It's Train Show Time!

That's pretty impressive.

That really is impressive, Chris. How do you keep everything so neat and organized?

Where is your train room?  Is that an attic?

Looks like a basement with the drop ceiling. I would hate to have to lug all that stuff upstairs. I think that might be the way to go at my house, doing a modular layout.

excellent  do the member own the modules or the club?  Whereis the location of the room with the blue sky and clouds? and  Do all the members have access to it?

steve

Now that is what you call  "promoting the hobby"

i admire your dedication to the hobby. it looks like alot of  labor and time to do this for each show.your portable layout looks better to me than the "magazine layouts" that are 90% scenery. thanks for sharing.-jim

The train room is an upper story room, not the basement. You can tell from the stairwell in the first and second pictures. Actually, the wall with the heater has two blanked off windows. Looks normal from the outside.

The individual club members own the modules they make. I actually have more modules than I can put up at once in the room. Some get stored underneath the layout, and others get stored in a warehouse.

It takes us about 5 hours on average to set up, once we arrive at the site, including unloading the truck. It takes about 2 hours to break everything down and reload the truck. Of course, having a bunch of hands available helps!

Half the battle when doing modular displays is figuring out how best to transport things, have them arrive intact, yet still be able to set up quickly. And the modules are not getting any lighter as we get older!

Chris

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