than if youhadbuilt themone-at-a-time. Everymastermod-
eler I knowbuilds cars inbatches. Don’t be surprised if youfind
yourself building somemore cars “just for fun.” Sooner or later
thenext questionwill be,what areyougoing todowithall
those cars?That leads to thequestionof how to store them.
Car storage andmanagement or howmany
cars do you need?
Howmany carsdo I need? I need themall!!Most of ushave
lotsof rolling stock. But, ifwe’rebeinghonest,most of ushave
toomuch rolling stock. I haven’tmetmanymodelerswho can
resist buyinganother cool kit or the latest runof superdetailed
cars.Wheredo theyall go? It doesn’twork tokeepadding
carsbeyond the layout’s capacity. Soon it becomes impossible
to run trains, due toall theexcess rolling stock in theway. At
somepointwewill have topull carsoff the layout.
Todevelopa carmanagement plan consider these things:
55: Here the stringof weathered stock cars rolls
throughMountainKingon themy layout.
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