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Month: May 2015

Purpose

At one level, planning the course of a garden railway is simply a question of: “how would I like to lay out my train set?”

But for an involving, operationally interesting and authentic railway, it’s worth thinking a bit about what the purpose of the line will be. Continue reading Purpose

Posted on 14th May 201514th May 2015Categories PlanningTags gardenrailway, planning, purpose, scale7 Comments on Purpose

Scale and Gauge

Size matters in the garden – if only because your N gauge train isn’t going to cope very well when it encounters a fall leaf or twig. Some people manage to run 00 gauge outdoors, but generally it’s the larger scales that are popular. Continue reading Scale and Gauge

Posted on 3rd May 201518th May 2015Categories Garden railway infoTags gauge, scale, sm326 Comments on Scale and Gauge

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