How do you store your engines and rolling stock ?...

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I’m a neat freak to say the least, and don’t like my engines or rolling stock just sitting around here and there on my layout or work table-like some people I know… So in the very beginning I went to Walmart and bought a couple of hardware storage cabinets that are normally used for storing nuts, bolts and alike in which have drawers that are just the right size for most N scale engines and rolling stock, then labeled each drawer as to what’s in it. I also cut pieces of paper towel to fit the bottom of each drawer to help prevent the cars from damage.
The larger items that won’t fit into the cabinet(s) are kept in the drawers of my work table/desk.

So how do you store yours ?.

trainluver1

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I keep mine in their boxes on a shelf.

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I keep them in the original boxes. For cars that don’t have boxes or don’t fit in their boxes, I’ve got plastic multicompartment boxes.

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[#ditto] Once my layout is built, i will keep them in compartments on shelves on my workbench.

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Currently they are in box lids (copy paper boxes) in plastic storage boxes under the layout. Once the construction is far enough along they will live permanently on the layout. I find that handling the cars breaks the grabs, steps and other fine details…So I try to do it as litle as possible. During major layout construction, it is hard to avoid handling rolling stock to put it on the layout to test and then off again out of harms way. I have a small box of parts that need to be glued back on the cars. I suspect it will have more parts in it as construction progresses…

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Since I do most of my running at a club layout, most of the items are in their original boxes. If the box wasn’t usable (I’m in HO) I got some flip top boxes, like keyboards or modules come in, for the others. Boxes for cars have inserts cut from scraps of 1 inch thick upholstory foam to hold the car in place. Boxes for locomotives have a higher density foam used as a packing material (more rigid). Each of these is custom cut to fit a particular car or loco.

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I have a display cabinet hung on the wall opposite the layout:

Any otherlocos and cars are in foam-lined storage boxes

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Ikea boxes.

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In the roundhouse, or in a tunnel.

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My engines are either in their original boxes or on display in the family room. 90% of my rolling stock is stored in their original boxes, the other 10% is Athearn BB kits that stay on the layout.

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www.trainboxesplus.com

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Humm with like close to 800 pieces of rolling stock. Some are on the shelve ready for the carshop. Some are display so buddies can see them. Some are on others layouts in transit. Kevin