Garden Railways has been the leading magazine devoted to the hobby of outdoor, large-scale model railroading for more than 30 years. Each issue brings you step-by-step modeling projects, fascinating photo tours of garden railroads, unbiased product reviews, new product announcements, tips from the experts, and much more!
Plus, subscribers get exclusive online access to the Railroad Gardening Library, product reviews, project plans, bonus articles, and more. Whether you’re new to the hobby or a seasoned veteran, this magazine is for you!
Features
Build a grain elevator
Sculpt your own realistic figures
How to make large-scale fish
How to build a garden railroad from start to finish
Staff corner: Jeff Young
National Garden Railway Convention preview
The St. Andrew’s Island Estate Railway
Convertible cars you can build
A raised outdoor line in Germany
Garden railway design & construction
Departments
From the Editor
Notes & news
Letters
Tips & tricks
Scale ballast source, using the right tools, and more
Events
Raising steam
Live-steam terminology
Online station
Online station related links
Product reviews
QSI’s Quantum decoder programming interface
Grex gravity-feed airbrush and Private Stock paint
Accucraft Forney video
Bachmann starter sets video
If I’d only known. .
Preplanning saves headaches later
Insert: Plan #4 reprise
Build a 1:22.5-scale combine