bklynman01
Active Member
As I'm sure is the case with a lot of you, my layout is in the basement. Well, it's not a "real" basement, as I live in a split level home and so the lower floor is only half underground, not as deep as a normal home. In any case, it still gets pretty cool down there. Not so much that I can't stand it when I spend a few hours in the evening getting some stuff done, but cool nonetheless. Well, I live in Ohio, right between the midwest and the northeast where all the frigid weather has been hanging out, seemingly for weeks now (with one or two 30 degree days sprinkled in). I went down yesterday to work on a small task and pushed some cars off onto a siding for storage. A few of the cars derailed and I just dismissed it as too much power when shoving the cars by hand. After getting them all back on, I easily pushed them down the line and the next few cars came flying off. Upon closer inspection, the rail had actually popped out of the plastic ties and became too narrow for the trucks to roll through. After a few choice words, I opened the vent in the ceiling to begin keeping the room a little closer to the 68 degrees the thermostat is set to. Then went on cutting the section out and replacing it. Now it doesn't match the rest, but that's okay right now. As always, the layout is in the construction phase.