After awhile, it gets tedious to haul out my rolling stock for an operating session. To remedy this, I decided to build an industry that would also serve as a storage box. To that end, I designed and built a building from acrylic that is 42" long by 24" wide. It's 23" tall at the peak.
It's a storage box, so I made it to handle 14 pieces of rolling stock. Two layers of seven cars each.
From the outside, it's just your typical industry. I covered the clear acrylic with brick sheets from Precision Products. The roof is covered with strips of non-skid material; black glue is used to represent the tar. Windows are made from 1/2" hardware cloth, framed by styrene angles.
The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.
Thanks. You can see more at my web site. I just use some 23" strips of TUFBoard to hold the trains on the second layer. They lay across the acrylic supports and the wheels straddle the board.
Hehe. Yep, how do you carry such a monstrosity? While building it in my workroom, I just would wrap my arms around it and lift to tilt it on it's side or end. It wasn't too bad, plus I built it on a large table, so it was alway elevated, which made it easier to work on.
With the addition of the steps and loading docks it became more cumbersome. My wife helped me carry it outside - sans roof. We just tipped it on it's side and moved it up the stairs and out to the layout. We carried it by the edges, much as you would carry a long box....which is basically what it is.
Now the only thing that I'll lift is the roof - and i just grab it by the edges and lift straight up. The building will not move again for the near future.
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