You guys make a good team Peter.
Thanks for the PSA too! 
There have been many superlatives about Tom's attention to detail, but Peter, you hit it right on the head: "masterful"! And thank you for the PSA about eye protection.
My goggles are from Inorganic Chem lab in 71-72......they've come in handy over the years...
Peter
Just scanned the last 3 pages of your thread. You’re killing it, Peter! Well done! It looks fabulous and you are doing a methodical and great job. 👍
George
@Putnam Division posted:Let's look at the space.....the attic is approximately 30x40 at the 5' knee wall.
This project has also showed me how "healthy" model railroading is as a hobby......since I retired, I am doing over 20K steps a day.......90% of them in the house, going up and down the stairs, carrying loads......
Peter
Don't forget all of the Model Railroad Yoga you will be doing, spending endless hours crawling under your new train tables, contorting your body while wiring your new layout. I believe if you doing this and keep yourself well hydrated, you will enhance your physical well being. Being a physician, you know this better than anyone.
Your mental and emotional well being will also be enhanced by all of the puzzles that you will solve by building and operating the large, complex layout you are contemplating, and the exhilaration you will experience embarking on this most creative endeavor.
Wishing you all the best, Peter. Arnold
Organic Chem! I think every scientific discipline in college uses Organic Chem to weed out the week in the heard. Glad you and the goggles made it through.
@Putnam Division posted: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
Yeah, always wear something, and most important, cut away from yourself whenever possible. I gave myself a nice cut in my finger when I built my Christmas tree layout. After so many years of the company I used to work for preaching safety, I became the statistic for getting hurt at home. Just a jab, but still a pain. Good work Gilly & Peter.
@Arnold D. Cribari posted:Don't forget all of the Model Railroad Yoga you will be doing, spending endless hours crawling under your new train tables, contorting your body while wiring your new layout. I believe if you doing this and keep yourself well hydrated, you will enhance your physical well being. Being a physician, you know this better than anyone.
Your mental and emotional well being will also be enhanced by all of the puzzles that you will solve by building and operating the large, complex layout you are contemplating, and the exhilaration you will experience embarking on this most creative endeavor.
Wishing you all the best, Peter. Arnold
Arnold, you have such a way with words! Of course your line of work deals with words, so you should be a pro! Model Railroad Yoga! I love it!
As to the organic chemistry, I was able to skip chemistry all together and use a meteorology course as my last science. We had a prof who grew up in Italy and had lots of fun with his pronunciations. He was great! Most of my courses were electronics as I've mentioned before. I found it boring, but my mum couldn't stand for students quitting or changing majors; even though I was paying every cent of my education.
Peter, you and Tom are like a well oiled machine now! What was Tom's line of work? It had to be something that required precision.
First car displayed:
Custom painted Atlas 50' box car by Christine Braden
1st passenger set displayed.......my 20th Century Ltd set from 1983.......
1st PostWar set display......a New Haven set from 1962 which I acquired maybe 10 years ago.....
Stay tuned! Next installment comes tomorrow!
Peter
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There’s trouble in River City! Car, progress looks great! JohnA
Peter, you don’t realize the quantity of the shelving until you see the wall with just one boxcar and all that space around it. Nice job on the boxcar. It looks like something that could have rode the real rails rather than just a club car.
@John A posted:There’s trouble in River City! Car, progress looks great! JohnA
😄 👍🏻 Reminds me of when our younger daughter played ‘Marion the Librarian’ in a college musical!
Good evening Peter and happy new year. The shelving on your walls looks great. Very impressive! I wish I had half that space. Taking out those trains and putting them on those shelves will be a labor of love. If you are able to fill all the shelves now, you have too many trains
. Good luck with the construction of your layout. See you at York in April.
Erol
@Putnam Division posted:First car displayed:
Custom painted Atlas 50' box car by Christine Braden
1st passenger set displayed.......my 20th Century Ltd set from 1983.......
1st PostWar set display......a New Haven set from 1962 which I acquired maybe 10 years ago.....
Stay tuned! Next installment comes tomorrow!
Peter
Queue the regular discussion... what do you plan to do with all the boxes, Peter???
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@Putnam Division posted:The boxes go back into the containers in the store room.
The door leads to a 9x30 store room.....
Peter
Queue the envy 
Pretty soon those shelves will be full Peter.
@Putnam Division posted:The boxes go back into the containers in the store room.
The door leads to a 9x30 store room.....
Peter
9x30 is larger than a lot of layouts!
