New outdoor Rail Road

[vsmith]

Ed, sorry for the undeserved cold shoulder....

Perhaps this should have been posted in the General Discussion forum, most users go there first and to these secondary forums only if they have a specific topic to dicuss. It would have a far larger viewership over there. I didnt even know this was here until I looked in to see what been happening on this part of the forum.

There are already several thread on the "general discussion" thread that are exactly what you are looking for advise wise on getting started, dont give up on us yet....[:D]

A bit more info please. how big an area are you using? any slope? any trees?

What type of trains are you thinking of running? Small engines, big? live steam?

All are factors needed prior to any advice being offered, as they all effect what should be done. Vic

[Anonymous]

Hello Ed
You do not mention if you have started anything yet or how much room or materials you have at your disposal.I must say that the idea of a Gnome run railway has amused me no end.My children even checked out reference books to see what Gnomes get up to! As Kim says,here in England they stay out of sight.
I myself do not do the realistic approach to railways either (apologies to all Gnomes reading this ) but let the children choose the themes and I build the bits.The only adult input is the beer and wine carrying coach.Have fun.I'd love to see your progress
Troy

[Anonymous]

Hi Ed & welcome,
Nothing wrong with Gnomes, every garden should have one. The only problem with the brit ones is they live underground and you hardly ever see them. I have tried putting pot ones out but all they do is turn them round and they even kidnapped one and sent ransom notes, I stopped falling for that one after the first £10. I hope the winery will brew 'Dandelion & Burdock', a wonderful brit soda (Ithink you call them) which goes very well with vodka.
Carry on with the good work!
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[Anonymous]

Ed,

You might want to seek out the Connecticut "G" Scalers large scale club. Their members have a wide range of knowledge/experience in garden/indoor railroading and they are always willing to help with advice, etc. You can find their address, etc in Garden Railways mag.

[Feather]

Hi Ed,

I'm new here, myself, having just found this forum.

There are many ways to build bridges. Garden Textures at http://www.gardentextures.com offers kits, plans, and I think they offer built up bridges for the desterily challenged among us. George has lots of techniques you might try at http://www.girr.org/girr/index.html You might take a look at http://www.gardenmetalmodels.com/future_is_near.htm
for metal bridges and such.

There is a wealth of information at http://www.mylargescale.com/ and at http://www.largescaleonline.com/

If you are into Aristocraft models, you can try http://www.aristocraft.com

Hope this will get you started. Have fun!

SteveF

[aljay]

I looked.

Do you have any structures built yet? I would be interested to see them.[:D]

[HEdward]

[:(] Not even one reply. It is no wonder the hobby has a hard time growing if a neophyte can't even get a response on here.

[HEdward]

The New Fairfield Gnome and Garden Railway Corporation is seeking advisor's, consultants and engineers to assist in the planning, building and operation of its proposed new construction. The theme is a prototype Garden Gnome sized rail line(1:20.3 as compared to the full size human scale) with a water feature(pond basics already in our posession) several businesses and light passenger service. Industries to be serviced include, The NF Dandelion Seed Company, local branch office of the Danbury Twig Company, Gnome Brother's Winery(dandelion wine a speciality) and the NF Gnome Bed and Breakfast.
Basing the NFG&G as a Gnome owned and operated line leaves the pressure off the garden aspect as few miniature plants are needed to create the scenes. One thing I do want with this is a large bridge crossing in front of the waterfall, but it must be able to support the weight of live steam locos should someone care to visit with such motive power. Now that I am again gainfully employed, I have some cash flow but time gets tight.
Interested parties please Email myself or reply here.
Thanks,
Ed