Peter,
Looking real good. If you ever decide to get rid of one of those PC RS11's...hint hint.
Dave
Congratulations, Look at all you have accomplished in one year!
WOW Peter, you're moving right along! Looking great. I would have to say you have more $$ in shelves then I do in trains! LOL
Well, in less than a week, I went from empty to nearly full. It's still a little chaotic, but that will improve with time to sort things out......
Some of my unit trains, like my coal train, my Juice train will be stored in "ready boxes" to take out and put away quickly......
Now, I am working to thin down the herd. The big pile is the stuff that I think I will sell.
The pile to be sold......I have to go through it to be sure......
You can see into the storage room here.....
I think doing this and getting organized before the layout is being built is a fortuitous....
Have a great and safe weekend......and a thank you to all who have been following me on this journey....
Peter
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You have an amazing collection Peter. I'm with you on doing this part first but now to look at all of the trains on the wall and not have anyplace to run them (besides the RC3R) would drive me nuts.
Out of all of it, I think the Green NYC E8 (?) set looks the best.
Bob
Nice work PETER!!👍👍. Make sure you leave some room for new purchases.😉
@laz1957 posted:Nice work PETER!!👍👍. Make sure you leave some room for new purchases.😉
I see a few empty holes. He should be fine for a week or so. 
Peter, This all looks so cool. What a beautiful train room!
Good idea on thinning the herd. Take advantage of having everything set out for viewing and consideration. This is the time to do it because if you put it all back in storage that's where it will remain.
@MartyE posted:I see a few empty holes. He should be fine for a week or so.
Still got stuff to go through......it's like Santa keeps coming.....
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:Still got stuff to go through......it's like Santa keeps coming.....
Peter
How many times have you said, "I didn't know I had this."?
@MartyE posted:How many times have you said, "I didn't know I had this."?
Too many......other comments include: why do I have two of these?
Peter
Someone may have alluded to this before, but how will you keep the trains on the shelves from collecting sawdust or getting accidentally whacked by a 2 X 4 once layout construction begins ? 
Getting all the trains out and inventorying them to see what you want to pass on to others is a good idea, Peter! The walls look very impressive now.
Richie does have a point about sawdust, etc. I kept my few trains in another while doing the heavy construction, but in an 11x11 room I couldn't do it any other way. If I recall correctly, you have a good bit of room to maneuver between your shelves and planned layout. Dust would still filter over, unless you had someone using a shop-vac to pick up everything as it is being cut. Or....do you have a special sawing room, that will be sealed off from the layout room? I know you thought of everything!!! 
Looking fantastic Peter. I am envious!
Dang, I remember seeing what you had on your shelves on your old layout and thinking that was alot....
Peter,
this looks great. Good idea to sort out what you want to keep before you go forward. It will make decisions simpler down the road.
I see your childhood New Haven set took it's high honors place. Nice!
Peter is using Mianne bench work so that will limit the amount of cutting in the train room.
@Richie C. posted:Someone may have alluded to this before, but how will you keep the trains on the shelves from collecting sawdust or getting accidentally whacked by a 2 X 4 once layout construction begins ?
Mianne Benchwork for the layout frame......
We'll just be careful when we cut the plywood sheets.....most will have minimal cuts.
Peter
@Mark Boyce posted:Getting all the trains out and inventorying them to see what you want to pass on to others is a good idea, Peter! The walls look very impressive now.
Richie does have a point about sawdust, etc. I kept my few trains in another while doing the heavy construction, but in an 11x11 room I couldn't do it any other way. If I recall correctly, you have a good bit of room to maneuver between your shelves and planned layout. Dust would still filter over, unless you had someone using a shop-vac to pick up everything as it is being cut. Or....do you have a special sawing room, that will be sealed off from the layout room? I know you thought of everything!!!
Mianne Benchwork.
We'll just be careful when we cut the plywood sheets.....most will have minimal cuts.
Peter
@laz1957 posted:Nice work PETER!!👍👍. Make sure you leave some room for new purchases.😉
Hmmmm.....I think I'm getting close to the "buy one/sell one" stage of my career.....time will tell.....
......maybe "buy two/sell one"......I need to get control of the inventory....
Peter
A mind boggling array of shelving and trains Peter, looking good! 
I wish I had space for that much shelving, I might be able to figure out where all the stuff under the layout is buried!
