!!!!
Don
Ya know, I think it needs some G-gauge in that garden. Perhaps Buckeye could lead a raid to help set one up.
Turned out nice, Chief.
Firelock76 Very, very, VERY impressive! I've got a "Chugger Barn" of my own in the back yard, not as impressive as yours, only 10X14, but I enjoy it just the same. I see you're an NRA "Benefactor". I'm an NRA Life Member myself. I wonder how many other firearms enthusiasts out there are into toy trains as well?
Very, very, VERY impressive! I've got a "Chugger Barn" of my own in the back yard, not as impressive as yours, only 10X14, but I enjoy it just the same.
I see you're an NRA "Benefactor". I'm an NRA Life Member myself. I wonder how many other firearms enthusiasts out there are into toy trains as well?
Life Member here.
Chief, very nice setup - wish I could do the same - maybe some day.....
beautiful!
Dave
It's a TOY, A child's PLAYTHING!!! (Woody from Toy Story)
Chief, I'm gonna say you did good.
couldnt have built anything close to that size for that money.
i like it. should have left a bed room for when the wifey acts up. LOL
Ryan
Hi Frank, the layout and the box are super impressive. The outside is very nice and something you can be justly proud of. I can't get over how hands on you are being a man of many talents. Sounds like you did a great job on the wiring and remodeling. If I ever make it to your part of the country again, I would love to see the box. Thanks a bunch for posting all these pictures.
Ray
SPMan
Zero Export Chief, pretty slick idea... how big is it? what kind of costs / head aches were involved in moving it? Ryan
Chief, pretty slick idea... how big is it? what kind of costs / head aches were involved in moving it?
14X40. $1,000 jack up, move and set back up. 20 miles. Grady, neighbor, owed me money so he did ceiling removal and we all removed walls. Had plaster ceiling over tongue and grove 1X4's. After plaster removal, crown stapled thin plywood to 1X4's and painted. Put the best tongue and grove subflooring Lowe's had over subfloor. Got special sale on foam snap-together foam shop matts for walkways [Harbor Freight]. Painted walls. Use the electric stove circuit for 240V to under main part of layout. Breaker box under there. Split. One side all transformers [4 ZW's], TIU and Legacy/TMCC. Other side outlets and etc. Throw on breaker, all come on. Throw breaker, all dead. Red "pilot" light next to sliding door to insure I turn off breaker before leaving.
OH, cost of the Box was $1,500. Got washer and dryer [sold]. Side by side frig with ice in the door [took to lake house kitchen]. Microwave [in workroom in Box]. Took full fiberglass shower out [sold]. If I had sold frig and microwave, would have broken even or made money over cost of unit.
I did electrical so buried number 4 stranded 3 wire with ground 200 feet $200 Grady again buried cable [put in used conduit and plastic pipe to insure Wifey does not dig and cut]. Since feeding from 100 amp circuit in shop, bypassed meter base [straight wired across meter poles] and used main breaker there. Drove a neutral for extra protection [shortest distance to ground]. Also adequate main breaker inside in main box. Replaced all old breakers with new ones. Made a lot of new circuits to break up old ones for better control.
Used most of 2X4's from old walls for framing bench work. Main cost was screws, OSB board [bottom layer of bench work] and two layers of Sound Stop [top layers].
Came with mini split heat pump. Was not adequate. Did replace that this winter with Trane energy efficient larger unit. Wasn't that expensive.
This was a double wide that one part burned. A mobile home mover remodeled it to make a beach house. Full bath, great room, utility and two bedrooms. SIL bought and had moved from beach to Louisburg to FIL's backyard. She lived in it for two years. It was empty for 6 months. FIL's threatened to burn it.
Always said I wanted a separate building for layout instead of bedroom and a walk-in. Never believed it would happened. One day Wifey said she would pay for the Box if I'd pay moving. You guessed the answer.
That is the story of the Train Box.
PS: I built front deck from Builder's Discount kit. Back deck came with the Box.
Magnificent! There is so much to compliment! I love the bridge by the door - the crane that will probably end up working the yard - the landscaping outside looks great. If you spotlight the flag, then you can fly it all the time!
So glad the beaver made it to this layout. Will you build up a mountain in that corner? Is that the plan?
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Zero Export Cheif, what is that? the back half a doublewide, and just closed in the rear wall? Just doesnt look built in place. just wondering Ryan
Cheif, what is that? the back half a doublewide, and just closed in the rear wall? Just doesnt look built in place.
just wondering
Half of a double wide that had been converted into a single wide beach house. Bought it cheap, removed the inner walls except utility room which is work room and train storage.
Very nice and people thought I had plenty of room. I like the bridge at the door. You'll have to get a vid of that in action when you're done.
Chief
Looks good. Lot of good time investment there.
Is that realtrax you are using, btw?
You need to get a Reb artillery crew to go w/ the missle, lighting the fuse and stuff...
Bob
Tucson, AZ (aka the Ol' Pueblo)
Home of the Mt. Graham & Arizona Eastern Boiler Shops
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