Who else has a mess under the layout?!

You needed an apprentice.  That's what they do, clean up after the journeymen.  

LOL! I had a positively ungodly mess under there while the layout was under construction! It lasted about 18 months . . . getting worse and worse.

Finally, almost all the work was done and I cleaned up.

There's nothing better than straightening up around an under the layout. It even makes an unfinished layout look great.

Rod Miller

Isn't that what under the layout is for?

Building my new layout in a spare bedroom since one is out of the house and two others are at college. They and the little one wanted more space in the basement for socializing, so I compromised and took a bedroom. Problem is, they all want to store their stuff under the train layout. My stuff is actually pretty limited as my train boxes are all in the attic and accessories, parts, and extra track is in the closet.

be quiet, if we don't talk about the mess under my layout then it really isn't there is it, my solution o;d bed sheets :-)

NOPE! I just bought some Tupperware box totes, sent all the boxes to attic and now I have rolling stock storage and staging under the layout! Took a while but its done! 

Actually you are certainly one of the few who has a mess under the layout. Most model RR's are sticklers for tidiness relative to their layouts, workbenches and personal appearance.

Have to go; I hear the nurse coming with my afternoon medication.

My 4x12 layout is in a basement bedroom against an inside wall. My "extra" train items are on cheap shelves under it.

I built the layout using 2x4 legs and framing, and 3/4" osb tables. Why? Because, living in Kansas, it's our tornado shelter as well as my layout. We have lighting, weather radio, bottled water, and a couple pet carriers under there. 

We've had multiple earthquakes this year and it's a mess under there. This topic reminded me that I need to get it ready again for this years storm season. 

I have tried organizing for the past few years and have not made any headway. I have to move boxes out to work on something then put them back. it is like that all over my attic layout............Paul

One of the key elements of the negotiation for train space with the CEO

DON'T WORRY, I'LL KEEP ALL THE BOXES AND STUFF UNDER THE LAYOUT

I haven't cleaned up properly after our last all day work session and I find that I don't even want to go down there.  It has always had that effect on me.  If I don't clean up during and after work sessions, it kills my enthusiasm for the next one. 

There is nothing worse than going to the workshop or workbench and being faced with a total mess.  Then you spend all the time you allotted for what you went down there for straightening up things.  By then, you are put of the mood to get anything done.  And if you get unexpected company that just adds to the frustration for me.  

Art

Well I guess a stack of boxes is kind of a mess.  My wife just finished making some simple curtains which run down both sides of the new layout (purchased some pipe hangers and simple 1/2" pipe, much cheaper than real curtain rods).  I still need to build the display shelf at the end of the layout in the coming weeks.  Admittedly it will be a good bit of work to move everything underneath when I start the actual wiring....

- Jeff

Sadly, when I saw the title of your thread, I immediately thought of my wiring.

 My empty boxes are kept elsewhere, but the area under the layout is used for storage. It is kind of a pain moving things around when I am working on wiring. Maybe that's why it is such a mess.

Scrambler81 posted:

Sadly, when I saw the title of your thread, I immediately thought of my wiring.

 My empty boxes are kept elsewhere, but the area under the layout is used for storage. It is kind of a pain moving things around when I am working on wiring. Maybe that's why it is such a mess.

I can certainly identify with that. 

It is Total Chaos, under my layout, all empty boxes and a lot of tubular track and stuff from back in the day, but the stuff in the attic is in plastic boxes, with covers.  I live in a house that was built in 1936, with a walk in door. "Creepy".

Gary

I prefer the term "organized chaos"... When I built the yard extension in the garage adjacent to the train room I had to relocate all my r/c planes to under the layout.  So, to the uninitiated it appears chaotic, but it's really organized (or so I tell myself)

ahhh..the beauty of a floor layout..

I am a stickler for "under the board neatness" as you can see from how neat I do my wiring. Everything else pretty much runs like this...when I have a layout up. Neat, huh?

Nope,,,not me,

 My layout is in the basement and more than once with help from our power co. I have had a very wet floor. So nothing is under the train table that can't get wet. We have back-up pumps now but shelving is cheap and better to organize things anyway.

How about a spin off "lets see pics of under your layout" Takers? Nick

The area under my layout is neat,I only keep wire and other components for layout work there.All empty boxes are stored in the attic and shop.

Mikey

I did some house cleaning under there today to neaten things up.

Yes, I have a lot of stuff under my layout, but it is fairly well organized. One section has a lot of empty boxes, another has buckets full of scenic materials, and a third section has boxes full of trains. That said, there are still some clear areas where I can get to the wiring that needs doing. There are a couple spots that do need cleaning.

I once had a large storage and messy area under my layout. However, I cleaned it out and laid track on the floor and it is now a place to run my post war and conventional engines that have no DCS capability. I have a tubular loop, a fast track loop and hope to add a small standard gauge loop soon. Works out pretty well, but you do need to lay on the floor to get a full view.

That's what a layout skirt is for, to hide everything under the layout.

No mess but my empties are stacked and stored under there. There ARE a few items stored under there that are not train related - a compromise for turning the entire basement into my train room. 

I had a big mess under my layout.  Then I got some of those plastic storage bins.  Now I have a bunch of little messes in plastic bins neatly stored under the layout.

Pete

I do not even want legs under my bench work.  The plan is to keep the  floor clear open for the installation of floor covering once the sloppy mess of scenery is essentially over. 

Train boxes go up between the rafters on lattice work.  Lots of unused cubic space between the rafters and lots of cubic space required of train boxes.  All my engines boxes will fit within the void of 3 X 12's on 16"  centers.

NO MESS,NO CURTAINS HERE.  I LIKE TO SHOW OFF MY LEGS!