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Post by rtraincollector on Sept 7, 2024 18:38:42 GMT
I need to make room for another Standard gauge train set, err two actually, they both have the larger passenger cars. So I'm think dropping down about 14" from here as these take about 6" in height including track it is on, from board going upward. The only place I have room is in front of the double window in the train room.
So it would go under these two sets.
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Post by rtraincollector on Sept 7, 2024 18:43:04 GMT
Here is some of the other two walls
Some of these have been rearrange in the room. But all spaces are currently filled
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Sept 7, 2024 20:30:49 GMT
I need to make room for another Standard gauge train set, err two actually, they both have the larger passenger cars. So I'm think dropping down about 14" from here as these take about 6" in height including track it is on, from board going upward. The only place I have room is in front of the double window in the train room.
Well, I guess the first answer is, it depends on how important it is for you to have easy access to the window. If the window is all but sealed up and never opened, then sure, dropping a shelf or two in front of it should be no problem. Otherwise, I think you need to engineer the shelves to swing away from the window at need, probably best with two sets of shelves hinged on each side. In any event, if you are going to obstruct the window at all, you might as well think ahead and do a full set of shelves -- you *know* you're going to eventually need them, right? 
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Post by rtraincollector on Sept 7, 2024 21:38:09 GMT
I need to make room for another Standard gauge train set, err two actually, they both have the larger passenger cars. So I'm think dropping down about 14" from here as these take about 6" in height including track it is on, from board going upward. The only place I have room is in front of the double window in the train room.
Well, I guess the first answer is, it depends on how important it is for you to have easy access to the window. If the window is all but sealed up and never opened, then sure, dropping a shelf or two in front of it should be no problem. Otherwise, I think you need to engineer the shelves to swing away from the window at need, probably best with two sets of shelves hinged on each side. In any event, if you are going to obstruct the window at all, you might as well think ahead and do a full set of shelves -- you *know* you're going to eventually need them, right? I would need a chain saw to open them. Yeah I was thinking about that anyway but can't come down to far as plan to put a raises G scale loop in front off the windows. Want to get it down from a shelf in my room. 
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Post by atsda on Sept 8, 2024 1:17:34 GMT
rtraincollector, good arrangement. I have 4 blank walls in my new train room at this point. I do have what I think are old rustic looking wooden shelves that I took with me from the old house. My wife does not think they would good and make the room cluttered and take the focus off of the layout itself. Alfred
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Post by rtraincollector on Sept 8, 2024 13:14:22 GMT
The first pic of trains with the orange passenger cars are from wood I brought with me from last place I lived, the shelf in front of window is a 1" x 10" x 9' and I brought them from last place, I think it was 8 of them. They have come in handy. If the boars look beat, take a belt sander or a planner to them and they can look like new. Then either stain them or paint them.
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