Love the shelving, looks great and very functional. I do wonder who has the pleasure of dusting...
@Putnam Division posted:Still got stuff to go through......it's like Santa keeps coming.....
Peter
Peter how I know that feeling I have unpacked stuff for the first time that I bought 15 years ago and forgot I had. I just finished another room in my basement that gave me more room to put up more shelves and unpack more stuff. But unlike you I don’t plan on parting with any yet! You are doing a fabulous job and the displays are looking fantastic. Keep up the great work and progress.
Peter, I forgot about Mianne! You have it all under control!
@Mill City posted:Love the shelving, looks great and very functional. I do wonder who has the pleasure of dusting...
Me!
Peter
I think it looks great! And if you're worried about dust during construction it's very easy to velcro plastic sheets to the walls to cover the trains.
-Greg
@Putnam Division posted:Me!
Peter
Hahaha...of course, you do. If nothing else, the task will allow the opportunity to survey your treasure. Your new train room is an exciting journey, can hardly wait to see where it leads to next.
@Mill City posted:Love the shelving, looks great and very functional. I do wonder who has the pleasure of dusting...
Peter I have found away to keep the dust to a minimum I have two very large air filtering machines with HEPA filters that run 24/7 in my basement/train room/man cave and they do a great job of keeping the dust down. Still dust but not near that often.
Peter, your train room and shelves are beautiful, but I'm curious to know what you and others think of having railroad backdrops.
I'm a big fan of around the walls layouts with railroad backdrops. IMO, the backdrops enhance the scenery, especially if they blend in nicely with the scenery, thereby enhancing photos and videos of the layout.
Here is an example of a photo of my layout with a homemade backdrop in the background:
The above photo or a similar one appeared in the Photo Albums section of CTT magazine about 2 years ago.
I believe it may be possible to have both: shelves and backdrops, with the backdrops a foot or two away from the walls.
What do you folks think?
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Peter - excellent work in utilizing available wall space!
Peter, You are better stocked than any O gauge train store.
Nice work there Arnold, I totally agree. One of my favorite benchwork jobs used this around the wall mural from Backdrop Warehouse:
This was a N&W logging branch line.
The Virginia Creeper along the Abingdon VA line. The 40" high bench work with a 36" tall mural and coved corners brings you totally unto the setting when you are standing in the aisle walking your train from town to town. Very immersing.
Always try to get the backdrop installed before the bench work. Otherwise it is a back breaking job.
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@RJT posted:Peter I have found away to keep the dust to a minimum I have two very large air filtering machines with HEPA filters that run 24/7 in my basement/train room/man cave and they do a great job of keeping the dust down. Still dust but not near that often.
What make and model might they be?
@gunrunnerjohn posted:What make and model might they be?
John: Mine are Bluraire 503. We bought them for the old house to keep down the dust from 2 pellet stoves and worked ok there but here only dusted a couple of times in 4 years.
Peter things are looking fantastic! Congratulations on all of the progress.
The backdrop turned out really well. Tomorrow it is going to need a foot of snow.
Rick, what size area do they keep clean?
Pete, WOW everything is looking absolutely beautiful !!!!
Alex
@Tom Tee posted:Rick, what size area do they keep clean?
I run two of them in area bout 1800 square feet. Now I do get dust just not as much. I dust a couple times a year but not every month or every two months maybe one every six months.
Train shelving looks great Peter. An awesome display of your trains.
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@Arnold D. Cribari posted:Peter, your train room and shelves are beautiful, but I'm curious to know what you and others think of having railroad backdrops.
I'm a big fan of around the walls layouts with railroad backdrops. IMO, the backdrops enhance the scenery, especially if they blend in nicely with the scenery, thereby enhancing photos and videos of the layout.
Here is an example of a photo of my layout with a homemade backdrop in the background:
The above photo or a similar one appeared in the Photo Albums section of CTT magazine about 2 years ago.
I believe it may be possible to have both: shelves and backdrops, with the backdrops a foot or two away from the walls.
What do you folks think?
Arnold......I love backdrops.....but I wanted the trains out more......if they are out, they will be run.....if they are packed away and a headache to take out, they'll stay packed up.
From the OGR article that I co-authored in Run 320; the area, with and without backdrops:
It's all about your goals.......and mine is to have the trains out......ready and available.....on the layout, I will use large structures as "backdrops in place" and scenic blocks.....
Peter
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