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Building the Rock Ridge Railroad with the slowest construction crew west of the Pecos.
Hello...I'm looking for some help. I'm VERY new at the train thing, however have always had an interest. I recently purchased an Lionel "O" scale "ready-to-run" set and would like to build a shelf around a room to run it on. My initial plan is to have a very simple, single rail around the 12' x 14' room. My thought was to have a shelf just wide enough to carry the track. I was looking for a very clean look, in that, I wanted to minimize the use of under shelfing brackets. This will be in a lower level of a tri-level, with a drop ceiling. Obviously, I have very little room to work with. I have exactly 6" from the top of my door casing to the ceiling. However, I believe this to be enough room using a 1/2" to 3/4" board. Being that I'm planning on using a very narrow shelf, I was looking for opinions on how to secure the shelf in a way to keep it "clean" but sturdy. I would love to see any photos of shelf top displays that you may have and/or pics of the contruction phase of that display.
Thanks. My e-mail is: rejaw@sbcglobal.net