Where do you park 'em?

Laidoffsick posted:

In every possible space we can find. Hallway walls

Engines go in the roundhouse

Parked on the main and in the sidings

In the diesel shed

Under the layout

Above the layout

WOW!!!!

I try to park mine off to the side, out of the way of foot traffic ..... and cats! 

Rolling stock will go on a few sidings I have available. I would like to wire up some toggle switches so I can park  an engine or two on a siding. 

Everything not on the layout goes on the shelves. 

All over the place........closets and shelves in adjacent rooms.....here is what is ready-available.....

Peter

SJC posted:

Rolling stock will go on a few sidings I have available. I would like to wire up some toggle switches so I can park  an engine or two on a siding. 

Everything not on the layout goes on the shelves. 

I have some plastic shelves like that and cut the vertical spacers down to half length so that I could get more shelves in the same floor space. 

Ain't this nutz!?!?!?

What would we say (silently to ourselves)  if our wives had this much $$$$$ in shoes or other some such?

This why I use hidden off stage storage tracks.

Toyspecialist posted:

Tom Densel posted:

My layout is too small to park unused equipment.  i have shelves mounted on the wall to keep my locomotives and other specialty equipment.  I keep my rolling stock in a cabinet underneath the layout.

Tom

Tom,

Where did you get that cabinet or did you make???   That is a great way to store trains..!!

I built it myself.  I had a thread about it when I built it last year.  Search "My New Storage Yard Cabinet"  I explain how it was designed and even have a few drawings,  The drawer bottoms have grooves cut into them for the wheels to fit into.  Keeps the cars from sliding all over the drawers.  Depending on car size, I can get up to 28 cars per drawer.

Tom

Two words...

STAGING YARDS

Tom Tee posted:

Ain't this nutz!?!?!?

What would we say (silently to ourselves)  if our wives had this much $$$$$ in shoes or other some such?

This why I use hidden off stage storage tracks.

My wife has more money in her piano, so I am in good shape.

cjack posted:

SJC posted:

Rolling stock will go on a few sidings I have available. I would like to wire up some toggle switches so I can park  an engine or two on a siding. 

Everything not on the layout goes on the shelves. 

I have some plastic shelves like that and cut the vertical spacers down to half length so that I could get more shelves in the same floor space. 

Smart idea...didn't think of that. I personally prefer the wall-mounted shelves but it was evident I needed more shelves than the wall had room for so alternative plans were needed. I also have another of those plastic shelves for my Z-4000s and other transformers and it works well. There is a TON of room on these and they are very sturdy. I will likely run over to Home Depot tonight to buy another one for the remaining items in my HO collection, books and "knick-knacks" I've collected or have been given over the years.

I think my local Home Depot has them for $30 or $40.

OGR Webmaster posted:

Two words...

STAGING YARDS

Boy, it sure would be nice to have the space.

Mark Boyce posted:

Tom Tee posted:

Ain't this nutz!?!?!?

What would we say (silently to ourselves)  if our wives had this much $$$$$ in shoes or other some such?

This why I use hidden off stage storage tracks.

My wife has more money in her piano, so I am in good shape.

I have much more money in my toys than my wife has in her toys, but I found that if I get her a new high-end bicycle or kayak every couple of years she's happy.  Plus she's starting to get interested in the scenery side of the hobby.

CAPPilot posted:

OGR Webmaster posted:

Two words...

STAGING YARDS

Boy, it sure would be nice to have the space.

Ditto.  :-)

cjack posted:

I have some plastic shelves like that and cut the vertical spacers down to half length so that I could get more shelves in the same floor space. 

Yup!  Same approach I took for the Razorback Traction Co.  shelves seen earlier.  Each of those shelves has the vertical spacers cut in half.

'Course, now I have a boxful of black plastic tubes I don't need.  Anybody want some large pipe loads?  Tank car bodies in the rough?  Very tall silos?  ;-)

Mitch

I am being considerate because I only buy the ones with green platforms and red roofs, so there are plenty of the other colors for you to collect. Oops! I do have a one with a brown platform and a gray roof!

King Richard nailed it.  Staging yards are very necessary.  Man handling locos and cars shows wear.  If you need space for staging yard(s)  look below your layout, or below elevated platform sections.  There are ways to reduce or eliminate frame members to accommodate a descending and ascending  grade

While building this current layout I came into a considerable lot of unexpected rolling stock and no where to put it.  After playing around with a tape measure I found voids of space where subway tracks could be built and places to fit in proper grades.   Most of my yards are a drive through.

OGR Webmaster posted:

Two words...

