Garden Railways February 2003

Cover story: Highballing through Nebraska

Sharing the thrills of the North Table Creek Garden Railroad.

A tour of the French countryside

This railway captures the essence of early 20th-century railroading in France


Part 1: Large-scale trolley wiring

It’s not as hard as you might think


Build a whaleback tender for Bachmann’s Big Hauler

A distinctive tender for a common locomotive



The Martin Lines

A pioneer garden railway from the 1930s


Cheap tricks in timber

Scrounging for materials


Garden railway design & construction

Shaping miniature “trees”


Plus: Product reviews of Hartland line car, USA Trains container cars, Fall River boxcar kit; Plant Portraits; Raising Steam; tracklaying basics; and more.