Do you have a Garden Railway

[FJ and G]

Under construction. Toy train O scale (Lionelesque):

36 feet of track are already layed inside this warehouse that I just put up on Sunday. Building turnouts now (handlaying track) from the warehouse to the mainline.



Purpose: 1. To provide an industrial warehouse for the railroad; and 2., to house toy trains outside for a planned garden railroad (my shipment of code 148 n/s rail arrived so I can start laying tracks now on cedar ties, which I custom-cut myself).

Specs:

Approx. weight of shed: 100 pounds; filled with trains, transformers and DCS (housed in the upper office portion: 150 pounds.

About 11.5 feet long.

Long roof comes off in one piece; upper office comes out as well.

Structure made of cedar with waterproof wood glue and silicone calking.

Windows are constructed with a variety of parts including a telephone keypad and parts to a computer.

One of the doors was made from brass and two doors were made from boxcar doors.

Roof vents are constructed with plumbing pipe and with Port wine caps.

"Mort Industries" sign was made from a piece of ductwork with Lowe's mailbox letters (vinyl). They were too shiny so I sprayed them down with auto primer.

Obviously this is a work in progress as tracks are missing.

Below is the door, which is held in place at the bottom w/2 MTH RealTrack center rails and upper part with homemade brass latch.





Below are 8 side delivery doors, with rails from MTH Realtrax spiked with staples. Lights are operational and consist of copper plumbing parts. Electrical outlets between each delivery door were made from Lionel 027 track insulation pieces painted silverish color.



Below are multiple aerial views, taken from a small airplane. : The fan on the back is from a computer.













It was pouring down rain last night so I only managed to get this one blurry night shot. Some other lights are also on but cannot be seen in this picture. I ran 2 circuits, one in parallel, attached to the AC portion of an MRC HO X-former and the other is in series on the DC portion. I cut up Christmas lights to do it.




I was advised by garden railroaders not to use wild plants, so naturally, I went out and found a variety of natural plants incl. mosses, ferns, juniper virginiana, grasses and others I have in pots that even look cooler that I'll plant soon.

[Anonymous]

not yet but i do have my benchwork done

[Gary Crawley]

[#welcome] to the new members.

Yes

About 250 ft but still not completed, have been a bit sick for a while but I'm back into it again.

It is based on a narrow gauge Rio-Grande operation in Fn3 scale.
I have named the railway "Watson Valley. Railway" (totally fictitious) named after the suburb in Canberra where I live.

All the best
Gary

[Buckeye Riveter]

Yes, and it runs!


Future plans are to build a trestle and add more plants this next year.

[Capt Bob Johnson]

Yes, but always under construction!

[van buren s l]

I have an outdoor railway. Maybe it could be considered a garden railway. Right now about half of the track is invisible because it is under several inches of leaves.
Bob

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Marty Cozad

Personally i don't know how any one in their "right" mind can be into GRRing!!!

Personally I try to not use my mind at all. Just trying to conserve energy.[D)][swg]

[Anonymous]

Yes I do, albeit a small one...... And unfortunately due to health reasons I had to abandon it this year but hopefully can revive it again next spring, that is if I can find the track buried beneath the Elfin Thyme....

[bman36]

QUOTE: Originally posted by rescueraver

Hi All glad to join here. Hope to chat with you more. A few years back I lost my Right a Way do to the Big D and Had to donate most of my stuff to a club. I had 300 ft of premade track, 7 turn outs. I built a 17 ft long trestel in the front yard , a 24" wide 30" tall 60" long sawmill a small town about 10 structures on the layout that was lite up at night, 2 switch backs, a 8 ft tunnel a 30ft long stream that ended in a 6X6 pond were the main features of the railway. I am planing a new GR here at my new home,it will be a folded dogbone 60ft long 15X 25 and a 15X12 ends. I plan on elevateing the rail line with a dry stack stone wall encompassing the entire line. I am going to hand lay the track. I plan on two water features ,2 towns. My theam is going to be a Narrow Gauge Eastern logging / mineing. based around the West Virgian narrow gauge Prototype lines.

Hey there,
Welcome to the forum! That sure is quite a line you have planned. Anytime you lose your trains for whatever reason...build bigger and better! Great bunch here. Enjoy the forum. Later eh...Brian.

[Anonymous]

hello, yes i do have a garden railway, albe it a rather small one, its keeps me sain, and it has help me meet a lot of very nice pepole,
mike
lazy grange bay..

