@sidehack posted:I'm not actually downsizing rather trying to thin out. It's been many years of building and collecting and now am at a point where I either can't find what I know I have or can't move around because of so much that I may not ever use. So little by little I have been selling what I haven't used in years or new items that I will never use. As long as I can make it up to the attic train room I won't be actually downsizing, just thinning out.
At 57 I am not thinking about downsizing, I am still expanding! 😜🤪
Sidehack, I like your approach, I wish more folks would thin out instead of complete liquidation (unless that is what you want to do or have to do). We do not need 100 engines and 500 freight cars, plus 75 passenger cars. Start out by selling off 25%, when you have met that goal, re-evaluate and sell of another percentage. Do that until you have the equipment you want to keep. If you do keep it until you die it will be easier to sell what’s left. The family can strip the layout of what they want and call a dealer for the rest. You can pay someone to junk out the rest of the layout and be done with it. Your family would rather you be happy the rest of your life, and if they see you took steps with final disposition, you should be fine.
A person spends decades building a layout, enjoy it until they carry you away.
