My Train room

Blake, GO FOR IT, full steam ahead.

Steve

Rescued Trains posted:

Blake, GO FOR IT, full steam ahead.

Steve

Trying my best Steve!

Thanks

I love these threads, promise to post update details!

Very nice, your front elevation sort of looks like a freight depot to me--intentional?

Hope everything goes well--lots of folks will like to see progress photos, of course!

hokie71 posted:

I love these threads, promise to post update details!

I sure will Hokie!  It will have a repair area on the left,  trains in the middle and around the ceiling plus a small meeting area on the right for guest if I want’em.  May never go back into the house.

Blake

Tuscan Jim posted:

Very nice, your front elevation sort of looks like a freight depot to me--intentional?

Hope everything goes well--lots of folks will like to see progress photos, of course!

I sorta want it to resemble a small freight/passenger depot.  Gonna put lanterns converted into light fixtures on both sides of the front door and similar fixtures inside.  Two super quiet exhaust fans are going to be installed because there will be smoke.  Trains and memorabilia will cover the walls.  Progress photos will follow.  

Maybe you could put up a train order semaphore in the front? 

tncentrr posted:

Maybe you could put up a train order semaphore in the front? 

It has crossed my mind!

Blake

Really, a train ROOM!

- walt

walt rapp posted:

Really, a train ROOM!

- walt

Yeppers!!!

Blake

Tom Tee posted:

Neat!   Would you happen to be building on a descending grade?  Anyway to walk in low and step up a few steps so no lift out would be necessary?

The layout will be completely a walk around with easy access to all areas of the layout.  

Blake

Alway exciting. Is the 16X26 all RR space, or does that include the porch? 

Keep up posted; you'll enjoy having it, but train buildings get small in a hurry...

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I just got mine enlarged; it's now 12X39 (I added a workshop extension to get that out of the layout area). I live in the Sunbelt, the Land of Rare Basements, but I actually prefer the separate building/wing if it's do-able.

Before (there was this cedar tree, it seems). August. Gulf Coast. Thunderstorms. Mobile: 65"/year. 

After. Before final washing. New on the left. The door on the right has not been used for years; there's this stupid layout in the way. 

D500 posted:

Alway exciting. Is the 16X26 all RR space, or does that include the porch? 

Keep up posted; you'll enjoy having it, but train buildings get small in a hurry...

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I just got mine enlarged; it's now 12X39 (I added a workshop extension to get that out of the layout area). I live in the Sunbelt, the Land of Rare Basements, but I actually prefer the separate building/wing if it's do-able.

Before (there was this cedar tree, it seems). August. Gulf Coast. Thunderstorms. Mobile: 65"/year. 

After. Before final washing. New on the left. The door on the right has not been used for years; there's this stupid layout in the way. 

The actual pad is a 20’ x 26’ with 4 of it being a porch.  I have enough back yard for future expansion if need be.

Blake

Phase 1 in progress!

tncentrr posted:

Maybe you could put up a train order semaphore in the front? 

Phase ll 

Congrats on your new train room!

-Greg 

BEAUTIFUL !!!!

Steve

Not simply a train room but an entire train building! That's the way to go if you can. Btw, what will be the actual size of the train layout/ platform in that building?