‘Garden railroad’ Archives
In Memoriam; Marjorie
Many is the time we’ve said that Garden Railroading is Real Railroading. I believe it’s safe to say that the analogy goes forward into other aspects of the garden railroader’s life. If it happens to the railroader it must somehow affect the railroad, too. [Read More]
Tragedy Strikes the Garden Railway
Okay, well, maybe it’s not a tragedy per se, but it’s a great picture, huh? Today is very first day of January in the Year ’10, and my wife and my littlest one went down to Pasadena to watch the Rose Parade. Unlike the gazillions of people who brave the predawn hours [Read More]
Jumping Ship On the Garden Railway
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I had something of a revelation yesterday. I was sitting on the…well, I was reading the August issue of Garden Railways Magazine. There’s a great article in there by Kevin Strong detailing the vagaries of scale in Garden Railroading. If you’re a garden railroader you [Read More]
Dying On the Garden Railway
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John Lennon said something about life being what happens to you along the way to something, but I honestly forget his point. You may quote me. Being in the “displaced worker” set is difficult, all the more so because one finds one’s self doing things one wouldn’t [Read More]
Electrifying the Garden Railway Part II
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On Sunday we discussed using inexpensive miniature Christmas lights to illuminate the structures in the China Section of the Garden Railway. Well, I tested the theories with some success. Miniature Christmas light sets come in sets of either 35 or 50, 100, 150 and up. [Read More]
Terror Stalks the Garden Railway – Take 2
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As you’ll recall from our last episode, we had adopted a dog to protect the house and family after the demise of our dearly beloved, sorely missed Muffin the Wonder Dog. This new fellow’s name is Gilmore. Now, I know this post seems to have nothing to do with the Garden [Read More]
Bridging the Garden Railway
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I’ve been thinking a lot about bridges lately. The China Station end of my garden railway requires three of them, and they are puzzling in the extreme. The first bridge is already in place, and is rather more like a tunnel. As you’ll recall, the railway is set on a [Read More]
Well, Garden Railroading is ALMOST Real
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Following on yesterday’s thought, that garden railroading is real railroading, I hit a big “yeah but” moment today. Yesterday we had to put our dog down. She was 11, and had developed a cyst between her shoulders that caused her incessant pain. Although it [Read More]
A Garden Railroad Plan for Action
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Having a track plan is part of a marvelous thing. The plan will tell you what goes where, and how, at least on paper, things will work. You know what to build, and how to position it, and wire it, and get it to be exactly what’s needed right there. But a track plan, in [Read More]
Concrete Garden Railroading Advice
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Pouring concrete is at once intimidating and rewarding. Intimidating because concrete is the stuff of major buildings all over the world, and what in heaven’s name do I know about concrete? Rewarding because, once you’ve got it done, you realize, hey, look at [Read More]
