There are several heavy duty wall-mounted brackets listed in this e-tail site that would hold more than enough weight to suffice for large scale railroad much less anything smaller.
http://www.hardwareandtools.com/icat/shelfbracketsheavy/
I have planned and am beginning to construct a 28x28 basement perimeter wall layout approximately 54" off the floor using the 13" x 20" brackets. My "shelf platform" is made up of mostly 28" deep x 48" long sections, with additional triangle sections added to the inside of the corners. The track plan is a folded dogbone with a seperate branch; 60% of the layout has two tracks on the shelf - one elevated in back (closer to the wall) and the one nearest the front edge is mostly at "ground" level. With 1,000 lb capacity per pair of brackets, I am not worrying about weight. The rating requires heavy connectors into a masonry wall; for a bedroom you would use 3" lag screws and I think total weight rating would be a bit lower (500 lbs per pair) but still more than enough.
Al
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cabbage wrote:My solution with furniture was to saw the legs off until they fit underneath my track, (as I did with my chest of draws), or to cut slots into the back of the wardrobes to allow the track to pass through them. Although I am now 50, and I was 14 at the time, I still think this was a good solution to the problem -and so does my 8 year old son!!!What my mother thought of my solution -well I think you already know....regardsralph
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I am planning to mount a shelving unit to the perimeter of my sons' bedroom with O track/train. Has anyone done this and have advice? Anyone know of companies that sell wall or ceiling mounting?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
anne
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