05-29-2009, 11:02 AM
Because I do all my operating on a club layout, or on the modular layout at shows, I have to be able to quickly assemble and transport "trains". Those pieces that will fit in their original boxes are stored there, with padding and extra support to prevent damage. The stuff that doesn't fit in the original box?, I build new boxes for.
I've taken 30 pieces of rolling stock, and three locomotives, to San Diego on several occasions. They traveled "checked baggage",from O'Hare, and arrived undamaged! Yes, Really!
To conserve space, I have built boxes for multiple cars. Each box has the car's road name, and road number on the label. That helps me pick what cars I want to use, and acts as an "inventory check list", to insure all the cars I took with me, make it home.
I've taken 30 pieces of rolling stock, and three locomotives, to San Diego on several occasions. They traveled "checked baggage",from O'Hare, and arrived undamaged! Yes, Really!
To conserve space, I have built boxes for multiple cars. Each box has the car's road name, and road number on the label. That helps me pick what cars I want to use, and acts as an "inventory check list", to insure all the cars I took with me, make it home.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!