Garden Railways June 2003

Building the Middleboro Railroad
Part 1: The space, the concept, and the plan
Build a garden railroad, step by step
This issue starts our four-part series on building a garden railroad. Part one discusses mapping the area and making the trackplan.

Build a low-deck bridge
Marc Horovitz shows you how to assemble a simple, 1:29-scale bridge from stripwood

Sunny Sacramento
National convention preview
Dozens of railways will be on tour this July in Sacramento. We preview eight of them. For more information on the convention, visit the hosting club’s web site at: www.svgrs.org

An outdoor railroad
A vintage 1941 garden railway from Model Railroader Magazine

Diamondhead 2003
A report on the 11th International Small Scale Steamup

The Martin Lines: An update
A vintage garden railway 30 years later

Inexpensive loads for your flat cars
Castoffs and garage-sale finds provide the materials

Garden railway design & construction
Multiplication by division