I sold a bunch of train stuff this year-yet I am not gaining space.

Just commandeer the remainder of the basement!

Are there more Disney boxes creeping in?

DID YOU SELL OFF THE O-GAUGE AND BUY STANDARD GAUGE

It's the same with me.  Sell one, buy two.  The math doesn't compute.

I only added trains this year.  Now I'm beginning to understand how much room O Scale eats up!  There are boxes everywhere and there's no layout yet! 

 

I'm not gonna' be able to recreate Ogden and Cheyenne by not having hundreds of reefers and a lot of steamers...

 

But, I love the stuff so what the heck...

Without going into too much detail, it would seem that you have discovered a heretofore unknown continuum that exists in parallel to the Dark Sucker Theory. This will ultimately be explained by the derivation of Space Sucker Theory.  If the two continuum ever co-exist, you get all of your stuff back (which may, or may not be a good thing).

 

Gilly

Ding.... Ding..... Ding..... Ding.....  Ding !!!!!  

 

My exact scenario!  

 

 

David

Scott  

You need to do what I did get a bigger house. Went from a three story house to a ranch.

 The other half got wat she wanted.

I got bigger basement. Got twice the space now.

I didn't know this was a site designed to practice your vocabulary skills

 Boss, please don't be alarmed. This happens.

Usually when we create space, the ceo gobbles it up with plants and poofy stuff that we think has been there all along.

 You need to put sealed empty boxes there whenever you create the space. As soon as backorders show up, you can just put it in the box.

 When she asks remember, "that box has been there a long time!!"

I'm in the same boat.  I've sold a ton of stuff this last year and have no room for the few things I've bought.  I'm not sure were I was keeping all the things I sold.  I've even organized everything and there is still no room.

Guess it is time to think about moving.

Last winter I sold off a large amount of trains and when I look in the basement, I  don't know where it was because there is no more extra space.  It's scarey hahaha

Obviously, you are not keeping enough room between the boxes, for if they get close

to each other, they multiply.

If the laundry is in the basement you can get more space by moving it upstairs.  You just get one of those over-under washer dryers and they fit into a small space, even in a closet.  That's what we did at our house.  The basement is mine, all mine,  eeeyah ha ha ha. 

.....

Dennis

And it's still not enough!

 

Sell more, buy less.  You'll be surprised how that works and also provides pays the bills.

 

 

You could always ship the excess back to China....

 

 

This happens to me also.  Let me know if you find a solution.  Perhaps someone will invent a miniaturization ray.

 

Joe

 

 

 

When you sell a "Beep" & buy a Bigboy; you don't gain much room.

Ancient Chinese formula, sell equals purchases, no gain.

Don't worry Scott. There is always room for one more train.....SOMEWHERE

Larry

Scott and the rest of the Guys,

 

I have a different problem entirely, remember I was 25 years married before my wife discovered she was married to a grown up kid. My passion was suddenly reignited by a sickness in 2004 and a slow recovery from depression. I now have to negotiate back into my life a part of my childhood that has never died.

 

As for most of you who have tons and tons of space, I truly envy you. I have one side of a basement and a half a closet!

 

I know this blog will inspire comments like "this guy Mike should grow a pair" but it's difficult to accommodate and make room in my basement after more than half of the marriage was without trains, save for 1993 when Santa brought my  3 year old daughter the K-Line Christmas set that went around the tree and went over like a lead balloon. and was not repeated but went into storage.

 

I now own a ping pong table with a set of trains on a layout that is called "Boardertown".

 

Mike Maurice

 

 

 

 

I'm running short on space too.  I have plenty of attic space, but I'm worried the trains will get too hot there.

Finish it off, insulate it, and add an HVAC system to regulate the temperature.  Problem solved.  Don't buy trains for a year to pay for the remodel.  

I've got a partial floor up there and two attic fans that come on at 95 degrees or so... but the roof pitch is WAY too steep for a traditional attic setup.  I least I think so.  What is the max temp they can take?

That's what I did.....

 

 

Looking forward to heading "back up to the attic".... I have portable AC for now. My wife wants me to add a Mini-split next year. Yeah!!!

 

Gilly

Gilly:  Those are the MOST BEAUTIFUL trains tables in the whole world!  Kudos to you!

 

Bob Severin

Oh my gosh!  That is BEAUTIFUL!  Did you build those tables?  

Gilly,

i agree with Bob and Volphin, those tables are beautiful!  So is the whole attic, including the trains of course!

When internal space evaporated I went airborne in the Condo's garage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, Scott, sell one buy two or three does NOT work.  How bout a storage shed in the back yard?

 

You mean your church or transportation museum or Disney World won't let you store any of your trains there?  Sheeesh!?!?!?!

 

Rick

 Don't buy trains for a year to pay for the remodel.    Right, like that would happen. Now back to reality.

Did the same thing.  Sold some trains to make room only to pick up a bunch of the new lionel auto rack cars. So much for making space.  I store some of my stuff in my attic which is not yet finished but I have 2 attic fans set at 70 degrees which does keep the heat pretty much under control.  It can't be any hotter than sitting in a conex box crossing an ocean.

love the table work, like the room. I also notice how uncluttered the room is. So where are you hiding the rest of your trains?

Maybe I am losing my creative storage creativity?

I find it comes with age.  Good luck.

 Scott, I didn't know how much more space you needed.

  I remodeled the inside of my  doghouse. It now holds much more. I can send you plans. Big attic above too.

 I should have put in HVAC first! I'll be out there tonight.

Just trains went the extra mile and contacted me about a partial pre-order coming in. They wanted to know how I'd prefer it shipped. She's a little upset...............

 

This house was designed with the utility room (washer and dryer, etc.) upstairs....

only furnace eats real estate in the basement)  That was planned in case of advancing

age, wheelchair?, etc.  (and the stairs to the basement were designed unusually wide,

in case one of those rail chairs were ever needed, or, as I once had the experience of

helping heft a refrigerator up a stairway of two turns in an old farmhouse, so there

was room to move stuff up and down)