transporting your trains for shows

When I was doing modular shows (no longer involved in the club), guys with Tinplate usually used the original boxes. Most common was a plastic tub and the trains wrapped in towels.

Some of the guys use the plastic tubs. The different sizes can be ad for whatever you transport. 99cent store towels to wrap them in. The problem is they slide easily. My preference is the extra wide cardboard bankers boxes. Hold a bit more than the tubs and don't slide around in the car as easily.

Steve

  I take them down from the shelf and wrap them in bubble wrap. I then box them to transport them to the show. Original boxes take too much time and you wear them out. They also get in the way behind the modular layout.

I have a ton of O Scale Haulers. Best product I've come across in a long time. They're a little speedy but well worth the investment. You can have a 12 car train up and running in 7 or 8 minutes and packing up is just as fast

I use a stackable heavy-duty plastic tote that's about 16x24x6 - good size for passenger cars.  Wrap each one in bubble wrap, and fill the gaps with more bubble wrap.  Much easier than using original boxes.  Since I use bubble wrap, the carriers are not used for long-term storage.

Bankers boxes or plastic tubs and wrappped in towels is whatnInand several other friends use.

O scale Haulers can't be beat.  Best protection, quick and easy to pack and unpack.

Bob

RRDOC posted:

O scale Haulers can't be beat.  Best protection, quick and easy to pack and unpack.

Bob

I concur! 

Want to move some pricey brass locomotives around?  O Scale Haulers is the only way to go!  Doug's boxes are the best. They're not cheap, but well worth it. No more brass parts in the bottom of the box, tub or in the towel as you unroll it.

Billy C