Photos from a late 1930s themed garden railway
The railroad at a glance Railway name: Dunckley Northern Railway (DNR) Size of railroad: Covering an odd shaped garden approximately…
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The railroad at a glance Railway name: Dunckley Northern Railway (DNR) Size of railroad: Covering an odd shaped garden approximately…
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In 1951, Linn Westcott wrote a story about his ideas for a million-dollar model railroad. It was a thought experiment…
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The station scene is in front. It gets its postwar look from the vintage accessories, starting with the Lionel Nos.…
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Name: Greg Bird’s O gauge layoutDimensions: 6 x 16 feet Track and switches: Lionel FasTrack (36-inch diameter) Motive power and…
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Name: Neal Mayer’s O gauge layout Dimensions: 12′-0″ x 27′-3″ Track and switches: Lionel FasTrack (diameters range from 27 to…
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Please note: Due to a technical glitch in our software, the camera angles for this track plan did not appear…
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Facts and features Name: Norfolk & Western Pocahontas DivisionScale: N (1:160)Size: 36 x 36 feetPrototype: Norfolk & WesternLocale: southern…
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Facts and features Name: Great Northern Kalispell DivisionScale: N (1:160)Size: 29′-7″ x 36′-3″Prototype: Great NorthernLocale: MontanaEra: late 1950sStyle: walk-inMainline…
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You’ve learned a few things about toy trains, and maybe even bought a few items or pieces of track. You…
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How to build a pondless waterfall: In considering the infrastructure of garden railways, waterways come high on the list of…
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The following project is an update of Gary D. Patterson’s “Simplified CTC signals” in the July 1988 issue of MR.…
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Last year we visited Las Vegas’ hot garden railways, which were set against a vast arid moonscape, or so it…
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