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The Bonsai Beginner’s Bible book

Bill Zuback The Bonsai Beginner’s Bible By Peter Chan Published by Octopus Books USA 1290 Avenue of the Americas 4th and 5th Floors New York NY 10104 Octopusbooksusa.com 320 pages 5½” x 61½” Softcover Price: $14.99 Bill Zuback Bill Zuback The Chinese first practiced the art of bonsai more than 2,000 years ago. Growing miniature […]

Super-size Soo Line plows the snow

Plowing snow on the Grosser's 1.6" scale railroad

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Super-size Soo Line tie replacement

fixing railroad ties on a 1.6"-scale track

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Garden Railways, Fall 2019

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The best of Garden Railways magazine: Editors’ picks

You can own the entire collection of Garden Railways magazine in a convenient DVD-ROM format. This special compilation includes 192 complete issues from 1984–2015, plus 9 bonus issues of its predecessor, the Sidestreet Banner newsletter. In addition, you’ll have access to every full-size drawing ever published — a total of 128 drawings to view, download, […]

Timeline of garden railroading

We were digging in our archive and remembered a timeline history of the hobby that we published in our December 2003 issue. We thought our readers would enjoy seeing it again. Download a free PDF of this article at the link below! […]

September new large scale products from Garden Railways magazine

PIKO America R/C 25-tonner Bachmann Halloween bunk car Bachmann Halloween boxcar Bachmann Halloween boxcar Bachmann Halloween boxcar Engines & rolling stock PIKO America, 4610 Alvarado Canyon Rd., Ste. 5, San Diego CA 92120 has three new versions of their GE 25-ton diesels (#38503, #38504, #38505). They are factory-equipped, battery powered locomotives with the PIKO America […]

The Garden Variety Railroad Show: Introduction, Episode 1

Man and women kneeling to inspect plants on a garden railroad.

As previously highlighted in the Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors episodes, the task of restoring Kent Johnson’s small garden railway (1:29 scale) seems to be an on-going effort. While the work on his main line continues in this new series, Kent, Rene, Cody, and others will also introduce you to topics, techniques, tools, projects, and places […]

Build Your Own Rolling Stock

Download this free PDF from Garden Railways magazine for full-size drawings of a generic skeleton log car (1:20.3 scale) and a pulp wood car (7/8”). Inside you will also find a handy conversion chart to help you scale these drawings up or down to suit your modeling needs. […]