01-23-2010, 02:30 PM
Hello All!
A new year brings new changes. Here's the latest:
We've got this bonus room. It's really an upstairs den that currently gathers clutter; a shared space for the family. Right now the computer cabinet lives there along with a tv on its stand, a love seat, and assorted pillows, side tables, etc.
In the midst of an unseasonably warm western washington winter, having covertly constructed my elder son's first train layout (see Andrew's first layout thread in this forum) in our cold garage, I began re-evaluating that space. It's cold, despite a space heater, and dusty & buggy. By buggy, I mean spiders. I hate spiders.
And as spring approaches already the kids are wanting to pull out the bikes & wagons & rolling toys of all sorts. My wife suggested finding a way to bring the trains inside, either in the spare/guest bedroom or the bonus room. After thinking over the options I decided on a shelf layout for the bonus room.
This layout will include the 14"x5' timesaver layout as the end of a branch line. Trains will run clockwise from staging, briefly through some mountainous countryside and past/beneath a mine spur, to reach the town of Murdock's Landing. Engines are serviced & turned for the return trip as a shifter goes about the work of sorting cars on the sidings (timesaver).
Here are pictures of the room, in sequence as described above:
[albumimg]1987[/albumimg]
[albumimg]1986[/albumimg]
[albumimg]1985[/albumimg]
Staging will be a narrow shelf for two tracks situated above the loveseat. The wall of pictures in the light wood frames will be shelves for rolling stock & equipment. The mine/mountainous terrain will be in the corner above the area where the plants are now. The town will be in the corner above the computer cabinet (notice the content on the screen
) and the timesaver on the wall above the tv.
Galen
A new year brings new changes. Here's the latest:
We've got this bonus room. It's really an upstairs den that currently gathers clutter; a shared space for the family. Right now the computer cabinet lives there along with a tv on its stand, a love seat, and assorted pillows, side tables, etc.
In the midst of an unseasonably warm western washington winter, having covertly constructed my elder son's first train layout (see Andrew's first layout thread in this forum) in our cold garage, I began re-evaluating that space. It's cold, despite a space heater, and dusty & buggy. By buggy, I mean spiders. I hate spiders.
And as spring approaches already the kids are wanting to pull out the bikes & wagons & rolling toys of all sorts. My wife suggested finding a way to bring the trains inside, either in the spare/guest bedroom or the bonus room. After thinking over the options I decided on a shelf layout for the bonus room.
This layout will include the 14"x5' timesaver layout as the end of a branch line. Trains will run clockwise from staging, briefly through some mountainous countryside and past/beneath a mine spur, to reach the town of Murdock's Landing. Engines are serviced & turned for the return trip as a shifter goes about the work of sorting cars on the sidings (timesaver).
Here are pictures of the room, in sequence as described above:
[albumimg]1987[/albumimg]
[albumimg]1986[/albumimg]
[albumimg]1985[/albumimg]
Staging will be a narrow shelf for two tracks situated above the loveseat. The wall of pictures in the light wood frames will be shelves for rolling stock & equipment. The mine/mountainous terrain will be in the corner above the area where the plants are now. The town will be in the corner above the computer cabinet (notice the content on the screen
) and the timesaver on the wall above the tv.Galen
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