Take a tour of a live steam outdoor railroad club located in the greater Cincinnati, Ohio, area. The railroad accommodates a wide variety of trains fueled by coal, oil, propane, gasoline, and batteries. […]
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Cinder Sniffers
Magazine: Garden Railways
Tracks Ahead: Season 9 – Eagle Mountain Garden Railroad
In this visit to Peggy and Gary Martin’s outdoor garden railway, the Eagle Mountain Railroad, you’ll see large scale trains in a distinctly southwestern desert setting. […]
Annuals for the railroad garden
1. A spectacular display of annual flowers edges the mainline of Ned and Phyllis Ruetz’s Rock Canyon Garden Railroad in Michigan. Don Parker 2. White sweet alyssum blooms profusely on the right of a clump of blue lobelia on Tom Speer’s Hard Rock & Dynamite Railroad in Denver. Don Parker 3. What appears to be […]
Black-leaved clover
Nancy Norris Common name: Black-leaved clover Latin name: Trifolium repens ‘Atropurpureum’ Plant type: Groundcover USDA Hardiness Zones: 4-10 Cultural needs: Well drained, moist soil; sun to shade Plant size: 3-6″ high by 12″ wide White clover is native to every US State and almost all Canadian provinces. This portrait shows a selection of the common […]
Accucraft 0-4-2T locomotive
Marc Horovitz Vital statistics 7⁄8″ scale, gauge 1, live-steam 0-4-2T locomotive Accucraft Trains 33268 Central Avenue Union City CA 94587 Price: $2,200 Website: www.accucraft.com Gauge 1, 7⁄8″ scale (1:13.7) model of a Baldwin 0-4-2T locomotive; live-steam operation; all-metal construction; butane fired; single-flue copper boiler; fittings include safety valve, check valve, water glass, pressure gauge, filler […]
Crest Electronics Revolution Base Station Super Receiver
Kevin Strong Revolution Base Station/Super Receiver Crest Electronics The Noble Building, Rm. 230 32 Noble St. Newark NJ 07114 Price: MSRP, $250 Website: www.crest-electronics.net High-current capable (15 amps), sound and control receiver for use either onboard or as a trackside controller for track power. Dimensions: 11/4″ tall, 3″ wide, 41/2″ long] Pros: Able to handle […]
LGB Lok book
Lok by Aldo Farneti and Paolo Zanin Edizioni Antilia, Treviso, Italy Available in the US from: Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. 5601 W. Florist Avenue Milwaukee WI 53218 544 pages, hardbound, 12″ x 9¾”, color photos Price: $69.95 Website: www.walthers.com This remarkable book, dedicated by its Italian authors to Wolfgang Richter, covers virtually every locomotive that […]
Accucraft’s 0-4-2T locomotive
Vital statistics 7⁄8″ scale, gauge 1, live-steam 0-4-2T locomotive Accucraft Trains 33268 Central Avenue Union City CA 94587 Price: $2,200 Website: www.accucraft.com Gauge 1, 7⁄8″ scale (1:13.7) model of a Baldwin 0-4-2T locomotive; live-steam operation; all-metal construction; butane fired; single-flue copper boiler; fittings include safety valve, check valve, water glass, pressure gauge, filler plug; working […]
Garden Railways, August 2014
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Moving the logs on the Little River Rail Road
Name: Tom Grabenstein Railroad Name: Little River Rail Road Location: The Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee Scale: 1:20.3 Theme: Logging Description: The fifth video from Little River RR productions and Choo Choo Films is a tribute to the 8 and 16 mm films made by railfans and company men toward the end of logging by […]
Garden Railways, June 2014
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Build your own wireless DCC system
Mark Buccini In the August 2014 issue, Mark and Vince Buccini wrap up a three-part series on building a simple DCC system. This part explains how to program and install a locomotive decoder. Cut-and-paste the code for the decoder here or download the attached .txt file. And don’t miss parts one and two (April and […]
