Garden Railways August 2011

Build some slate wagons from a laundry basket
By Gordon Walbroehl
A simple project that will give you some unusual rolling stock
pg. 34

Kitbash a flatcar
By Alain Gavard
Two simple projects to transform an AMS four-wheel flatcar
pg. 36

Staff corner: Jeff Young
By Jeff Young
The steam-shovel project
pg. 40

The Yosemite Valley Garden Railroad
By Wayne Tausig
Lots of detail in a prototypically inspired railroad
pg. 42

Modeling a 250 ton crane
By Jerry Paladino
A first-time rolling stock project in 1:29 scale
pg. 52

Readers gallery
Garden-railway views from around the world
pg. 54

Building a covered bridge
By Eric Schade
Part 2: Covering the bridge
pg. 56

Converting Aristo-Craft diesels to dummy units
By Yukio Nagakawa
Adventures in engineering plastic
pg. 62

Construct a railroad grade crossing
By Stephen Weineke
Construct a railroad grade crossing
pg. 66