Does anyone in this Classic Toy Family also have a Garden Layout? As always, many thanks.
Small funky dogbone shape.
Guilty as charged. Here in NC I begin running in Fall as it is always too hot and humid to enjoy being outdoors. It was until this week, It needs some serious cleaning up. Bruce
Bad news: The residential end is equally downtrodden…Good News: No home owners association to contend with.
Some tourists from the local campground…
Doesn’t everyone have a garden railroad in addition to the one in the basement? [;)]
When we first built it I had no idea how much like real railroading the track maintainance would be. The winters here in Wisconsin can do terrible things to a railroad empire.
Enjoying the World’s Greatest Hobby
Northwoods Flyer
Northwoodflyer where is the snow blower engine? I don’t see it in that pic with the snow [:-^]
Northwoods
I moved to NC from Wisconsin and I had a garden layout there, and I remember a guy at the LHS talking about his rigging up a wedge plow for his road but he said it was too d—n cold to stay outside long enough to try it. LOL.
I see that cribbed Trestle at the top and the curved ledge it sits on which is cool. Did you build the trestle yourself? What kind of rock is it sitting on? Sandstone?
I made the “Sago Palm & Dry Wash Trestle” out of HDPE recycled wood and the ledge is a really large piece of flagstone with a bunch of large river rock on the back of it to act as an anchor. The trestle is in need of some repair, when I was removing some large tree limbs I accounted for where it would fall but neglected to realize it would bounce as much as it did. A couple of broken stringers and a section of bent track later it is up and operational until permanent repairs are done. The main line and the siding will need reballasting and leveling as well.
Thanks for the information. Here in NC, I had several washouts but I have some two foot fill embankments that held. Must be this lovely clay soil. I like how your line ( a portion of it) rides on that rock shelf. I built a Pratt truss out of tomato stakes treated with preservative and don’t want the same style for an extension. Thanks for the inspiration. A cribbed trestle never occurred to me. Duh.
No I don’t. But if I ever find myself in a position to do so, I may try live steam.
Thanks for your replies and the pictures. I guess, for me, it would be the next step (HO>O>Garden)
Can’t wait to start…that is…as soon as I get permission from the “Queen Of The Royal Coffers”
Thanks, again,
No, but I’ve always wanted to! [:D] If I ever win the lottery I’m going to hire an expert mason to build me mountains, bridges, lakes and a right of way out of concrete and then I’ll hire a gardener to plant and maintain a bazillion bansai trees and other small plants! [(-D] Oh well, guess I’ll have to be content running inside for now!
Becky
rtraincollector,
Would you believe its buried under the drifts? [(-D]. The equipment comes inside when the first snowflakes become visible. The garden railroad has mainly been my son’s domain. I hate to admit that it has fallen into disrepair and will take a lot of work to get it running again. The last time he was home his comment was “Its a jungle out there” .[:$]
Wally,
All I can say is that the cold weather here in the northland is made for working inside on the train layout. There are two other garden layouts here in town that I know of, and both of them are in immaculate condition. Their owners start early in the spring to recondition the track. Its a great aspect of the hobby, but it can definitely eat up a lot of time.
Enjoying many aspects of the World’s Greatest Hobby
Northwoods Flyer
My wife suggested that we consider one when we get around to re-landscaping the side yard. Lot of other work to get to before that project, though.
Also, I’m not entirely convinced I want to get started in G gage.
Anybody running O gage outside?
Not Yet, but have been considering it.
That’s pretty wonderful - all of them are - I’d love to have one someday - especially since St. Aubin’s Station - a huge G Scale and Outdoor vendor - is just a few miles away. But as Northwoods noted, not sure how the road would take a winter dumping a few feet of snow on it.
I Collect Lionel and have been a member of TCA for 38 years.
I operate “G Gauge”, over 500 feet of track consume my side yard. The cars are “weather proof”, some go in a storage locker, a dozen or so are always on the tracks, rain or shine. Locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses always come in if rain or snow is predicted to protect the electronics. Radio control is a MUST, I use MTH PS2 on some engines, Aristo Revolution on others.
You guys are Killing Me with your photos…Beautiful!
Buy the way, have any of you seen the garden layout at Germany in Epcot?
Wallyworld: Thanks for the link to the video.