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The deed is done.
I spent the last couple of weeks in Houston removing loose stuff from the railroad and turning modules on their sides to remove the legs. Rail joiners, jumpers, turnout points, trees, everything that could fall off went into ziploc bags. I built two racks to hold the full-size modules (everything about five feet and up), and in a burst of over-engineering, I taped a piece of 1/4″ neoprene over each track end on the modules, except for a couple that had elevated scenery on the end. The long runs of straight track in the corridor were cut in half, and I extracted the four-foot segment of track that ran through the wall. I bet that hole will spark some curiosity in potential future owners.
After a few days delay due to the freeze, I picked up a 20′ U-Haul on Monday morning the 22nd. Loading crew showed up and stuffed the truck full from front to back, although only about four feet deep. We set off Tuesday at 6 am and arrived without incident in Wichita at 4:30. Then a lot of complicated stuff happened, due to car rental problems, failure of the gate operator, and a couple of other things, but the truck was safely inside. Wednesday the 24th, the other moving crew arrived and unloaded it all into the building. Now the fun begins.
I am incredibly grateful that despite a low temp of -11 F in Wichita, nothing froze in either the building or the house. Houston wasn’t so fortunate, as you’ve probably heard, and we were without power in Houston for almost a day. I had some old L-girders and things that went into the fireplace, but that saved me the trouble of disposing of them later.
Pictures later.
RG7
