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
Kitbash a 53-foot container
Build your own turnouts
2009 National Garden Railway Convention preview
Build a functional concrete culvert
How to build real stone walls and bridges
Garden railway design & construction
Departments
From the Editor
Notes & news
Letters
Garden railway basics
Standard gauge vs. narrow gauge
Plant portraits
Snow-in-summer
Snow-in-summer
Miniscaping
A collection of miniature-plant ideas
A collection of miniature-plant ideas
Scribblings on a workshop wall
Compton Down turns 60
Events
Raising steam
How to cure burner howl
Online station
Online station related links
Product reviews
Bachmann Mallet
MTH Electric Trains GG-1
Rich Yoder Models East Broad Top 2-8-2
Train-li-USA slow-motion switch motor
Train-li-USA track components
BW&R Railway four wheel, flat-car kit
Bachmann Mallet video
AMS flatcar video
If I’d only known. .
Insert: Plan set #92
Build a 1:24-scale baggage car