Manfred and Millie Hein’s indoor garden railway

Name: Jim Carter Railroad name: Manfred and Millie Hein’s indoor garden railway Scale: 1:22.5-1:29 Theme: 1920-1940 Description: Manfred and Millie Hein’s indoor Garden Railway, located in Newton, KS. They have paid great attention to details. Many of the structures and all the mountains were scratchbuilt. The operating saw mill is extremely well done. Fred and […]

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50 years ago in railroad history: March 1959

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50 years ago in railroad history … A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter The U.S. Supreme Court on March 2 upholds a lower court’s ruling not to interfere in the discontinuance of New York Central’s Weehawken-Cortland Street Hudson River ferries, paving the way for their last runs on March 24; […]

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Lionel diesel horns

Q: I’m having problems with my postwar Lionel diesel horns. One is in a no. 2343 Santa Fe F3 and the other is in a no. 2331 Virginian Train Master. Both locomotives are in like-new condition, and though I know I can buy a replacement horn, I’d like to keep them original and get the […]

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The Tuloumne County Narrow Gauge Garden Railroad

The Tuolumne County Narrow Gauge Garden Railroad

The Tuolumne County Narrow Gauge Garden Railroad Bob Brown Railway at a glance Name: Tuolumne County Narrow Gauge Size of railroad: 30′ x 60′ Scale: 1:20.3 Gauge: 45 mm Era: 1920-1930 Theme: A pleasant place to run trains in the garden Age: Six years Motive power: Small, live steam, geared and rod locomotives plus several […]

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Build a 1:24-scale coach PDF

Build a 1:24-scale coach

Download the PDF of this project here. This PDF is formatted to print on your home printer. Most pieces are formatted to fit on a 8.5″ x 11″ piece of paper. For larger parts of the plan, you will see “break lines.” Line up the break lines to create the larger piece. Despite our best […]

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Miniature landscape plants for warmer regions

blue angel pilea

In the center foreground is low-growing blue angel pilea; on the left is zinfandel oxalis in its green phase; the bluish, spiny thing at the top is cushion bush (Calocephelus brownii). Mark Langan The bushy “evergreen” tree in the center is a Boughton Dome hebe. This tough little customer will grow where true conifers fail. […]

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Accucraft live-steam Royal Hudson

Accucraft live-steam Royal Hudson

Marc Horovitz 1:32 scale, gauge 1, live-steam Royal HudsonAccucraft Trains33268 Central AvenueUnion City CA 94587Price: $4,285Web site: www.accucraft.com All metal, live-steam model of Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson; internally fired, multi-tube boiler; alcohol fired (gas firing also available); Walschaerts valve gear controlled from the cab; sprung drivers; equalized front truck; sprung rear truck; sprung, six-wheel tender […]

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Building Small Steam Locomotives: A Practical Guide to Making Engines for the Garden Gauges

Building Small Steam Locomotives: A Practical Guide to Making Engines for the Garden Gauges

Marc Horovitz Building Small Steam Locomotives: A Practical Guide to Making Engines for the Garden Gaugesby Peter JonesCrowood PressUnited KingdomWeb site: www.crowoodpress.co.uk Available in the US from:MBI Publishing400 1st Avenue NorthSuite 300 Minneapolis MN 55401224 pages, hardbound, all drawings and illustrations in colorPrice: $44.95Web site: www.mbipublishing.com Peter Jones, whose prose adorns every issue of GR, […]

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Your G-Scale Locomotive: An easy guide to care and maintenance

Your G-scale Locomotive: An easy guide to care and maintenance

Marc Horovitz Your G-Scale Locomotive: An easy guide to care and maintenanceby John LythgoeAtlantic Editions Ltd.United KingdomWeb site: www.atlanticpublishers.com Available in North America from:Carstens PublicationsPO Box 700Newton NJ 07860100 pgs; soft bound; all photos in color Price: $24.95Web site: www.carstens-publications.com Have you wondered what’s inside your large-scale locomotive? Or why an engine that used to […]

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