Peter the shelves will look great when the are holding all of your trains. I’m wondering if you have a display plan in your mind as you place them on display? Or as they come out they will go up? Just curious since my limited display walls are only segregated by prewar on one and postwar/MPC on another. Enjoy your next few days on your display journey.
Great work!
Can I ask what type of extruded aluminum shelving you chose?
Steve
@SWM Trains posted:Great work!
Can I ask what type of extruded aluminum shelving you chose?
Steve
Glen Snyder Display Systems......I believe their website is
gsds.com
Peter
@Rich Wiemann posted:Peter the shelves will look great when the are holding all of your trains. I’m wondering if you have a display plan in your mind as you place them on display? Or as they come out they will go up? Just curious since my limited display walls are only segregated by prewar on one and postwar/MPC on another. Enjoy your next few days on your display journey.
Sort of......basically, winging it.....I suspect I'll re-arrange when I'm done
Passenger trains on one wall.
Engines grouped together in a few areas.
Favorite PostWar and MPC/modern cars/sets store of together.
Peter
More trains unboxed and set up on shelves......I suspect I'll re-arrange before I'm done....
Stay tuned for the next installment.......this has been a blast!
It is so much fun to take these beauties out and think about where to put them......in the case of the Bradleys .....they were my Christmas present from 2020 and have never been out of their boxes before......
Peter
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Peter,
This looks like it's so much fun. It's really giving the room its name.
Dave
Those shelves look fantastic! My advice is to get a maid and make sure she has insurance. 
@Mark Holmgren 110217 posted:Those shelves look fantastic! My advice is to get a maid and make sure she has insurance.
I'm planning on dusting the shelves at least twice a month......
Peter
One thing I didn't consider but I bet you have is how much are you going to pop onto shelves before the layout is built? I would not think to over populate the shelves if you are going to be swinging layout bits about. How is this going to play out Peter?
Peter, this is an amazing train room, the shelves are so neatly placed, your trains will be the main characters, and it’s a Wow. Thank you for the updates, I’m sure that you are having fun, we are to. Happy Railroading Everyone
@Putnam Division posted:I'm planning on dusting the shelves at least twice a month......
Peter
Good plan!
@Dave NYC Hudson PRR K4 posted:One thing I didn't consider but I bet you have is how much are you going to pop onto shelves before the layout is built? I would not think to over populate the shelves if you are going to be swinging layout bits about. How is this going to play out Peter?
Dave....I already know that I can fill all the shelves, probably twice over. I'm also using this as a time to thin out my collection and update my excel spreadsheet. I'm going to be selling stuff off that that I will not be using.....
In addition, I'm not putting my coal drag cars or juice train cars out....they'll be in ready boxes in the storeroom. I'm also going to thin out my PostWar sets by at least a 1/3.
It's time.....
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:Dave....I already know that I can fill all the shelves, probably twice over. I'm also using this as a time to thin out my collection and update my excel spreadsheet. I'm going to be selling stuff off that that I will not be using.....
In addition, I'm not putting my coal drag cars or juice train cars out....they'll be in ready boxes in the storeroom. I'm also going to thin out my PostWar sets by at least a 1/3.
It's time.....
Peter
Just make sure you don't bonk anything when doing layout work. I'm sure you will be fine though. I know if it was me, you would be hearing stuff fall all over the place.
you folks with open shelves like this clearly don't live in earthquake country... But it does look great. I envy the room - both on the shelves and what appears to be a large room for a layout.
@Putnam Division posted:First car displayed:
Custom painted Atlas 50' box car by Christine Braden
1st passenger set displayed.......my 20th Century Ltd set from 1983.......
1st PostWar set display......a New Haven set from 1962 which I acquired maybe 10 years ago.....
Stay tuned! Next installment comes tomorrow!
Peter
Now that is some shelf space! Awesome!
Making progress......boy, this is fun!!!!
....and I'm deciding on what to keep and what to sell.......
Peter
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You got some really awesome options here 
Good luck deciding haha
Peter,
To be totally honest, all I can say is that I'm jealous of all that shelf space. To make me feel better, you could at least buy me a beer at York from all the money you make selling trains.
Erol
What a great looking room--nice!
Just amazing what one can do with money and space. Looking good.
Peter, where is the New York Central only wall? I see a mix of road names. Hmm, guess it is one of those big mix railroads you've got going there, eh? Well, we're all like that. Our main railroad is not our only railroad. It good to have some competition, lol.
Starting to enviously eye your amazing New Haven collection!!! Should be fun when you get all the shelves filled and then you start saying - well... maybe that would look better over there
