Too Cold for Trains?

IMO no way, they will be just fine. Just let them warm up fully to room temp before opening, however difficult that may be!

Rod

Yours will be fine, I stored my train in a storage facility for about 8 months in the winter with temps around 10 degrees for a spell. When I finally got them home there was no problems and all my engines were the new electronic command types. So don't worry.

Dave

cold shouldn't be a problem, on the other end of that scale, heat will kill em. I made the mistake of leaving a pair of postwar

FA AAs Erie 2032s in the front seat of my truck one summer. had them rapped in bubble rap. when I went to retrieve them

the shells had warped. Running gear still works fine, but I now need to find some new shells.

If the outside temps are a bit polar use the old VHS video cassette trick: let them sit for a while to let any condensation dissipate. Just a precaution, but on locomotives, etc. it might save a circuit board or two.

Mine sat in the UPS truck for two full days.   No problems.

I’d be more concerned about where you are parking your car than the weather. Especially after announcing to the scoundrels on here that you have new passenger cars in your trunk!!! 😜

The cold keeps them fresh, which will increase and extend their resale value. They can be listed as "Frosty", which is not to be confused with "Minty".

D500 posted:

The cold keeps them fresh, which will increase and extend their resale value. They can be listed as "Frosty", which is not to be confused with "Minty".

D500 does stand up comedy on the side.

bigtruckpete posted:

I’d be more concerned about where you are parking your car than the weather. Especially after announcing to the scoundrels on here that you have new passenger cars in your trunk!!! 😜

Lol. Too late. They are now in the warming center, my basement. 

Thanks everyone for walking me off the frozen ledge. 

Popi posted:

cold shouldn't be a problem, on the other end of that scale, heat will kill em. I made the mistake of leaving a pair of postwar

FA AAs Erie 2032s in the front seat of my truck one summer. had them rapped in bubble rap. when I went to retrieve them

the shells had warped. Running gear still works fine, but I now need to find some new shells.

I left an album sitting on the front seat once on a summer day. Brought new meaning to Rock and Roll. 

Be extremely careful handling anything plastic that has been in that kind of cold until the item warms up.  If bumped or tweeked at all, it may just shatter.  I found this out the hard way.

Chris S.

You know that model trains aren't shipped in heated/cooled containers or trucks right? 

Yes I am aware of that. Probably not the same as sitting in my trunk with -20 wind chill. 

Never hurts to get others opinions  

I've had trains in storage to as low as -39F... heat is, as always, more of a threat.

Jon

KOOLjock1 posted:

I've had trains in storage to as low as -39F... heat is, as always, more of a threat.

Jon

Yep me too.  And as hot as an attic gets in summer in an old farmhouse