Small yard garden railway: My wife wanted a big flower garden, and she had bought me a Bachmann Big Haulers Christmas train. How could she not have seen this coming?
We live in a mobile home park in West Virginia and have a very small yard, but that didn’t stop us from building a railway. The layout started as an 8-by-12-foot space in the front yard in 2004. Every few months, we added something new. Everything is scratchbuilt from recycled materials, except for one house purchased from Colorado Model Structures and modified. The manhole covers in the streets are Dremel disks laid into wet concrete. I built my first bridge in 2006 and construction has kept me busy.
Founded: March 12, 2004 (our anniversary date)
City Name: Runamuck, W.Va
Location: Parkersburg, W.Va.
Trains: USA Trains, Bachmann, Aristo-Craft
Owners: Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
Photo by Clara and Shane Wedekamm
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A fun display in a pickup truck
