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Where are some good sites to see pictures of actual garden railway setups please?

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Where are some good sites to see pictures of actual garden railway setups please?
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 7:31 PM
Looking for websites with garden railway pictures please. Also, links to any clubs in the Houston area (this may have been answered in one of my previous questions. if so, I apologize).
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 8:06 PM
Thlorian,

Here are a few mostly from "down under", but don't worry, you won't have turn your monitor upside down to see them [:D]
Each has site has probably got links to more, so that should keep you busy for the next few minutes until someone posts some USA links.
Glen.

Ashburton Forks; Another superb 1:24 scale New Zealand line, scratchbuilt NZR protoypes
http://www.geocities.com/nzr1in24/index.html

Bart Salmons Western Consolidated; Bart's 7/8th GR in W Virginia
http://www.trainweb.org/wcng

Burra and District Rail road; "Uncle Pete comes to the Burra". Grant Kerr's GR
http://mywebpage.netscape.com/soundgk/index.html

Gibbergunyah Creek; John & Ruth Pearce in NSW
http://www.geocities.com/gibbergunyahcreek/index.html

Ian Crook; http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/Mall/5290/

Owen Witteveen; http://www.srhc.org.au/users/owensng/

Possum Pass & Frogmouth Gulch RR; Master-modeller David Fletcher's work
http://4largescale.com/fletch/index.htm

Rocky Creek Railway; Glen Anthony's new Rocky Creek Railway (NZ)
http://www.trainweb.org/nzgr/index.html

Rurr Valley Railway; James McInerney's 1:24 garden railway set on the west coast of Tasmania
http://www.cia.com.au/bullack/rvrtitle.html

Sandstone & Termite Railway; Greg Hunters amazing garden railway, Australian style, mainly scratchbuilt. Has been featured in AMRM and "Garden Railways".
http://www.users.bigpond.com/huntergpmj/gregs/ghome.htm

The Coramba Creek Timber Company's Railway; Graham Morphett's famous G gauge line in a splendid water garden.
http://www.morphett.com/cctcr/

The Toenail Ridge Shortline; Phil's Garden Railway URL
http://www.trainweb.org/toenailridge

The Turrella Tramway; Mark Hobb's G scale model of a fictional private light timber railway line located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range on the east coast of New South Wales.
http://www.trainweb.org/turrellatramway/

Wayne Spence; http://4largescale.com/spence/
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 8:09 PM
Here is another list

http://www.mylargescale.com/webring/webring.asp?ACTION=list
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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, January 6, 2005 9:52 AM
As Glen said above go to the www.MyLargeScale.com website. Several members have links to their own websites devoted to their layouts with lots of photos.

Glen,

for such a small country (population wise), NZ sure seams to have a LOT of garden RRers![;)]

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Posted by TheJoat on Thursday, January 6, 2005 1:19 PM
I'm not sure if you're looking for something specific, but you're always welcome at the Jackson & Burke RR - http://www.jbrr.com/
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Posted by Curmudgeon on Thursday, January 6, 2005 2:20 PM
These shots of some rr up near Seattle, featured a whalebacked tender SPNG #9, but show some of this rr:

http://www.urbaneagle.com/dg/dgpics.html
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 4:03 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith


for such a small country (population wise), NZ sure seams to have a LOT of garden RRers![;)]


Vic,

Most of those GR's are from Australia. Acually I stole the list off a yahoo group that Phil of ToenailRidge runs for us NZ'ers & Australian's. The term 'Down Under' is used to refer to both countires, usually by people in the Northern Hemisphere who don't know or care what the differences are.

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Posted by vsmith on Thursday, January 6, 2005 4:36 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by RockyCreekNZ

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith


for such a small country (population wise), NZ sure seams to have a LOT of garden RRers![;)]


Vic,

Most of those GR's are from Australia. Acually I stole the list off a yahoo group that Phil of ToenailRidge runs for us NZ'ers & Australian's. The term 'Down Under' is used to refer to both countires, usually by people in the Northern Hemisphere who don't know or care what the differences are.

Glen.


Glen, Just noticed that I called you by the wrong name, D'oh! my Bad...
Sorry, the coffee doenst kick in till around noontime.[D)]

I just notice that there are a few kiwis over at the MLS site , better representation than most US states.

For me "Down Under" refers to something falling off the workbench and rolling undernieth it. Its gone "Down Under" never to be seen again![;)]

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 6, 2005 6:40 PM
Your always welcome to our railroad near Chicago at http://planetdonnstudios.com/mike/index.html
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Posted by Rene Schweitzer on Monday, January 10, 2005 2:45 PM
Thlorian,

We have some photo contest winners photos here: http://www.trains.com/content/dynamic/articles/000/000/000/764dmsba.asp
http://www.trains.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/844oltav.asp

Click on the photo for a larger version.

Rene Schweitzer

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