Garden Railroad
We opted to build a garden railway to enhance our backyard. Since buying our home last year, we've spent many hours making the yard attractive. (The previous owners had neglected the yard entirely).
Detailed G gauge garden railroad
Three large "G gauge" trains traveled over trestles, into tunnels, beside lakes and through forests as they transported freight and passengers among the miniature villages and towns.
garden railroad or garden railway is a model railway system set up outdoors in a garden. Most often, it is #1 gauge rail track with a G scale or similar train.
Garden railroads, usually done in G or O scale, are very popular in many parts of the world where the weather is mild and conducive to many months of outdoor activity each year.
Garden Railroad
A form of model railroading which is usually done outdoors. First started in Europe and now one of the fastest growing segments of model railroading world wide. Most Garden Railroads are built on "One Gauge" track which is 45mm.
Large Scale and garden railroaders mostly use 45 mm gauge track, usually called Gauge 1 or #1 Gauge, and sometimes (incorrectly) called G Gauge track.
I am interested in building a garden railroad with a live-steam engine. Where can I get a kit for one or information on them? Kits are offered by Roundhouse Engineering of England and by Aster of Japan.
You garden railroaders can forget about sand and slugs jamming those points. Just flush off the right-of-way with the garden hose and those battery powered and radio controlled trains can pass at the siding under the Juniper bush.
A rise of two inches is 2%, three inches is 3% and four inches is 4%. You wouldn't want anything steeper than a 4% otherwise you could experience all kinds of problems. (no more than a 2% grade for garden railroads).
 See also: Garden, Train, Track, Scale, Locomotive
  
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