The Tortoise & Lizard Bash Garden Railroad at a glance Name: Tortoise & Lizard Bash Railroad Size of railway: 52′ x ~20′ plus a 10′ x 15′ “L” Scale: Trains, 1:29; structures, 1:24 Gauge: Nº 1 (45 mm) Era: September 1957 Theme: Fantasy, town and country mainline, and switching Age: 15 years Motive power: Primarily […]
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Name: Sebring Model RR Club Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 25 x 75 feet Prototype: freelanced Locale: eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania Era: late 1940s to late 1950s Style: walk-in Mainline run: 1,100 feet Minimum radius: 42″ Minimum turnout: no. 6 Maximum grade: 1.5 percent Originally appeared in the March 2014 Model Railroader. Click on the […]
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Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Structures and trackwork dominate this episode of the Model Railroader staff’s Rice Harbor video journal. Associate editor Steve Otte describes the lighthouse for Rice Harbor. Steve built the structure from a Branchline Trains kit, and the model also features a working beacon. Editor […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page Layout designer David Popp describes his strategy for using various turnouts on the Rice Harbor project layout. The turnouts are controlled by New Rail Models Blue Point controllers. You’ll also get a look at the benchwork for the folding staging track and see […]
