Suspended railway systems??

[cpr_sw8]

I seek advice on using and installing commercial an home made suspended systems.

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

[#welcome]cpr sw8 Is something like this what you are looking for?
This runs around the top of the train room attached to the sloped ceiling...Tim Mitchell

[lionelsoni]

This topic comes up frequently. I suggest that you do a few searches, with words like "suspended", "ceiling", "all-thread", "bracket", and "shelf".

[dougdagrump]

Welcome aboard !
I agree with Bob's suggesstion. There are a lot of factors in determining what type of system you will eventually decide to implement.

[Anonymous]

I'm not big into this hobby yet (forgive me) but I did pull my old Marx O Scale out of the attic a couple of summers ago. Because space is limited, I simply ran the track over the bookshelves in my den (one wall) and then extended it using simple L-brackets and 1x6 or 1x8 boards (depending on whether I wanted scenery behind the track).

Being slightly ambitious, I also filled out one corner with a plexiglas square supported in the back by the book shelf and in the front by a long bolt that connects into the ceiling with one of the butterfly nuts from a plant hanger. The bolt runs though a piece of pvc.

Ed

Oh, Pictures are here --> http://www.mediaokra.com/rrtopshelf.htm

[spankybird]

Hi Ed,

Here is a link to a thread I posted on posting photos
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20382

You may have to use a different host for your pics to allow posting them on the forum.