Video: Fn3 large scale Rio Grande Southern

Roy Allan's Fn3 scale Rio Grande Southern Western Division

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Roy Allan’s Fn3 (1:20.3, 36″ gauge) layout models the Rio Grande Southern through southwest Colorado in the 1930s and 1940s. In this short video, you’ll see trains run though the detailed Rocky Mountain scenery of this indoor large scale model railroad. […]

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Video: Fn3 large scale Rio Grande Southern

Roy Allan's Fn3 scale Rio Grande Southern Western Division

Having trouble viewing this video?   Please visit our Video FAQ page Roy Allan’s Fn3 (1:20.3, 36″ gauge) layout models the Rio Grande Southern through southwest Colorado in the 1930s and 1940s. In this short video, you’ll see trains run though the detailed Rocky Mountain scenery of this indoor large scale model railroad. […]

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Fn3 scale Rio Grande Southern, Western Division

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Click on the image to download a PDF copy of this track plan. Name: Rio Grande Southern, Western Division Layout owner: Roy Allan Scale: Fn3 (1:20.3, 36″ gauge) Size: 26′-6″ x 36′-3″ Prototype: Rio Grande Southern Locale: southwestern Colorado Era: 1937 to 1942 Style: island Mainline run: 200 feet Minimum radius: 60″ (main), 51″ (sidings) […]

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The Garden Variety Railroad Show: Introduction, Episode 1

As previously highlighted in the Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors episodes, the task of restoring Kent Johnson’s small garden railway (1:29 scale) seems to be an on-going effort. While the work on his main line continues in this new series, Kent, Rene, Cody, and others will also introduce you to topics, techniques, tools, projects, and places […]

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The Garden Variety Railroad Show: Introduction, Episode 1

Man and women kneeling to inspect plants on a garden railroad.

As previously highlighted in the Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors episodes, the task of restoring Kent Johnson’s small garden railway (1:29 scale) seems to be an on-going effort. While the work on his main line continues in this new series, Kent, Rene, Cody, and others will also introduce you to topics, techniques, tools, projects, and places […]

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Build Your Own Rolling Stock

Download this free PDF from Garden Railways magazine for full-size drawings of a generic skeleton log car (1:20.3 scale) and a pulp wood car (7/8”). Inside you will also find a handy conversion chart to help you scale these drawings up or down to suit your modeling needs. […]

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Locomotives of Minton Cronkhite

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Click on the link below to download a PDF of “The Locomotives of Minton Cronkhite” from the June 1966 Model Railroader. In his Heritage Fleet column in the October issue entitled “Minton Cronkhite, Q gauge, and the Santa Fe,” Keith Wills profiles Minton Cronkhite (1888-1971), a model railroading pioneer known for his exceptional model locomotive […]

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