I have to admit, I have too many pliers. I put myself through graduate school working as a musical instrument repairman, which is very pliers intensive work. You need big ones, little ones, flat nose, chain nose, needle nose and so on, both knurled and smooth. As my career moved on to electronics, more pliers appeared, along with cutters of various types. When I retired and began working with trains again, I ruthlessly culled my collection but I still wound up with this:

Here are a few unprofessional phone pics in the backyard.  The scenery base is concrete (read plaster of paris) and drying inside.  This is the building built around the animated Tortoise driven door I've been working on. 

I don't really know what purpose the building will serve yet, or what to call it, so no signs yet.  I just wanted something industrial that held two 50' boxcars.  

Suggestions on what it might or could be would be appreciated!

I'm upgrading my older athearn F7's to DCC. I put the decoder on top of the motor, but the weight will not fit over it. I tried milling some of the metal but I cannot get a good cleareance. Do I need to put the weight back in?  I'm affraid of loosing traction.

I'm finishing the back corner of the Southside Industrial District. A spur passes in front of the backdrop and I'm filling some empty space with a background building.

I've mocked up a couple of options, which will follow in responses to this thread. My final selection will be cleaned up with details, etc.

Here is the space. The trackage serves a chemical complex, but this particular building will be a nondescript warehouse kind of thing in the background.