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Hi Ignacio, No, sorry no plans. It was just something that came to me as I was reading your posting and the other replies. <br /> <br />I think something could be put together if it fitted your needs. If you wanted it just to shuttle trains to, say a lower level, then only one platform would be needed. If you were looking for it to be the actual storage center then you would have to build a structure of maybe 4 or 5 shelves seperated by a solid spacer. The shelf units would have to be fairly ridgid figuring you would want them around 3 or 4 feet long. The mechanism for raising and lowering would be the tricky part. I would figure a threaded rod in each corner that would be mounted on some kind of box on the floor with a open bearing that the rod could thread through. A sprocket gear with a threaded inside to match the rod. The gears would have to be connected to each other with a chain. Thus when one rod turned they all would turn the same amount. The top of the rods would fit into some kind of cup type bearing block on the bottom of the bottom shelf. As the rods turned to go down they would pass through the bearings on the top of the base. If your really wanted to get fancy you could put the base on casters to roll it away and roll another one into place....(chuckle) <br /> <br />I enjoy coming up with crazy ideas like this as sometimes you actually hit on something.....Walt
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