Under The Bed Railroad

[Carlos Perea]

I placed my trainset underneath my bed, due to space constraints. Here are the first few photos:

FEC 1035 resting after a long day of work:

FEC 1031 just behind FEC 1035:

A partial view of the station platform and two passenger cars:

A view of Florida East Coast 48-Seat Coach Hollywood:

Both locomotives seen from the station entrance:

Detail view of Florida East Coast Diner Ft. Pierce:

Detail view of Florida East Coast 48-Seat Coach Hollywood:

Hope you enjoyed!

 

[Carlos Perea]

Here are some more:

View of the rear of Florida East Coast Observation Car Lake Okeechobee:

View of the station entrance and Florida East Coast Observation Car Lake Okeechobee:

Detail view of Florida East Coast 24-8 Slumbercoach Silver Slumber:

View of the NW 144th St. grade crossing:

Hope you enjoyed!

 

[papio]

Nice pics Carlos. Keep the dust-bunnies off of the right-of-way!

 

[Carlos Perea]

Keep the dust-bunnies off of the right-of-way!

Will do!

 

[CBCNSfan]

Hi Carlos, well I guess we all have some space constraints, just that some of us are mor constraint than others. Do tou have it on anything, like a sheet of plywood so you can haul it out when you want to run them? Keep the photos coming.
Cheers Willis

 

[mushroom2]

I want to see some overhead shots

 

[Carlos Perea]

Hi Carlos, well I guess we all have some space constraints, just that some of us are mor constraint than others. Do tou have it on anything, like a sheet of plywood so you can haul it out when you want to run them? Keep the photos coming.
Cheers Willis

Actually, I run it under the bed. It's pretty fun!

 

[CBCNSfan]

I run it under the bed

Good grief just how much headroom do you have under the bed?

 

[Carlos Perea]

Good grief just how much headroom do you have under the bed?

Not much, but its fun to be laying down there with my cat rubbing against me.

Fortunately I have the controller at the side of the bed, so there's no need for me to crawl underneath the bed, but when I have to it's quite fun!

 

[CBCNSfan]

LOL, I keeep mine up high enough so I don't have to bend, if I didn't I might not be able to get up again However there is a good point to your system in that the rolling stock and locos don't have far to fall to the floor, whereas with mine if they fall !!!

 

[Carlos Perea]

LOL, I keeep mine up high enough so I don't have to bend, if I didn't I might not be able to get up again However there is a good point to your system in that the rolling stock and locos don't have far to fall to the floor, whereas with mine if they fall !!!

Not to mention that there's some nice soft carpet and dead spider bodies for them to land on.

 

[CBCNSfan]

nice soft carpet and dead spider bodies for them to land on

Well I have a nice soft carpet in the bedroom, but if the're any spiders down there they'll have to pick themselves up.
Seriously, in all the literature I've read, carpets are not a recommended sub roadbed for running model trains on, seems the drive train picks up fibers from the carpet and can build up around the motor and gears. It may be a good idea to have a little maintenance schedule of removing the body shell and cleaning any debris from the running gear.
Cheers Willis