Train storage

[majnnj]

Hello Kim
My railroad was designed with my 12'x16' shed in mine, and has a little locking
door and covered entrance for trains to enter and exit, plus inside shed it parks
in a seperate enclosed area to prevent dust and things falling on trains
with hinged doors to remove trains. all the electronics are inside as well
and maybe a little refrigerator for beers, and cable TV, plus phone
my wife calls it "Man's Land" I just need running water and a toilet
see ya
mike

[Anonymous]

Hi John,
I considered this at length and thought I would have a proper train door built into the lean to, that was until I saw the price for it! I am running a spur into the lean to but the track will have to have a lift out section where the door is, no great hassle really, just something else to make!
Cheers,
Kim
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[John Busby]

Hi Kim
My two live steamers live on a piece of track in the lounge
the rest lives where ever there is a flat surface in my hobby room..
The plan hmm we know about those! is to set up
a station in the laundry with storage shelves for all but the live steamers.
Our laundry is an out building that can easily be secured but the question is how do I put a waterproof dor to let the trains in and out.
regards John

[CandCRR]

In the Unlikely Treasures Forum there is a discussion about storage tubs that can be used (Safe Storage Tub for Annie and Coaches ). Most of mine are in the tubs under the bed and my engines are on book shelves in the spare room.
Jaime

[van buren s l]

Kim
Right now my stuff occupies any vacant flat spot I can find. I had hoped to use some space in the kitchen for a train cabinet but now it looks like another cabinet would eat up too much space. What I'll probably wind up doing is keeping the cars in the garden shed and the locomotive on a dedicated shelf indoors.
Bob
PS Good luck with your storage project!

[Anonymous]

Right now, I found rubbermaid clear storage boxes that hold 3 cars each and stack at least 6 high. I use a strip of packing material between adjacent cars.

I plan to build a spur that enters the garage to store trains, but want to come up with a rotary elevator system to handle multiple storage tracks, like the rotating wire rack in Home Depot.

Regards, Greg

[cacole]

I built an elevated track that runs onto a shelf inside a metal storage shed. I can run my trains into the shed, where a turnout ladder allows the selection of 4 sidings for parking trains. I have more rolling stock than those 4 sidings can hold, so I move the excess up onto a higher shelf with tracks on it using my 0-5-0s (hands).

[bman36]

Hey Kim,
Mine are in the house for now. Once my line gets extended this summer then I will be able to run them in via the basement window. All my staging will be done above the washer / dryer in the laundry room! For now it's still carry in / out. Later eh...Brian.

[vsmith]

All my stuff is indoors, I plan to eventualy keep everything outside in the garage, this is after we rebuild the garage and drywall and a/c the thing. If we do all the stuff we have planned to the house I will loose my tiny closet workshop but should gain a new studio/work area in the Garage.

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

Where do you store your trains when they're not in use? Mine are all over the house, on the welsh dresser where the plates should be, stuffed under chairs in the sun lounge and where ever I can find a bit of floor space. Gail has agreed that this can't go on so we are having a train room built at the side of the house. Nothing glorious, basically a lean too the length of the extension, say 10' by 3'6" wide, all the width there is at the side. It's being built out of plastic, like a conservatory and will be very secure with proper doors with 5 point locking systems. I've given the joiner the go ahead & I'll post some pics when it's done.
Cheers,
Kim
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