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
A new idea for roofing
Leftover Formica makes excellent shingles
Building Civil War-era railroad models
The birth and re-birth of the Bronson Tate & Sons Lumber Company
Evolution and re-evolution
Innovative interiors
Complex detail installation is made easier using this techique
Raising the Dunckley Northern
How one man elevated a former ground-level line
28th National Garden Railway Convention preview
Kitbash an unusual boxcar
An inexpensive car provides the basis for this interesting conversion
Departments
From the Editor
Derailments
Notes & news
Letters
Garden railway basics
Automation in the garden: Part 1
Raising steam
Coal firing hints and tricks
Product reviews
If I’d only known
Glues of choices
