This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our best efforts to compress this file, it is […]
1:20.3 scale, gauge-1 combine AMS Trains33268 Central Ave.Union City CA 94587Check with your local dealer for price and availabilityWebsite: www.amstrains.com 1:20.3-scale combine (combination baggage car and coach); plastic body and interior detail; all-metal trucks; lighted interior; sliding side doors; opening, spring-loaded end doors; working knuckle couplers; basic underbody detail. Dimensions: length over end beams, 25½”; […]
Large scale, gauge-1 4-6-0 Bachmann Industries 1400 East Erie Avenue Philadelphia PA 19124 Price: $300 Website: www.bachmanntrains.com All-plastic representation of James from the Thomas-the-Tank series; moving eyes; blackened, metal, spoked wheels on locomotive and tender; plastic side rods; hook-and-loop couplers; unsprung buffers; molded-in handrails; polarity switch (NMRA/large scale) on engine. Dimensions: Length (locomotive and tender), […]
1:22.5/1:20.3-scale resin figures Hope Line FiguresDistributed by:SLMPO Box 28047Baltimore MD 21239Price: $11 unpainted; $14 primed, ready to paintWebsite: www.slmonline.com Cast-resin figures suitable for either 1:22.5 or 1:20.3 scale; sizes vary based on specific figure Pros: Excellent detail; natural poses Cons: None Supply Line Model Railroad Figures has added two new figures to their “Hope Line” […]
Miniature Garden Guidebook by Nancy Norris Published by Kalmbach Publishing Co. PO Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 112 pages, 8¼” x 10¾” Softbound, color photos throughout Price: $21.85 Website: www.kalmbachbooks.com Nancy Norris, Horticultural Editor for this magazine, has put together this handy guidebook that railroad gardeners, from novices to green-thumbers, will find useful. It is […]
36″ plate-girder bridge and 42″ Warren truss bridge Gnome Miniature Engineering1335 West River RoadCambridge, Ontario NIR 5S5CanadaPrices: Girder bridge, $321 + s&h; truss bridge, $338 + s&hWebsite: http://gnomengineers.blogspot.com Wood-and-aluminum bridges for garden-railway use. Plate-girder bridge (#PL36) dimensions: length, 36″; width, 4” (bridge), 6.625″ (timber bridge deck); height, 3.575″. Warren truss-bridge (#TR42) dimensions: length, 42″; width, […]
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Railway at a glance Name: Bondesbjerg Mountain Railway Size: 8m x 4m (26’2″ x 13’1″) Scale: 1:10 Gauge: 45mm Era: Today Theme: Former industrial railroad, now a tourist attraction Age: 5 years Motive power: Scratchbuilt industrial diesel locomotive Length of mainline: 30m (98′) Maximum gradient: 2% Type of track: LGB rail spiked to wooden ties […]
In the June 2011 issue, author Eric Schade begins a two-part series on building a covered bridge from wood. Download this companion article on a covered bridge from the May/June 1985 issue of Garden Railways. […]
Piko America LLC BR199 German diesel locomotive With its new model of a German narrow-gauge diesel, Piko has entered the market for G narrow-gauge equipment in a big way – literally. The two-motor, 12-wheel locomotive is more than 21″ long. The prototype for Piko’s model is a B-B diesel-hydraulic that was developed for the East […]
Download the PDF of this project here. In the April 2011 issue, Ian Stringer’s Hensellvania Division shows a model of the Canton Depot. Download these plans to build your own Canton Depot, compliments of our sister publication Model Railroader. […]