[Anonymous]

Hi All glad to join here. Hope to chat with you more. A few years back I lost my Right a Way do to the Big D and Had to donate most of my stuff to a club. I had 300 ft of premade track, 7 turn outs. I built a 17 ft long trestel in the front yard , a 24" wide 30" tall 60" long sawmill a small town about 10 structures on the layout that was lite up at night, 2 switch backs, a 8 ft tunnel a 30ft long stream that ended in a 6X6 pond were the main features of the railway. I am planing a new GR here at my new home,it will be a folded dogbone 60ft long 15X 25 and a 15X12 ends. I plan on elevateing the rail line with a dry stack stone wall encompassing the entire line. I am going to hand lay the track. I plan on two water features ,2 towns. My theam is going to be a Narrow Gauge Eastern logging / mineing. based around the West Virgian narrow gauge Prototype lines.

[Anonymous]

On the subject of vehicles previously stated in one of the original posts, I have a Dodge 3500 diesel dually 4x4.

Back on topic however, yes I do own garden railroad. It is still under construction, but nearly complete, and it is a monter rr set in the American Modern West(AMW).

[DannyS]

Yes, the Rookwood Central Railway, have been running for just over three years now, still a work in progress! More expansion coming up.
Regards, Danny Sheehan in Oz.

[RhB_HJ]

Mine is a point to point railway outdoors, it will be a railway in the garden as soon as the track hits the dirt (come Spring).

[TheJoat]

Yes indeed...

[BillBrakeman]

Nope. My railroad is a lawn rr. My track is laid in the grass & I have very little desire to put in a lot of plants to take care of.

Bill

[John Busby]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CandCRR

I own a Ford.

And Yes a small one.

Jaime

Hi catpig 101
[#ditto]

But expantion is very very slowly taking place.
regards John

[hobbyfossi201]

Hi Clive!
Your website looks pretty good.
....and yes I have a small layout in my backyard.
regards
klaus

[bman36]

QUOTE: Originally posted by clive_t

Good evening, folks (or afternoon, or morning, or whatever it is where you are...)

Well, this thread looks an ideal opportunity for my first post on this board...

Yes I do have a garden railway, it's called the Scampington and Chipside, and you can find some pics of it here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cetucker/gardenrail

I've been working on it for coming up to 3 years now - still not finished of course! Are these things ever finished I wonder?

Regards

Clive

[#welcome] to the forum Clive! No ...they are never finished...but that is a good thing. Seasons change and so do our RR's. Enjoy the forum! Great bunch here. Later eh...Brian.

[toenailridgesl]

The Toenail Ridge Shortline is now in its 10th year

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sure I'm losing mine. My wife and I are going through one of those "difficult periods". I'm hoping for the best but expecting the worst. [B)]

I'll probably have to sell off a bunch of my stuff to cover moving expenses. [:(]

[tangerine-jack]

QUOTE: Originally posted by clive_t

Good evening, folks (or afternoon, or morning, or whatever it is where you are...)

Well, this thread looks an ideal opportunity for my first post on this board...

Yes I do have a garden railway, it's called the Scampington and Chipside, and you can find some pics of it here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cetucker/gardenrail

I've been working on it for coming up to 3 years now - still not finished of course! Are these things ever finished I wonder?

Regards

Clive

[#welcome] to the forum! I checked out your web site, very nice! Mine is nowhere near the quality of yours, maybe someday I might have the time to finish of the rough edges, but until then.........................

[Karl Reichenbach]

Yes. The Karlin Valley Garden Railway

Now working on phase 3.

Karl

[Anonymous]

Good evening, folks (or afternoon, or morning, or whatever it is where you are...)

Well, this thread looks an ideal opportunity for my first post on this board...

Yes I do have a garden railway, it's called the Scampington and Chipside, and you can find some pics of it here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/cetucker/gardenrail

I've been working on it for coming up to 3 years now - still not finished of course! Are these things ever finished I wonder?

Regards

Clive

[monkeyman2]

Not yet... its in the planning stages :D

[Marty Cozad]

Personally i don't know how any one in their "right" mind can be into GRRing!!!

[Anonymous]

YES I HAVE A GARDEN RR.look on page 4 of the general discussion forum , you can find pictures of mine ,

[emipapa]

Holiday Greetings from the Elbow of Cape Cod,
Yes, I have a simple but large oval at this time. The first run was August 5th of this yesr and now the planning to alter and expand has started.
Happy Railroading,
Ron

[Train 284]

Yes.