National Model Railroad Association

Model Railroad Layout Tours: Large Scale

• 45mm Gauge Railroads: A few pictures of the now abandoned Abbott & Bracy RR. Also some Union Pacific Steam pictures. (3/12/00) (Dates shown are original entry dates.)
  
• A propos du train de jardin:  A garden in Nantes, West part of France, a garden railway in LGB about Swiss RhB.  (10/01/01) 
  
• Amtrain Railroad: A new small garden railroad in France - G scale. (3-22-06)
  
• Ashyttans Enskilda Jernweg: These pages are about my garden railroad in gauge 1 1:32. (1/23/00)
  
• Backwoods & Oddlot Mendota (Capitol) Division: Home Page of the B&O G-scale railroad, successor to garden layout (Garden Railways July-August 1990). A unique indoor layout.  (4/5/03)
  
• B&J Railroad: Fictional steam-era G scale (mostly 1:24) outdoor layout on the central coast of California. (5/5/01)
  
• Bala Cynwyd Railway: Features 16mm narrow gauge live steam on 45mm track, tips on how to steam up a Roundhouse and 1:22.5 catenary operations. (1/23/00)
  
• The Cedar Springs Railroad, 7.5" gauge : A 2.5" scale, 7.5" gauge, narrow gauge RR being built in east Tennessee. (8-13-04)
  
• Cemmaes Road & Dolfor Junction Railway: Large scale narrow gauge railway featuring live steam operation based on Welsh prototypes. (2-6-05)
  
• Clear Creek & Idaho Springs Garden Railroad: The Clear Creek & Idaho Springs Garden Railroad has been evolving in a back yard in Highlands Ranch, Colorado since 1996. (7/17/98)
  
• Coramba Creek Timber Company's Railway: Model railroading with wet feet. (3/28/99)
  
• Cranberry and Linville River R.R.: A railway garden located in Northern Kentucky, loosely based on the ET&WNC in the 1930s. (5/5/01)
  
• Dry Gulch and Rock River Railroad: A large-scale outdoor narrow gauge railroad depicting a small rural railroad around the turn of the 20th century. (1/16/02)
  
• Dublin & Granville Western Railroad: A 7 1/2" gage Live Steam railroad being built in Ohio. Your railroad moguls are Dick & Gwen Wieboldt who are building this operation on 3 acres in a rural community of Columbus. (7/23/97)
  
• E.J. & K. Ry.: 1 1/2" live steam railroad in Boone, IA. (7/9/99)
  
• Fair Haven Scenic Railway: The Fair Haven Scenic railway is 1:24 scale garden railway constructed in the back yard of our home. This project started about seven years ago. And still continues to this day. As with all model railroads they are never really complete. The mainline loop originally consisted of an 20' x 10' oval with a 8' passing siding. (3/15/01)
  
• Goose Creek Railroad: A privately owned 2-foot gauge railroad. Includes photos of the equipment, history and a map of the line. (3/15/98)
  
• A German Site with many Gardentrain-Adresses in Germany: You can find many Gardentrain-Adresses in my Site. You can also find a Vacation with Gartentrains. (German) (4/14/02)
  
• Greenbriar Cheat & Elk Railway Company: A garden railroad based on WV in the 1930's featuring the Western Maryland Railway. (2/5/99)
  
• Guajome Creek Railway: Curtis Roecks' large scale outdoor railway that travels around two lakes, a desert, and a mountainous region. (8/25/97)
  
• Houston Area Live Steamers: Offering free rides to the public behind live steam locomotives the third Saturday of the month during the Spring and Summer.  (4/13/02)
  
• Kapiti Northwestern Railroad: 45 mm gauge garden railroad in NZ. (4/22/00)
  
• La Train de Jardin: A garden railroad set in the Nantes West part of France.  This is a LGB scale setup based on the Swiss RhB.  (3/11/02)
  
• Large Scale on a Small Scale: A small indoor G scale layout in Taiwan. The site is available in both English and Chinese. (7/2/01)
  
• Little Amador R.R.: G scale Garden railroad layout, complete with custom built scale model buildings water features With Remote control battery powered trains. (10-24-03)
  
• Live Steaming In The Pacific Northwest: A photo tour of 1/8 scale Live Steam Clubs & tracks in the Pacific Northwest. (2/5/99)
  
• LGB modular layout: Construction and pictures of an LGB modular layout. (6/25/02)
  
• Lockhart Algiers & Clifty Creek Railroad: Take a tour of this garden railroad in Central Florida. (1/27/01)
  
• Mainline in the heart of England: Open days every two weeks. Analog and digital running. Bring your own stock and give it a run. Tea and cakes provided.(6-12-05)
  
• Me&RaM RR: Indoor LGB layout under construction based on Swiss Narrow Gauge. Located in Maine, USA. (8-17-05)
  
• Modellbahnfreunde Glattfelden: A 5" Inch Gauge Live Steam railroad located in Switzerland.(1/23/00)
  
