06-19-2010, 09:56 PM
the last three of my layouts have had storage / staging yards (some thing needed if you have a large amount of rolling stock) one in the open(had a large room then) the last two under the layout ones(a bit of a pain 
as you might guess) the current plan is to have a 10 ft by 42 inch section on slides under the layout but it will be slid out to work on it or make up trains the big problem with this is alliment but as it only has one access track i found the answer in plan for a old turntable locking system (photo below) by having the first inch or so on the yard track real rigid it should work. and a solid lock on the slides.
jim
as you might guess) the current plan is to have a 10 ft by 42 inch section on slides under the layout but it will be slid out to work on it or make up trains the big problem with this is alliment but as it only has one access track i found the answer in plan for a old turntable locking system (photo below) by having the first inch or so on the yard track real rigid it should work. and a solid lock on the slides.jim