It all started when Rick moved his railroad into my garage. Box after box went up in the rafters until it was stuffed full, taking up all the storage space. I thought it was kind of silly to have spent so much money on all those cars only to keep them tucked away in boxes where you can't see them or easily get them out to play with.
How about some shelves?...So Rick put up shelves and took some of the train cars out of the boxes so we could enjoy them on display. I thought that was an improvement but still not quite the best solution, especially after we had a minor earthquake, but that's another story.
Dust was another problem, man do these things ever collect dust. My house doesn't pass the white glove test and my garage certainly is no better. There had to be a better way to keep the cars clean.
The solution was no further away than my own closet. Why not make a shoe rack large enough to hold freight cars... What a concept, Rick... Quick call Harry and make me a sample.
So after a few generations of sampling, I came up with a workable "Closet Railroad" storage and carry all... We went to the Southwest Garden Railroad Show and the rest is history...
Oh, almost forgot, I thought it would be nice to be able to easily carry your cars to you next run without a lot of packing and un-packing, so I developed the split body and carry handles so you can carry eight cars in the same storage unit. More fun, less hassle.
This certainly has been a lot of fun and I hope I get to see you at one of the up coming made railroad shows. I will keep you posted on when and where we'll be.
Oh and by the way, we haven't forgotten about the passenger cars and larger modern prototypes. Be sure to look for our new 6 compartment Closet Railroads for the 50' and 60" cars as well as the 4 compartment size for your heavyweight and streamline passenger cars.
