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I keep a very tall and slender notebook. Sorta like a very long index card. On each page is a "Box" which happens to be a storage box numbered from one on up. Each of these storage boxes holds about 10 cars more or less. I list per page all the cars in that box by road name, color, and unit number. I try to group cars in blocks. For example, my three Covered Hoppers lettered for a fictional "Cold Harbor Coop" are together in Box 3, wrapped in paper, road numbers 3, 7 and 12. I leave about 3 lines under this entry to allow for additional cars if I build them in future. Under my work bench I keep a regular spiral notebook which I write down what I did that day and the problems I may have had. In the back of the notebook working forward I write in what I would like to have... for example, I needed a bolt of a certian size and kept forgetting it every LHS visit. I finally got the habit of carrying both books with me to train shows etc. My best benefit is avoiding buying ready to run products with duplicate road numbers. I check the possible purchase's road number against what I have in the book. My two cents. Lee
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