Garden Railways October 2008

Asphalt roads for your garden railway
Create realistic roads with common materials from your home-improvement store
By Roger Hodskins
Staff corner: Jeff Young

A change of pace, a change of scale
By Jeff Young

Build a better boxcar for less
A plastic, New Bright boxcar provides the basis for this model
By Jerry Barnes

Build railroad telephones
You can quickly make several for your railroad
By Brian Goring

The Hurricane Route
Modeling a mainline desert railroad
By Mark Edwards

Corporate identity for garden railroads
How the North Table Creek Garden Railroad got its identity
By Marty Cozad

A solar-powered engine
A commercial kit and scrap-box parts make a whimsical locomotive
By Chip Rosenblum

Make some working glad hands
This simple detail will add realism to your rolling stock
By Bruce Chandler

Garden railway design & construction
Structures: Creating a plan
By Jack Verducci