Garden Railways April 2016

The Great Canadian West Coast RailroadBy David Hiebert A highly detailed line in a tiny backyard Staff corner: Don ParkerBy Don Parker Hands-off train control Recreating the Larkinbuerg grain elevatorBy John Vorhes An abandoned prototype inspired this interesting project National Garden Railway Convention previewSteve and Darci Smith’s Vista del Bahia The Clockmaker’s Railroad with Sid EmisonA viaduct for a French garden railwayBy Bernard Deluard Building a bridge from PVC: Part 2 Make an effective track cleaner for regular and rack track By Jeff Norgate An old glue bottle provides the components How to build a scale tipi By Patrick Friedmann This authentic model is built much like the prototype Replicating SP&S caboose No 792By Norman Baullinger A USA Trains bay-window caboose was the starting point Back to black & whiteBy Gavin Sowry Today's digital technology makes black-and-white photography easy NEW High tech modeling for garden railroaders By Steve Berneberg