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Visit the Morning Glow Railroad
Name: Morning Glow Railroad Size: Irregular L-shaped 100′ x 150′ Scale: 1:29 Gauge: Nº 1 (45mm) Era: 1960 to present—all diesel Theme: Southern Pacific—Donner Pass to Tehachapi Age: 3 years Motive power: All battery Length of mainline: 1,101′ Maximum gradient: 3 % Track: Code-250 stainless steel; #10 pneumatic turnouts Minimum radius: 7′ Water features: 500-gallon […]
Get your trains back on track
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A modified bonsai technique for miniaturizing trees
1. A five-to-six-year-old Washington hawthorn tree on the author’s former railroad. Don Parker 2. A potted three-to-four-year-old hawthorn growing in the Hoot ’n’ Holler railroad garden. (Note the use of double potting to aid in getting the tree out of the ground for root pruning. Also note the thorns.) Don Parker 3. A dawn redwood […]
Sanders Blue dwarf Alberta spruce
Nancy Norris Common name: Sanders Blue dwarf Alberta spruce Latin name: Picea glauca ‘Sanders Blue’ aka P.g. ‘Sanderi’ Plant type: Dwarf conifer USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-9 (winter protection in Zones 3-5) Cultural needs: Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil, sun or part shade Plant size: 4-6′ high by 2-3′ wide in 10 years, if not pruned […]
Just Plain Folk barber shop
Kevin Strong 1:24 scale (approximately) assembled and painted barber shop Just Plain Folk 818 Lincoln Ave. Palmyra NJ 08065 Price: $79 Website: www.justplainfolkfigures.com Large scale, cast-resin structure; fully finished and painted; no interior. Dimensions: Depth, 9″ (excluding front sidewalk); height, 9″; width, 7″ Pros: Good exterior detail; good paint and finish; open bottom and removable […]
Kadee gauge-1 freight-car trucks
Marc Horovitz 1:29 scale, gauge-1 trucks Kadee Quality Products Co. 673 Avenue C White City OR 97503 Price: $49.99/pair Website: www.kadee.com 1:29 scale, gauge 1, freight-car trucks; available in three different styles (see text); mostly metal construction; unsprung, equalized; insulated axles; mounting adaptors provided for Bachmann, USA Trains, Aristo-Craft, and LGB. Dimensions: Wheel diameter at […]
VES Enterprises wood tunnel portals
Kevin Strong Wood tunnel portals VES Enterprises PO Box 11672 Casa Grande AZ 85130 Prices: Tunnel portal, $19; wing walls, $19/set Website: www.gtrainbuildings.com Natural cedar tunnel portal; wing walls available separately; supplied assembled, ready to finish. Dimensions: Portal: height, 131/2″; width, 131/2″; depth, 2″; tunnel opening, 73/4″ x 11″. Wing walls: 11″ x 11″ as […]
Product video: Rail-Kleen Track Sweeper
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Garden Railways, October 2015
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Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – The DB Railroad of Germany
This PBS Tracks Ahead segment covers Gordon Calahan’s large scale rendition of a German railroad operating during WWII. […]
