Show us your transformer stand.

I went out to the storage shed and dug out 2 old living room tables.[trestle naturally] Added casters and some post cereal badges and I'm good for now.

Azgary

A couple of old tables out of the attic.  Left to right Playmobil DC transformer for LED lighting.  America Flyer 250watts for accessories and trolley line.  Two MTH Z4000 for all main and yard lines, emergency shutoff switch and TMCC control between the Z4000s'.  Below a Lionel KW for accessories.  All transformer leads run to buss bars located under the table and yes I have a mechanic's sled to access the underside.  The majority of my switch controllers are located at various points closer to the action of the intended switch. 

Here is a few pictures of my control area,  I don't have much on my AIU yet but it gives a good idea of what I strive for.
I also have all my switches to wire but coming from the telecommunications field neatness is a must for me lol.  The Cat6 you see go to operating accessories,  just like lionels plug n play but simpler and alot less expensive. If ya would like info on that system feel free to ask.

 

Here's my high tech nerve center for my railroad.

A Lionel 1033 and a 4090 currently power my layout. Brass housed button controls the Marx whistling depot and the Marx control panel runs a pair remote control Marx switches at the back of the layout.

Tom Tee:  You should be ashamed to show that wiring!  I promise not to let anybody else see it if you come right over here and wire mine up just like it . . . .

 

From !971 to 1983 it looked like this.

 

Since our layout is command control only, i.e. DCS, Legacy, and TMCC, all the power supplies and TIU/TMCC/Legacy components are mounted UNDER the layout, completely out of sight.

This is the set up for my layout.

  Click photo to enlarge......

Hey Wild Mary,

 

The elevation on the 2nd display from the left is off 1.5 degrees of north/northwest. Correction needed on south/southeast terminal display.

Also, power amperage is above safe limits. Please correct. 

 

George (G3)

K.I.S.S. (keep it simple stupid) conventional control, manual switch throws!

 

-Pete

Here are the Transformers mounted on a plexiglass frame work as well as switch controllers Lionel and DZ1000 for Ross,accesssory controllers 364C,90 and 96C,uncoupler controller and special controllers for 282 Crane,97 Coal Loader etc.The 190 watt bricks are under the control center.

This is all hidden behind the skirt now:

 

This is the one I built for my grandsons layout almost 7 years ago. It continues a traditional look that my grandfather first used with his trains.

 

Jerry

Thx for your great reply. I will be starting my outside covered O scale layout in about 6-7 weeks. I can build it with regular 2x4 and plywood, I have all the tools, but I don't have much time before I have to travel again so it may be time efficient to order their product. I hope they do not take forever to ship after ordering. I was going to use 1/2" ply and cork sheet over and use Scaletrax....

 

I like the table for the power supplies, I may even do the same as you did. I can use the table for power and repairs/tools.

Here's our transformer shelf. I put it on drawer runners so it slides under the layout when not in use or when running from remote. Excuse the tempory rats nest of wiring, wiring the layout is an ongoing project.

 

 

Nick

Thanks guys I like all your transformer stands,I wll keep them in my mind when bulding it! 

I see in your profile that you are in the Netherlands, we were searching for a forum member named Nichole who went by the handle NQDY. do you know of her? you can email me, my address is in my profile.

Sorry, but I do not know Nichole.

I had time to build something (I'm retired) and I have enough tools and skills, but I just didn't want to spend all my time building bench work or deal with the mess it makes or all the trips to Home Depot, etc. I also wanted something that could be re-configured if I changed my mind, and Mianne is great for that too. This is my first permanent layout and this bench work fits my needs perfectly.

 

I used 1/2" sandply from Home Depot for the top. Was going to use birch, but the sandply had more ply's (it was 5 ply, birch was 3 ply), price was the same. I am using Flexxbed for roadbed and Atlas track, but many here use cork and many like Scaletrax too. It is solid rail like Atlas.

 

My 6'x16' bench work took a little over a week to get. It was a standard kit they sell, but I talked to them about some shelves underneath and they added holes in all the legs for extra cross braces so I could add shelves below at a later time. There was no extra charge for doing this. They will work with you on things like this. This was ordered in late summer.

 

I ordered the cart and extra braces for the shelves under the layout around the time of the fall York meet (which I think Mianne attends) and that order took about 3 weeks or so to get. I think it was because of York and it's also a pretty busy time for them, as I think they also get a lot of orders at the York meet. I think they also offer some sale pricing on select items at the York meet.

 

With spring coming and people slowing down on their layout work this might be a good time to order and get a fairly quick shipment, but you never know?

Now that is cool, I like that  Great job, very neat and organized.

I love all those Lionel ZW;s. both old and new. But shipping cost of that much copper to Europe 

My transformer table with MTH DCS and Lionel Legacy Controls.

 

 

My transformer stand is so rudimentary I'm almost embarrassed to show it here but I figured since I added it on to my layout almost 25 years ago and it is still holding its own then why not.

Since I don't use any new "sparky stuff", my transformers sit on this shelf.  The three red knobs in the fascia are for the three loops, and control any of four power sources.  The block-looking one has the capability of AC/DC operation thanks to the small box to its right.  The copper colored power pack is for my DC street car route.  If something needs repair, the transformers can be easily removed since they plug into the small jack panel on the fascia. 

 

 

My switches are all thrown by ground throws, like most real ones. 

 

Good thread!

This thread is quite interesting, and almost all stands shown are different.

 

OKHIKER - Transformer stands are what the OP asked to see, and if yours has served for twenty-five years, it has proven itself!

 

       
       


Hi, 
I designed the board and I'm selling them now.  You can wire accessories and switches to this board.  I use Cat6 but you can use cat5. It works great for MTH accessories as now it's a plug and play method,  just one cat cable and you are good to go.  Works great for modular layouts too.

 

Dan

Dan - You have a very neat, organized and presentable setup there.

where can I buy?

       
       

My email is in my profile I can get you more info from there.

Here's my bench, a cheap display from HD.

 

Great looking control centers most are above my level of expertise but I do enjoy looking and thinking, can I do that?

 

Brent

Four Teak Stands

 

One for each Division plus Yard and Mechanical.

 

 

 

 

 

Internal wiring

 

 

Converter, 220 Volts 50 Hz to 110 Volts 60 Hz.

 

 

 

Here's mine....

 

 

OK I have one comment here.  You guys obviously have some pretty nice stands but some of the layouts I don't think I've ever seen.  Very nice!