The MC&MRRy. at a glance Name: Miller Creek & Moss Rock Railway Size of railroad: 30′ x 40′, approximately Scale: 1:24 Gauge: 45mm (no. 1) Era: Pre-WWII Theme: Freelance Colorado narrow-gauge branch line Age: 6 years Motive power: NiMH-battery-operated Delton Consolidation Length of mainline: 130′, (approximately) Maximum gradient: 3.5% Type of track: Micro Engineering, code […]
Common name: Thyme-leaf fuchsia, Encliandra fuchsia Latin name: Fuchsia thymifolia Plant size: 2-4′ high x 2′ wide Plant type: Perennial USDA Hardiness Zones: 8-11 Cultural needs: Rich, moist, drained soil; sun or light shade Planting Fuchsia thymifolia in your garden railway will surely attract hummingbirds, which love the profusion of magenta tubular flowers from spring […]
Download the PDF of this project here. 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 […]
Don’t miss the Dunckley Northern Railroad, our cover story for the June 2008 issue! Enjoy these bonus photographs, which will not be in the magazine. A busy morning at Wombat Station, with passengers eagerly awaiting the arrival of the morning Comet. The catenary is only installed from Inshed (In the train room) to Wombat, and […]
The adobe town of Old Nogales resides on the backside of the Eagle Mountains. A cattle drive is taking place up the main street. Sage-colored brittlebushes will be aflame with golden “daisies” in the spring. Doris and Doug Evans The railroad at a glance Name: Eagle Mountain Railroad Minimum radius: 18″ on logging loop, but […]
Marc Horovitz Download a track plan of the Middleboro project railroad, the subject of our new booklet, “A garden railroad you can build.” Click here to download a PDF version of the Middleboro track plan. […]
Over 2000′ of track runs through the relatively lowmaintenance Sunset Valley Railroad of Ted Sharpe in Issaquah, Washington. Dwarf Alberta spruce (Pirea glauca ‘Conica’) and low groundcovers predominantly thymes and sedums) are repeated throughout each section of the line. Joel Hayward Gary and Norma Agard of Augusta, Kansas, are building a beautiful garden in which […]
At the western frontier area, a section of fence can be lowered to allow fair goers a first-hand experience at running a train. The panel holds three buttons that control separate vintage trains. A streamliner skirts the area on the blue line. Don Emmons Railway at a glance Name: Fairplex Garden Railroad Scale: Various, between […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Snow Creek RR Scale: Gn3 (1:20 and 1:22.5) Size: 50 x 50 feet Prototype: narrow gauge tourist railroad Period: present day Style: outdoor model railroad Mainline run: 425 feet Minimum radius: 5 feet Maximum grade: 2.5 percent Originally appeared in the June 2002 issue of Model Railroader. See a […]
The railway at a glance Name: Woodland Railway Size of railroad: 4000 sq ft; 20′ x 100′ in woods, 20′ x 100′ in side yard Scale: 1:22.5 Gauge: 45mm Theme: Freight operations & fantasy Era: 1930s Age: 25 years Motive power: Steam and early diesel; Aristo-Craft, LGB, Bachmann Length of mainline: 700′ Maximum gradient: 6% […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Lake Tahoe & Truckee Scale: Gn3 (1:22.5) Size: 30 x 100 feet Prototype: Lake Tahoe Ry. & Navigation Co. Period: 1939 Mainline run: 350 feet Minimum radius: 5 feet Minimum turnout: no. 4 Maximum grade: 3.5 percent Originally appeared in the April 2003 issue of Model Railroader. Click on […]
The railway at a glance Name: L&R Railway Size of railroad: 110′ x 25′ Scale: Mixed Gauge: Nº 1 (45mm) Theme: Countryside flower beds Age: 11 years Motive power: LGB Mogul, Unitah Mallet, F7 (two A units and one B); Aristo-Craft Alco RS-3; Bachmann Climax and Shay Length of mainline: 250′ Maximum gradient: 0% Type […]
