A ubiquitous freight car that rode America’s rails from one World War to another, the 40-foot double-sheathed wood boxcar developed by the United States Railroad Administration (USRA), is the latest HO scale offering from WalthersMainline. A war baby. The United States Railroad Administration (USRA) was formed in 1917 to nationalize the nation’s railroads, which were […]
Paint jar caps that are stuck or tightly sealed are a problem most modelers’ experience. In the spray booth at Model Railroader, we use an Oxo Good Grips jar opener (no. 21191) to open stubborn paint bottle caps. These are sold at most major discount stores and specialty cooking shops. Just place the cap into […]
As CTT Editor Hal Miller shares, getting a toy train set up and running for the holidays is a timeless tradition! And as CTT Senior Editor Roger Carp explains, getting your hands on an uncatalogued Lionel/MPC set from 1973 can be a special treat in the 2020 holiday season. […]
Name: Ilya Krishtal Forum User Name: IlyaRussia Railroad Name: Toy garden railroad Location: Russia, Moscow region Scale: between H0 and G Theme: Garden railroad, made from a children`s toy layout. Description: I built this railroad for our small son, Krishtal Boris. Russia, Zhavoronki village, 30 km from Moscow. […]
Name: William Sakalaucks Railroad Name: Farwell, Lafayette, Irving, & Prospect Location: Milwaukee, WI Scale: 1:29 Theme: Tourist/Short Line Description: As we enter the time of longer nights, the FLIP Rwy sometimes needs to bring out the searchlight car for work to be done, or to find the missing connector! […]
Name: Philipp Dobler Railroad Name: SRR Stoneriver Railway Location: Balsthal Switzerland Theme: American freelance Description: gardenrailway freelance with switchback, logging and mining […]
If your steam-era railroad needs a compact locomotive servicing terminal, Walthers has a new HO scale structure that will fill the bill (and your locomotive’s tender). The compact Wood Coaling Tower (item no. 933-4202) is big enough to keep a handful of steam locomotives fueled without taking up a lot of layout space. Its short […]
The HO scale Rice Harbor Welcome to Rice Harbor, Model Railroader’s new staff-built project railroad. In this and subsequent issues, we’ll show you how we built this 5 x 8 layout – from the wheels at the bottom of its legs to the top of the illuminated lighthouse. Rice Harbor is an HO model of […]
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Current Issue Fall 2020 | Garden Railways Magazine […]
We currently don’t have any active Sweepstakes. Please check back soon for our next Registration Sweepstakes. Congratulations to Jim Lane of California for winning the USA Trains Santa Fe Locomotive. […]
Rene Schweitzer, Editor rene.schweitzer@firecrown.com Rene has been with the staff of Garden Railways since February of 1998. She purchases, edits, and prepares articles for the website. She loves working with contributors to develop new content, so if you have an article idea, please email her. She currently lives in Waukesha with her husband (who is […]
