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Florida Garden Railroads
While vacationing in The Villages of central Florida, Harlan Nye took me on a tour of garden railroads in the area. Unfortunately in the excitement I forgot to takes pictures at Harlan’s. Harlan took us to visit Bob Allen for a tour of his Paradise Valley Railroad. It is a large railway of three, large, …
Garden Railways in Britain
World traveler Terry Foley sent pictures of his friend’s garden railway in Britain. Here is Terry’s garden railway before being ballasted.
Jim Davis’s Garden Railway
Jim took advantage of this unusually mild winter and ran trains on New Years’ day 2007. Jim Davis of Kemptville, Ontario started the JP&F Scenic Railway in June of 2000. He and his son Terry laid about 75 feet of Aristo-Craft track on a bed of stone dust, 10 inches wide by 10 inches deep. …
Montreal Live Steamers
Peter Bramah testing an unfinished FA-1 Diesel at the Montreal Live Steamers’ layout Young Bruce Bramah using an Aristo-Craft 27 MHz Train Engineer to radio-control the “Gray Ghost” Photos taken at the Montreal Live Steamers Meet in July 2008 Click here to see a video of live steam action.
Prototypes
Here are a few photos taken by Gord and Bud on a rail fanning trip to the southwest. Burnt bridge on the SD&AE Burnt bridge on the SD&AE Dos Cabezas Tunnel on the SD&AE to Mexico US Gypsum diesel 112 RGS Goose and mail truck CNR Super Continental CN GP-40 diesel number 9468 is working …
Garden Railways
Jackson & Burke Railroad Garden Railroad by Bruce and Jean Chandler Virginia, U.S.A. Rio Grande Southern by David McCurdy Carleton Place (Ottawa), Ontario, Canada Winona Garden Railway by John Burden Guelph, Ontario, Canada Winter Valley Garden Railroad by Dave Winter Peachland, British Columbia
Garden Railway Clubs
Backyard Railroaders Newmarket (Greater Toronto Area), Ontario, Canada. The Big Train Operator Club (BTOC) Formerly the LGB Model Railroad Club or LGBMRRC. The club was founded in 1978, and now has members throughout the United States and in several countries. Central New York Large-Scale Railway Society Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. Finger Lake Live Steamers Marengo, …
Large Scale
Aristo-Craft Exploded Parts Diagrams A web site with exploded parts diagrams for many Aristo-Craft train products. Aristo-Craft Trains Forum A web site with information shared by owners of Aristo-Craft train products. Dave Bodnar’s Train Electronics A web site with a lot of good information on the Revolution Train Engineer and electronic projects for large scale …
Other
The Freight House Restaurant The Freight House Restaurant in Ogdensburg, NY has operating large scale trains, good food, and very reasonable prices. National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) An association that is best known for setting standards for all scales of model trains. Ottawa Valley Associated Railroaders (OVAR) Established in Ottawa in 1961, it is one …