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
Visit the Cascade Timber & Mining Railroad
Build a simple passenger shelter
Buying a starter set
The 2003 Garden Railways photo contest
A garden-railroading timeline
Railroading outdoors
Deer-resistant gardening
Large-scale holiday displays 2003
Scratchbuild a warehouse
Garden railway design & construction
Departments
From the Editor
Notes & news
Letters
Questions & Answers
Garden railway basics
The workshop
Looking back
Pathways
Space invaders of the garden-railway kind
Plant portraits
Compact Australian brush cherry and coral bells
Miniscaping
Using color effectively in the garden
Scribblings on a workshop wall
The odd corners
Events
Raising steam
Online station
Club directory
Product reviews
USA Trains Alco PA, Accucraft Porter, MTH boxcar, and more
Lone Star pony truss bridge
USA Trains PA-1 A-B set
End of the line
Jim Frank’s retirement railroad
Insert: Plan #62
Build a 1:20.3 scale work caboose
