A Different Kind of Reefer...

This week produced major changes in the Train Room. I removed the remaining floor trim, for use elsewhere in our dwelling. I also removed all of the carpet and carpet pad. I scraped the bear floor, using a bladed tool that Bill Gamsby lent me. This involved moving things multiple times, including the contents of the closets, which are to the left and right of the entryway. Several more loads of non-train items were moved to new homes in other rooms. I finished up by doing the initial taping for the upcoming painting project.

An unexpected find behind one of the baseboard trim pieces was reefer, but not the refridgerated boxcar type. This "stuff" was left by the previous occupant, and I'm not planning to incorporate it into the refreshed decor of the room...

Half of the carpet gone, getting ready to scrape under the pad

Bare floor seeing daylight

Shuffled furniture, no more carpet

Non-railroad reefer!

Bare walls, almost bare floor

This week I finished sorting and moving out the items that were on the left side of the room. I was able to remove some of the trim, which will be relocated to some upstairs room. I also started removing some carpet.

Left side getting closer

Under the blue and green paint is some odd, light pink paint

No More Misc

All of the "Misc" boxes are now re-sorted and de-ported from the Train Room! That was about all I did in the Train Room this week, but that is okay - because my wife celebrated her birthday, we received an unexpected amount of rain (which flooded parts of the city), we attended the Home Show, went to a musical downtown, built a fence/railing in front of the house, and dog-sat for our brother and sister. Also this is a big conference week at work, and I had two classes to present, so the number of hours to make advancements in the Train Room were understandably limited. Currently, I am cataloging the "N" gauge trains in the visiting collection - goodness they are tiny! Their detail is quite excellent - this might explain why Captain Picard mentions them so often: "N gauge!"

Sunlight! Gasp!

Very tiny - and very well detailed N gauge freight car

The Green Wall Emerges, and Some Small Visitors

Massive progress was made throughout the house over the Labor Day weekend. Items bound for the kitchen, craft room, and garage were sorted and sent to their rightful places from the Train Room. We now have quite the view of the rather neon-greenish west wall, which hopefully will be coated with some white primer sooner or later. While many things have exited the Train Room, I also moved in some temporary visitors, in the form of an HO train collection. I was asked to sell it on behalf of some family friends and need to prep a spot for prospective buyers to view it. So, the Train Room will be a good place for that...

Many thanks to my wife for helping with sorting, and for doing tremendous work in her new kitchen!

The green wall and window can now be seen

A selection of some of the temporary HO train collection