Tearing One Down--messy and painful.

I'm learning too: when all else fails, lower your expectations.

Does anyone else hear "Taps"?

Dewey, next time you should call it "The Nomad Central RR"!  Your motto could be "Just throw down some track and it'll feel just like home"

 

Maybe a Carpet Central IS the way to go

It is sad when you have to teardown a layout, but look at what you learned.

Have fun

Al

"TAPS". Good one O-gauger, but "reveille" sounded down the hall in my attic.

I like the new one.

And see plenty of layout projects in your future. 

 

Enjoy

Almost made me cry. Moved 7 years ago and had to do the same thing.

Dan

I can speak to the messy part of your title. We are in the process of renovating a large area of the layout and removing the old ballast material was a very messy job. Then having to find a place for the track, engines cars, and accessories is another pain in the neck.

 

We are making good progress on the changes so it was all worth it.

 

Sorry to hear about the health issues that was the cause of your tearing down the old layout. Thank goodness you were able to find a space for your trains in your condo. Hope the health issues are resolving themselves successfully.

Her TV room, Seriously!

Tearing one down now, trying to do it methodically. Not messy yet, not painful, just more work.

 

 

Tore down my 27x 14 layout back in 2008 and boy it was a mess. Carrying out all the wood and trash was not my favorite thing to do.

 

Moved to a condo with much less space but still running scale steam engines on a 10x 19 layout in a one car garage. The track plan is very simple but I am still having fun.

Tearing my down was not any fun for me.

Dewey,

 

It's hurts to tear a layout down, but on the bright side at least you have a new one to enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks, Alex

Dewey:

 

Is that a stinkin' diesel I see in the first photo? 

 

Neal Jeter

Man I slipped up Neal!

It is in fact an Atlas Southern SD 35 hood diesel[Don't tell Roger]. I couldn't resist acquiring a pair of the highly detailed Atlas diesels although they are way too modern for my modeling era which terminates in 1953 at the end of SRR steam.  

 

One of my "Js" was heading a N&W passenger consist on the elevated track trying to stay ahead of the Crescent in the background when it died[still dead]. I grabbed the nearest engine off the shelf and there you have a very unprototypical combine.

Unfortunately it ran very well.

I like to think that we can still achieve fun and satisfying layouts in smaller spaces, with creative track planning and appropriate choice of trains.

 

I've had the same "core module" for my HO railroad for 35+ years and am still happy with it. I think "end modules" could be a useful concept for O-gauge, so you could take reusable portions of a layout with you if you have to move, to expedite reconstruction.

Dewey, I know how it feels but knowing that won't make you feel any better. I' M building my last layout and that in it self makes me sad. Though it does push me harder to do my best. Funny, layouts are really so personal. Only a very few people saw in person or knew about my last one. No one here knows about this one. Only OGR folks. Don

I've had to tear down several layouts during the past forty years - all but the last forced on my by relocations for the job, etc., moving to a larger home, etc.   It is a bit sad, yes, but that was always overshadowed by the prospect of building a new one down the road, and the fun that created thinking and planning for it.   

 

They layout I have now, is, like yours, scale rail, the last I think I will own.  But you never know for sure . . .  

Exercise room defined as a place to hang stuff when there is no other location?

Exercise room: A place to keep stuff that you wish you had never bought and don't intend to use.

So you have one, too!

Dewey, 

I know that"If you build it They will come" guess that could go for more trains.

Wish I had to come up and run some trains on your layout before you took it down!