Garden Railways October 2002

Garden railway basics: The right tools for the job, part 1

Ponds and streams: an annual calendar of activities

Plant portraits

Kitbash a ventilated boxcar

Robin's Nest railroad

Building the Shady Rest

The Mad River Short Line Railroad

1:20.3 scale 26' narrow gauge combine

Tips on detailing Bachmann's Shay

Kitbash a long Aristo-Craft mill gondola

Low-cost motor blocks

The forest tree: Chamaecyparis

Scribblings on a workshop wall: It's not always roses

Raising steam: Care and feeding of your first live steamer, part 2

1:20.3, gauge 1, live-steam Shay

1:29 scale, gauge 1, tank car

Engineer threottle

Miniature table saw

Locomotive carrying tray.
A teenager's railway: The Robin's Nest Railway began as a treehouse but became a garden railway that involved the entire family.

Low-cost motor blocks: A motor block from a toy car inspires an inexpensive and fun project.

Plus:
Tips on detailing Bachmann's Shay, kitbashing a ventilated boxcar, and an annual pond maintenance calendar.