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Hello all. After spending 2 months clearing out overgrowth around my "island" of pine trees and adding stone border, landscaping fabric, and 7 yards of mulch, I have a nice 22' by 18' area. While sitting in our rocking bench, I said to my wife "you know, a train would look real good traveling around in there". Afer a one hour ride to the LHS, came back with Beginner's Guide To Large Scale Model Railroading book and June's Garden Railways. While there, fell in love with the USA Trains GP 38-2. Have a few questions. First, what would be the min. rad. for this loco? Second, as a lot of the pine tree roots are half exposed, and digging a trench for the track base is out of the question. Was thinking about driving metal or wood post down 4' (I live in upstate NY) and attaching roadbed to this. Does this sound like a good plan? If not, any suggestion. Just looking for a loop around with maybee a passing sideing. When I want to do switching moves, I will wander upstairs and operate my HO layout. Last, what kind of voltamp should I be looking for in a power pack?
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