Batch-building freight cars - 1
58:My five-drawer cabinet was custom-built using
drawer guides from the local home improvement store.
This unit allows for easy access to stored rolling stock
and offers the option to store cars upright.
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Current inventory:
Whowill you toss from the raft?
Decidewhich cars stay on the layout andwhichwill go. The
decision isn’t final – cars can rotateoff andon the layout from
storage.Manymodelerswill purge the collection fromtime
totime tomake room formore cars and to keep the storage
space reasonable.
Wherewill the rest live?
Figureout storage for the rest of thefleet. Excess cars canbe
stored inboxes, indisplay cases, or in cabinets. Thereare sev-
eral options. Try tokeep cars youwant to rotateoffandon the
layout inplaces that haveeasyaccess. Thismakes itmuch sim-
pler tomove them toand from the layout.
MRH-Apr2014
