Train storage

[Anonymous]

Did I say my last post? Bud, that's what I call train storage. T Jack see you next spring no problem. Troy, know where you're going but if I can't hinge the work top up I can't get the rubbish out or get the lawn mower to the front.......what, fool that I am, I've made it so I can still mow the grass!! Time to start scattering train bits all over it! Cheers Troy, that was a close one!
Cheers,
Kim
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[Anonymous]

Kim,I'll do a deal with you.
If,after one month,you can still put that flap up (i.e. it's not covered with train bits) I send you the price of a pint...[;)]

[tangerine-jack]

Very cool, Kim! I can't wait to see it in person, maybe next spring?


[oX)]

[BudSteinhoff]

http://www.largescaleonline.com/eimages/lsolpics/Team_Member_Pics/bud/park.jpg
This is my parking garage 12 ft deep, sealed and in the porch.
Bud[8D]

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,
Last posting from me on this one. The 'Engine Shed' is now fully shelved out with a workshop area and everything train has been transferred into the shed from the house and garden shed. Her indoors is well pleased and promised me a pint later on, I would have had one anyway[;)]
A few pics showing the completed project, the only trouble is I only have one small shelf left for future purchases, mmm, that wall in the lounge would look good with some shelves on it[:D]





The work top folded down.


The work top folded away so it's still a walk through.

Cheers,
Kim
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[Train 284]

Mine are indoors for now, once I ever get around to building the extension to the metal shed, then they will be stored there.

[Anonymous]

5 gallons !!
You lucky sod.
'Dry a a desert'-- I bet your mouth was in the morning [:D]
Look forwrd to seeing the finished product Kim.

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,
Well, the new train room finally got finished today, the concrete floor is hardening up as this goes to press, the trains are going on shelves on the wall shown. This weekend will be set aside for power and shelves and then the trains are in. Had a friends and family day on Saturday with a Denver & Rio Grande wood burner on the tracks, a few pics.

The brother in law brought along 5 gallons of Phoenix Arizona, complete with hand pump and pump clip, wonderful...........




The usual suspects.........








A fun time was had by all, especially when there was only 3 of us on the Arizona!

Cheers,
Kim
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[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by kimbrit

Joe, is your HO outdoors? I read your post as saying it is. Ian (powlee) over here used to have an HO outdoor layout and he went to G - opposite to you. Have you any pics that you can post? i would like to see your set up.
Cheers,
Kim
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Yes Kim,it is outdoors,and it has been for over a year. When i think its going to rain, i have a large tarp that i cover the main area.All my equipement stays outdoors all year long. As far as the pictures ,i allways have a problem sending them. At 73 the technical
end seems to complex for me. Thanks for your interest.

joe

[smcgill]

Kim
My train rolling stock are in the shed on shelfs - the loc's are in the house!
My layout is small (now) when I exspand I will buid a large storadge / shed so trains can drive right inside!

[Anonymous]

Joe, is your HO outdoors? I read your post as saying it is. Ian (powlee) over here used to have an HO outdoor layout and he went to G - opposite to you. Have you any pics that you can post? i would like to see your set up.
Cheers,
Kim
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[Anonymous]

With my largescale layout outdoors, i built from a discarded pool sides,a train house that was over eight feet long. It had two tracks,with a switch to power both tracks, on the outside wall. I had this arrangement for thirteen years.It stayed in the housing summer and winter, never had any power problems.
I made the roof hinged,so that i can get at the train if needed. At first,i added doors with a lock,but after a while i didnt even lock the doors.Being fortunate no
one ever stole anything from me. Now i sold everything,and i have a HO layout
34 inches off the ground,three loops, and its sixze is 48" x 30 feet. The first 4'x8'
is enclosed with plexiglass,with the top and front panel removable. This is where i park the locos and cars ,when not in use. Under the layout in a pullout drawer are my power packs. This is my thing since may 2004,and i never enjoyed this hobby as much i do now.

p.s. my g scale layout was also 34" off the ground (too old to kneel)

[Anonymous]

Eric, my joiner, tells me that he will be starting work on this at the end of this week. Keep you all informed.
Cheers,
Kim
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[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by iandor


Queensland is an odd place to be fashionable you must have agarage and it must have white storage units, remote control doors at front. A roller door at the back so you can take your boat right through etc. here a man is judged by his garage, if it is not up to what they think it should be you get ignored and eventually asked to leave the state.


rgds ian

Ian, sounds like Ohio[:D] I have two, any the Mrs. still scrapes snow in the winter!

[markperr]

Unless I need to put them away for extended periods of time, my running train is primarily stored in the tunnel on my layout, and no, I don't worry about theft. Haven't had a reason yet.

