Large Scale Garden Railroad Setup: What Actually Works After 30 Years of Watching People Get It Wrong
Posted by Tony Marchetti on 31st Dec 2025
I've watched guys pour thousands into garden railroads only to rip them out three years later. Bad drainage. Wrong track material. Frost heave that turned their mainline into a roller coaster. After spending 28 years fixing things at the CTA Skokie Shops, I can spot a doomed project from across the
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G Scale Trains for Outdoor Gardens: The Practical Guide to Building a Railway That Actually Works
Posted by Tamara Brooks on 31st Dec 2025
I run N scale. My layout fits in a spare bedroom, and I spend most of my time designing custom detail parts on my 3D printer. But last summer, a friend asked me to help troubleshoot her outdoor G scale railway, and I fell down a rabbit hole that lasted months. What I discovered surprised me: the G s
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