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I built a little half@$$ shelf on the edge of the layout. Not particularly stable but not bad enough to make me put another bracket underneath. It does the job. The transformers themselves are under the table on a junky $20 table that previously served as a table to my aquarium during my brief experiment into that hobby (didn't work out so good...!). 

 

 

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Paul/Matt,

    This years Christmas layout has a roll away power stand, most times however I have a complete power station, it is comprised of 2 big desks with both upper and lower sections for transformers, and a back shop tool rack.  The size of the layout determines the size of the power station with my layouts.

PCRR/Dave 

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Originally Posted by BigBoy4014:
That is a great looking table, does it have a drawer too? Can you share its cost? Cheers!
 
Originally Posted by rtr12:

Cart from Mianne, matches the bench work.  

 

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Thank you, but all the Mianne stuff looks like this and it's all very nice.

 

The cart was $125 and I had them add the bottom shelf and extra front brace for it. I think that was an extra $20-$25 or so, but I don't remember exactly? The extra shelf was basically another top, I had to notch out the corners for the legs.

 

I'll attach the Mianne catalog, the cart is on page 12. If you call them they are easy to work with and will customize any of their standard stuff to your needs (within their capabilities). Some things they can't do, but if they can they will.

 

Their website is here Mianne Bench Work. I am sold on their products, I have the bench work too, all great stuff. I started with a 6'x16' table last year. In about 8 hours I was ready to lay track. That included a trip to Home Depot to get the plywood top (3 sheets) and have them cut it to smaller sizes I could handle.

 

 

 

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I don't have a stand, all my controls are wal mounted for my outside suspended layout. As you can see, there is quite a mess, as I haven't used the layout for some time. The switch controls are inside the work shop where the trains used to be stored on a shelf above the work bench. I now keep the trains on shelves in the house. 

Don

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Originally Posted by G3:

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Nice, I especially like your outlet strip with the individual on/off switches. I have also come to like the MTH 24 terminal blocks much better than the 12's (after starting out with the 12's). Both power & common together instead of on opposing sides.

 

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And to everyone else, I could look at these all day long. One of my favorite parts of the hobby is how you all do your control panels and transformer setups and wiring. This is better than looking at trains!

 

To add to this, I think sometimes the most creative ones are where someone had an open space somewhere and just pieced together something to fit the space and then after setting it all up everything just looks like it really belongs there. True artists at work! Of course the well planned ones are also works of art as well. Have yet to see one of any kind that I didn't like.

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