Other stuff used to be stored on some track on shelving in the garage but that space has been reclaimed to store more important(?) things, so now it just sits where I can find a space for it.

Mark

[TheJoat]

I was keeping mine on a shelf in the garage, but the real pain was in carrying them outside.

So, I built this carrier.


Holds 4 cars at a time and allows me to take them outside easily. Also handy for carrying in the car. They are stackable and lightweight. Have a few of them now.

[TonyWalsham]

I've always wondered about banana benders.

Now I know.[;)]

[Tom The Brat]

hehe. My shop is in an area zoned "Industrial" so I can do about anything I want[:D]

Our Her house is way out in the country, 300 ft from a 1 lane road, and we she can do about anything she wants.

[Anonymous]

People moving to gated and restricted communities has been one of the major sources of equipment for me. I love'em. Wouldn't live in one for all the tea in China, but they make people sell their equipment for cheap, and allows my railroad to grow!![swg]

I guess my values are alot different than other peoples, but I can't see having some group of people, "that didn't help me pay for it", telling how to live in it, or what I can do with it.[:(!] But then, Individual freedom has become only a memory in the US![:(!]

[grandpopswalt]

Seems like many, if not most, new homes in the US state of Florida (the leading retirement state) are located in "gated" or "restricted deed" communities where virtually every activity is monitored and controlled by a committee of your neighbors. Probably couldn't store your trains in the garage much less have a garden railroad, what a terrible way to live!

Walt

[Anonymous]

Kim I have allocated several shelf spaces in my garage, and they are neatly segregated into locos, carriages, box cars, industrial things like concrete mixers, cranes etc.

Queensland is an odd place to be fashionable you must have agarage and it must have white storage units, remote control doors at front. A roller door at the back so you can take your boat right through etc. here a man is judged by his garage, if it is not up to what they think it should be you get ignored and eventually asked to leave the state.


rgds ian

[CandCRR]

John,

I just had a thought for your doors. I just installed a window air contitioner but did not use the side wings because my windows are a weird size. I am saving the wings to make "industrial doors" for a yet to be built building because they are weather proof and about the right size. Maybe something like that could work for you. If you don't know what I mean I could take a photo of it and it may become clear.

Jaime

[John Busby]

QUOTE: Originally posted by carpenter matt

John, maybe you could look into some comercial type pet doors[;)] might fit the bill.

Hi Matt
Had thought of that trouble is I reckon the dog might think its her door and use
it[:(]
What I really want is something that looks like loco shed doors with hazard stripes.
regards John

[GP-9_Man11786]

I keep my trains in a steel cabinate I baught at Office Max. It has a built-in lock to keep my trains secure. I have a lot of money invested in my equipment and the lock gives me piece of mind.

[Anonymous]

John, maybe you could look into some comercial type pet doors[;)] might fit the bill.

[Anonymous]

At the moment the scratchbuilt stuff lives on shelves in the dining room.The locos live in the conservatory and the rolling stock wanders around the garden depending where the children got bored of pushing it.
I have a passing loop that goes through the shed and when I can I'll get some more points from e-bay and build my tram depot.I'm very wary of sidings as they have to be cleaned rather carefully (I KNOW you don't have to do this with battery) to allow for point to point running.I've thought of display cabinets but the size reqired would be unacceptable to Wifey.I like to scatter them about.Makes great conversation for dinner guests.

[Anonymous]

Hi John,
The guy who is doing the work has done all the work at our house and he's very reasonable. When he did the windows I paid the manufacturers myself so I knew what his charges where. I did toy with the idea of self build but you pay for the expertise! The cost includes a new concrete base extending to my flagged area in the back garden, supply and fit of the unit, it has opening windows at the side of the doors, triple glazed roof and new barge boards on the extension to lap the lead roof seal under. All topped off with new guttering on the extension. As stated before it will work out about 10' long by 3'6" - 4' wide, I must measure it tonight! Anyway, it will give me at least 6 shelves x 9' long and enough storage for all of my gear for years to come.
Cheers,
Kim
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[John Busby]

Hi Kim
thats why I will do it myself when I find out how cuting the hole puting in the little cross beam is straight forward its making the doors and weather sealing them I am not sure about.
regards John

[Anonymous]

Nice one Mike, Unfortunately the lean to is being built accross the access from the front of the house so it will have 2 doors in it to allow right of way from front to back so the train space will be along one wall only. Still , I'm not complaining to much in case Gail says stop, it's costing £1600 with the doors being nearly half of that, conservatory material doesn't come cheap in the UK.
Cheers,
Kim
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