@Putnam Division posted:A big event........the track from Ross arrived yesterday afternoon!
My Dad would have been excited......he started me with a Marx Monon set in 56 and a Lionel Super O New Haven set in 58.......and, Nov 30th would have been his 98th birthday!
Peter
Where's the rest of the track? 
Obviously, you beat the porch pirates to the goods. 
And why are the boxes still taped shut????????
Peter,
This is great! New train boxes always motivate me to want to work more on the layout. I must say, your grass is looking pretty good too!
Dave
Good morning Peter,
Please be kind enough to leave the boxes outside your house as I am leaving New Jersey now to come to Richmond and "borrow" (ie steal) the Ross track you received . Thanks.
Your (probably former) friend,
Erol
Ah! Great! I will expect to see an article about the completed layout in the very near future. Keep in mind, Peter, that I am not getting any younger and I need to get stuff in the magazine before my vision diminishes a whole lot further.
I also go good news from Tim at Mianne......just a few weeks more for the additional benchwork......since I’m tied up with the modular layout display until mid-January, the timing is perfect!
The 1st thing I need to do is put up the Glen Snyder shelving.....
........ this is VERY EXCITING!
Peter
Peter, you have lots of wall for shelving, so I expect we'll see a really huge display! 
I'm about out of wall for the shelves...
Progress continues.....the word from Tim of Mianne is that the additional benchwork hardware in a few weeks.
Glenn Snyder shelving to go up after the 1st of the year.
....and even though it is 28 degrees outside, preparation of the RossBed continues (I am a little intense)....drying occurs in the garage where it is 60ish degrees....
Grand dog Rufus is helping, too.......
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!
Peter
I admire your persistence, that's a lot of Rossbed to paint out in the cold. I do like the Rossbed under their switches.
Might I suggest a larger paint booth?
Looking good Peter.
Looks great Peter, the Rossbed under the switches will really look good, I kinda' wish I had done that.
I’m glad to see progress is being made and look forward to seeing more after the first of the year! Rufus is doing a great job overseeing the work!
Peter, wish I would have taken more time like you are, I am sure it is going to look great when you're done!
Lots of progress with infrastructure......
I took advantage of the Spring-like weather this past weekend to get all the RossBed spray painted.....
In addition, Tom (Gilly@N&W) came over today to put up my shelving.....hopefully, one more day and we'll be done!
Progress is being made!
Peter
Looks great Peter!
Can’t wait to see your trains displayed. It’s really starting to take shape.
Looking forward to continued progress.
Tom is certainly doing a great job making sure the alignment is correct! Your trains will look great on the shelves!
I can picture all those shelves filled with trains!
-Greg
Peter,
This is exciting. With the help you are receiving from Tom, I thought of the song "That's What Friends Are For". Anyways things are looking real good. Keep the progress coming.
Dave
Peter, those shelves look great. That's some serious display space you have there. Got a brand new paint booth just like that for Christmas but the grandkids commandeered it for a fort and are sleeping in it.
Tom
Tell Tom he is doing a great job.
Thanks for all the kind words.......let me show you how great Tom’s skill is......this is level 7 on the north wall and northwest wall.......I think that is mighty good!
Happy New Year, folks!
Peter
Peter: That bubble looks to be .2mm out! But really, great job. I know that you are really getting excited.
Keep the posts coming.
WOW! 73 six foot Glen Snyder shelves are now up in the new train room......Tom (Gilly@N&W) did a masterful job!
Here are the pics of the completed shelving..........
Look at how beautiful the corner came.....the attention to detail with the hip roof!!!!!!
36" shelves....perfect for large steamers and two unit diesels......
Looking forward to taking out the trains this week!
Peter
Looks great Peter. Tom did a nice job. Can't wait to see them start filling up.
Bob
Peter,
Tom set the stage for a wonderful showcase of your trains. Awesome!
Dave
@Putnam Division posted:WOW! 73 six foot Glen Snyder shelves are now up in the new train room......Tom (Gilly@N&W) did a masterful job!
Here are the pics of the completed shelving..........
36" shelves....perfect for large steamers and two unit diesels......
Looking forward to taking out the trains this week!
Peter
Looks like a great train room Peter!
Please post pictures when you get all of the trains up on the shelves, so I can show my wife that I'm not so bad !!
Wow, your going to have a truly unique and wonderful train room, it’s a beautiful work in progress, thanks for the updates, keep ‘‘em coming. Happy Railroading Everyone
Gorgeous!
Peter and Tom!
Excellent job, Peter and Tom
Just a great looking train room.
Shelving? You need to run them not shelve them!
Pictures do not do that train room justice. It is well on the way to being a magnificant layout. It was my sincere pleasure to spend a few days with my dear friend putting up these shelves. We had some learnings along the way. Well before the end, we had worked out a process for getting these on the wall!
Like you, I can't wait to see these shelves filled with trains! While Peter didn't mention it, we used every piece he had. Scrap is religated to gondola loads. We ran short by 1/4" on one section. Good luck finding it.....
Gilly
@CurtisH posted:Shelving? You need to run them not shelve them!
Curtis, I think Peter must have enough trains to fill a layout that is twice as big as this monster room can handle!
A first-class job by Tom, and now you have a whole lot of beautiful shelving to display a whole lot of treasured trains. You two guys obviously work very well together.
Peter, now the real question is do you have too much shelf space, or not enough engines and rolling stock to fill them? That is of course a silly question because everyone knows that there is usually something on the layout, the shelves are just for what is not on the layout.
That being said, did you buy enough space to house quite a bit with room to pop more stuff on there, or just enough to alternate stuff out?
I find it very satisfying that you got to put the shelves up and get the room done up BEFORE you had anything in there. That's the best way to get it done.
Isn’t it a principal of science that nature abhors a vacuum, so trains will expand to fill all available shelves???
That is a magnificent installation, Peter & Gilly. As others have said, can’t wait to see your collection displayed on the shelves. And if you more shelves than trains, there is always York and Forum Sponsors 
@Allan Miller posted:A first-class job by Tom, and now you have a whole lot of beautiful shelving to display a whole lot of treasured trains. You two guys obviously work very well together.
A selfie of both of us while nearing completion.......
....and a reminder.....wear your safety glasses like we are.......when you are generating "little pieces" of stuff!
Peter
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