Garden railroading

Garden railroading is the building of a model railroad in a garden, to create a natural, railway-like atmosphere. This is not a new pastime. Its origins, in Great Britain, go back over 125 years. Garden railroading suffered a decline worldwide after WWII. In the USA, it wasn't until the advent of LGB trains in the late 1960s, and Garden Railways magazine in 1984, that garden railroading experienced a resurgence of interest that led to the dynamic and vibrant hobby it is today.

The store

Plans
from the pages of Garden Railways magazine

Second-hand locomotives for sale
A variable selection of used engines, when available, for your perusal and purchase.

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Live-steam locomotive of the month
A different engine examined in depth each month

Tin Lizzie
The construction of a clockwork powered, 1:20.3-scale, Model T railtruck made almost entirely out of old tin cans

Garden Railway Aesthetics
An admittedly opinionated monograph—your comments are solicited

1st Annual Spring Windup
A report on what we hope will be an annual even celebrating clockwork trains, both commercial and scratchbuilt

Links
Some of our favorite related sites
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