Well folks, the second most dreaded moment in a model railroader's life has arrived (the first dreaded is if the wife says no way to building a railroad in the first place!!). Yes, I am moving to a new house and must move the railroad . Any advice?? Luckily it is the road I built for the kids and myself, so it is relatively small (4 by 8), but we've got some VERY tall mountains. Any help would be appreciated!! John To view the layout go to: http://jstrainstation.homestead.com Posted by Mike C (Member # 35) on :
Personaly I view this as an opportiunity to start over and do something bigger and better. Unless you built the layout to be movable it will probably end up damaging something. You could always strip everything except the track and wireing and rebuild the sceneary after you get it moved. Sorry I cant give you any better options....Mike
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Posted by virtual-bird (Member # 37) on :
hire a truck and throw the whole thing in the back!
the only thing is to cut the tops off the mountains and have then as removable later..??
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Posted by jcater (Member # 31) on :
I have actually considered dismantelling the whole thing and starting over...good excuse to start the module layout I wanted to build in the first place !! Happy Modeling, John
Posted by ajy6b (Member # 77) on :
I tried to move my layout to my new house and I was somewhat successful. I had two sections that were 4x4 and easy to move. However, I could not move my 4x8 section due to a very tight turn (boy it was easy when it was a plain 4x8 sheet of plywood). Anyway the saw came out. When I got to new basement I tried to salvage part of the cut up 4x8. Tried is the keyword here. Now I am working on a brand new layout. I salvaged what track I could from old layout and I am looking forward to getting this new layout running.
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Posted by jcater (Member # 31) on :
I am afraid that I am in the same boat. It's ok I guess, because maybe I can start building the railroad I wanted to build in the first place !! Happy Modeling!! John
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Posted by Bos (Member # 42) on :
I'm now on version 5 of the same stupid railroad. Keep the parts you like (Sawzall) and keep modelling . By the way , the website is great. Bobby
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Posted by jcater (Member # 31) on :
Thanks for visiting my site Bos !! Yes, I am afraid that the current version of the CSW may be all but dead...but I have already drawn plans up for a new, improved and larger CSW !! Good luck and Happy Modeling!! John
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. Any advice?? Luckily it is the road I built for the kids and myself, so it is relatively small (4 by 8), but we've got some VERY tall mountains. Any help would be appreciated!!
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