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Hello Everyone My name is John and I live just outside Los Angeles. I'm brand new to garden RR, but not new to model RRs. I have been in and out of HO for 25 years. Amazingly, if you had asked me one week ago if I was interested in garden RR, I would have said no. I have seen some shows on HGTV about garden RR, and it looked pretty nice, but I thought it was out of my reach. Anyway, here is what happened. My wife and I were in a second hand store, and I found a plastic bag full of large scale train equipment for $13 in the toy section. I knew practically nothing about G scale equipment, and researched it here on the internet. What I discovered was that I had an early Bachman 4-6-0 starter set, battery & RC controlled. I had illusions of upgrading the loco, but after cleaning it up and running it, I found it performed poorly, just like everyone said it would on the net and it had plastic wheels and detailing which looked too fake. I found a guy in Las Vegas who had an upgrade kit but for the cost I could buy a brand new loco. The second hand rolling stock (3 cars) are in good shape and considering new ones are $25-$75$ each, I'd say I came out ahead. I added some metal wheels ($11) on one car and plan to do the same to the others. The real killer in expense is the track. I learn fast., and after talking to some people and studying the garden RR beginners book by Kalmbach, I went out bought about 100 feet of USA track after surveying and measuring my yard and a Bachman Anniversary edition 4-6-0 loco, which is by far the best deal. The Spectrums are nice but twice as expensive, and I did'nt think it was worth the extra cost. Eventually, I'm going to convert the loco to full RC. Right now I am stumped, because I have some permanent landscaped plants, that I can't move where I need to lay the track, between them and a fence, but the roots are near the surface so I cannot dig a trench to put in the crusher fine ballast. Any suggestions on how to lay the track, if you can't dig a trench to put in the ballast? I don't want to just lay the track in the dirt. Thanks John
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