The Birth of a (Railroad) Nation

As promised, here's pics of what's been accomplished since then.

 

The first two are of the inside looking through the door. The windows haven't been cut yet, and I'm glad I didn't. The guy didn't come through with the ones he promised me.

 

Here's the door, still hasn't got the siding over it yet.

 

And the rear sides. A/C unit sticking out.

 

Update: Just put the windows in.

It's my birthday tomorrow, so my wife is taking me to Las Vegas for the day.

I'm not allowed to work tomorrow.

Good work so far !

 

Happy Birthday RON !

Have fun in Vegas !

 

Very cool! You have a great wife#

-Greg

Ron,

   Congrats on the new room and yeas it is great to have a wonderful wife!

PCRR/Dave

I hope you have a great trip. Enjoy the shows and buffet and the monorail. Please DON'T Gamble your train budget away!

Remember in the end the house always wins, that's why they are there!

Here's the windows. Kept them small, harder to crawl into that way.

Outside

and inside

 My buddy, who was trained to wire up offshore oil rigs is coming over Saturday to electrify this baby. I guess the rule is "get as many outlets as you can". 

Which would make sense

 

Oh, and prrhorseshoecurve...........my railroad fund is managed by the U.S. Government.

In other words, my retirement checks come once a month. I can't spend what I don't have. 

Don't use credit cards either.

And I don't play that much any more anyway. Used to.......I do miss the video poker.

 

Nice train house! Well, my rule is, at least 1 properly grounded 15amp dedicated circuit for transformer and control power. Receptacles where desired. Put a master switch for that circuit near the door. On when you enter, off when leave, run to it for major shorts.

 

Lights on their own circuit and general receptacles on their own circuit. You may to check your local code rules to prevent any hassles down the road, # of receptacles required, height and placement of receptacles and such.

 

I would haves used 1x6 for the walls for the thicker insulation.

Hi, Moonman. Thank you! And a real thank you for the suggestions.

 

I would have used 2x6's too. But unfortunately, a reduced Social Security check says no to that. So I have that little bit extra each month on my electric bill.

But the roof vent is a must. And I'm kicking around a small skylight to help save lighting costs during the day.

Oh, lighting will be 2 8' dual fluorescents on the ceiling. Enough to show off any detail.

 

I was going to use one 30 amp circuit breaker. And yes, the master switch is a go!

But your dual circuits is a better plan. I'll talk to my buddy about that. He'll probably agree too.