I have collected several sets of passenger cars that are specific to a given railroad name. And, most are in the 9-12 car length size. Plus, I have some, although not nearly as much, freight rolling stock. I am planning to build a set of shelves (with ends to keep them from rolling off) on the walls of my media room, below the shelf tracks that I have. For those of you that have built shelves out of wood, especially 1" x 5" or so, have you cut grooves in the shelving material for the "wheel flange" of the wheels or made it wide enough to accommodate the entire wheel? Just curious what most folks are doing. I don't need to cut these dados deep, but wide enough to keep them from getting accidentally bumped off of the shelf. Any thoughts here? By the way, the shelves will be approximately 14' long for the cars and on a separate wall, I plan to put up different shelves for my locomotives. Thanks!
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