STAGING YARDS

Two words                                                                                                                              Plastic containers

Great Question, we utilize the layout with sidings, and of course shelves...It's nice to be able to see everything one Way or another....

One method of developing right of way road bed below layout is to cut only the actual needed footprint  out of as large a single sheet of plywood as possible then fashion knees to attach to existing legs.  You will need to service below deck occasionally so cut out all  unnecessary plywood for wiggle room. 

In the upper left of photo you may notice a piece of plywood jutting off from the road bed to an unseen destination.  This is a support web much like the connecting links in a stencil to provide dimensional stability yet allow room to work.

Where ever splicing plywood ends together use 3/4" plywood gussets extending at least 8" beyond the seam.  Clamp together before screwing with deck screws.

When I do this I use Tee nuts and fully assemble the configuration off site so as to confirm fit.  Also I use 5/16 wood dowels drilled in at least two locations beyond each seam to help tack it all in place over the knees at time of installation.  Then proceed installing the fasteners.

WOW!! For a while I've been thinking about how to set up a display area/wall for my collection. I don't have enough room for a layout, just the occasional carpet layout once in a while. These photos are great and beautiful! Keep em coming!

Tom Tee posted:

One method of developing right of way road bed below layout is to cut only the actual needed footprint  out of as large a single sheet of plywood as possible then fashion knees to attach to existing legs.  You will need to service below deck occasionally so cut out all  unnecessary plywood for wiggle room. 

In the upper left of photo you may notice a piece of plywood jutting off from the road bed to an unseen destination.  This is a support web much like the connecting links in a stencil to provide dimensional stability yet allow room to work.

Where ever splicing plywood ends together use 3/4" plywood gussets extending at least 8" beyond the seam.  Clamp together before screwing with deck screws.

When I do this I use Tee nuts and fully assemble the configuration off site so as to confirm fit.  Also I use 5/16 wood dowels drilled in at least two locations beyond each seam to help tack it all in place over the knees at time of installation.  Then proceed installing the fasteners.

Tom,

Great idea and photo!  I have in my new plan at least one under the layout track on the low level, where the mainline winds itself higher.  In a small room it is a matter of getting the track low enough and allow accessibility when something goes wrong after it is built and covered.

One of the features that I underplanned.  Under the main layout and woefully under sized.  Never the less, I have discovered a few new places to add hidden storage track, previously under-imagined in the planning stages. 

The Razorback Traction Company is proud to announce the completion of Phase III of the Howard Roark Memorial Equipment Storage Facility!

Chief Architectural Engineer Fortescue J. Gi-raffe assures everyone, "There's no way this facility will be filled up as quickly as the other two!"

Musical cue: https://youtu.be/2DX2yVucz24?t=145

"Oh, dear."

Mitch

Oh My! I am but an infant on this journey. Thanks for the update GI-Raffe

Chief Architectural Engineer Fortescue J. Gi-raffe assures everyone, "There's no way this facility will be filled up as quickly as the other two!"

no....it'll fill up faster!

I have been working on my track plan for a while now and have struggled with this issue. After 15 years of lugging stuff back and forth to the club layout, I really want to be able to park lots of my trains somewhere and have them be "ready to go".

As I looked for ways to add more and more sidings the design eventually got cluttered with too much track and left little room for scenery, buildings, etc. So I finally spent some time figuring out the how and where of having a hidden yard below grade. I think I got it!! I moved the reverse loop below grade and then came off of it with sidings. Yeah, I know they are stubs but I kind of like creeping in reverse and ringing the bell.

As long as you are backing in over Ross switches you have no problem.

Tom Tee posted:

As long as you are backing in over Ross switches you have no problem.

I agree 100%

Mine are parked altogether on the different lines in the rear of the layout. Looks cool parked side by side.

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

The Razorback Traction Company is proud to announce the completion of Phase III of the Howard Roark Memorial Equipment Storage Facility!

Chief Architectural Engineer Fortescue J. Gi-raffe assures everyone, "There's no way this facility will be filled up as quickly as the other two!"

 

Musical cue: https://youtu.be/Ait_Fs6UQhQ?t=120

 

"Oh, dear."

Mitch

Priceless Mitch LMAO!!!!!!

Where will this madness end? First it was singing Vikings and dead parrots, and now we have tiny Gi-Raffe's building storage facilities......OH THE HUMANITY!

Bob

PS- the left over pieces of vertical support tubes could be assembled into a long straw for the Gi-Raffe's...

Laidoffsick posted:

In every possible space we can find. Hallway walls

Engines go in the roundhouse

Parked on the main and in the sidings

In the diesel shed

Under the layout

Above the layout

Awesome collection and great craftsmanship in every respect; layout and shelving.