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Garden Railways › How To ›

Large Scale Layouts

The Southern Cross Railway
Aug 5, 2007

The Southern Cross Railway

TSOMO DRIFT. It’s the usual problem on a single-track railway—waiting for traffic coming the other way. A great horseshoe curve…

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The Snake River Railroad
Aug 3, 2007

The Snake River Railroad

The steel truss bridge spans a deep gully. It was assembled entirely with screws and nuts on a purpose-built table.…

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