• Montana and Rio Grande Railroad: Ricky Glass' fictitious indoor G gauge railroad set in an indeterminate locale, in a time frame somewhere in the 1940's forward. Inspired by the work of Malcom Furlow. (8/25/97)
  
• Mosquito Hill & Deerfly Falls: Tom Lemke's garden railroad located in Wisconsin with 306 feet of mainline track running through a village, pond, waterfall and a garden of miniature plants in the 1/2" scale of the trains. Visitors welcome. (6/30/97)
  
• On Track In The Garden - Waterville & Caherdaniel Railway: The story of a 16mm scale 45mm narrow gauge live steam garden railway in England. (9/26/98)
  
• Blackrock and Western Garden Railroad: Combining more than 1000 feet of track, a variety of flora and even some ponds, this G-Gauge Railroad boasts a lengthy mainline run. (12/10/01)
  
• Puckerbrush & Rio Grande Railroad: Largest 'G' Scale outside model railroad in Las Cruces, NM. New in 1999 and still growing weekly. (10/29/99)
  
• Rockaway Valley Railroad: The Rockaway Valley proudly serves Morris County, New Jersey in Garden style. (4/5/03)
  
• Rock Creek and Southern Garden Railroad: Garden railroad in Ft, Meyers, FL. Scratch-built trestles, bridges, buildings and trains. Updated regularly. Lots of Information. (8-20-03)br>
• Rocky Mountain House, Nordegg, & Pacific Ry: Tour the RMH,N&P Ry, originally built for LGB by Malcolm Furlow, and moved to Alberta, completely renovated, and extended - follow narrow gauge through the Rockies in 1924.
  
• Rurr Valley Railway & Mining Co: A 1:24 scale point to point garden railway set on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia. Naturalised Bachmann, Aristocraft and LGB locos & rolling stock, plus scratchbuilding. Shows what can happen when a "serious" smallscaler goes outside..... (8-2-03)
  
• Sandstone & Termite Garden Railway: This is a G scale line in Sydney, Australia. All track and trains are scratch built. There is 100 m of track on a large sandstone rock shelf. (3/28/99)
  
• SB&G Railway Co.: Located in Beaverton, OR, the SB&G was started in the Spring of 1993. Trains currently travel along 130 feet of LGB track. (12/11/97)
  
• SJR&P Garden Railroad: Stan Ames' and family's Fn3 railroad, which uses #1 gauge track (45 mm) scaled to the 1/20.3 (3 foot narrow gauge).(6/30/97)
  
• SOO Line Garden Railway: Large scale mainline operation in southwest Ohio for SOO Line Garden Railway. (7-3-03)
  
• Sonora Short Line Railway: This 12" gauge railway has been modeled after narrow gauge equipment from around the turn of the century making the scale 4 inches =1 foot. (5/18/98)
  
• Soroba & Dunbeg Railway: Narrow gauge garden rail, G scale on 32 mille gauge. One scale mile end to end with balloon loops set overlooking the sea and the mountains of West Coast Scotland. Visitors most welcome. (2/6/99)
  
• Southern California Live Steamers: Torrance, CA. Bringing together persons building live steam locomotives, who own and operate a prototype diesel or electric locomotive, or those interested in large scale miniature railroading as a hobby. (2/6/99)
  
• Springville & Southern Railroad: One man's live steam story and the beginnings of his own 7 1/4" gauge live steam railroad in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania. (1/23/00)
  
• Squarefoot Estate Railway - G scale in one square foot!: The Gn15 SFER hauls and tips aggregates in 139 square inches! Includes construction tips, track plan, and video of operations.
  
• Squaw Peak & Paradise Valley Railroad: An outdoor G Scale model railroad surrounding the author's swimming pool area, consisting of about 300 feet of track. The SP&PVRR is a steam-only railroad modeled for the period of about 1910. (12/13/97)
  
• Suleski Transportation, Inc.: Large Scale Outdoor Layout of modern New England shortline. Diesels in custom company paint scheme. Photo of year round operation. (5/5/01)
  
• Steam In The Oaks: Live steam garden railroad in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (7/9/99)
  
• Terror Trestle in Eugene, Oregon USA: Features AristoCraft stainless steel rail in plastic ties and a 70' long by 8' high trestle. (5/5/01)
  
• Toenail Ridge Shortline: G-scale garden railway in Adelaide, South Australia, with an emphasis on scale trees and fictional history of the line. (1/16/98)
  
• Twin Lakes Railway: A 45mm simple garden layout with no emphasis on either the trains or the garden, just on having fun! Electric and live steam locos on the roster. (7/9/00)
  
• Winter Valley Regional Railway: The WVRR is a granger/light industrial prairie shortline operating over old CN/CNoR tracks in the mid 70's. Buildings have been scratch built from prototype plans and engines and rolling stock modified to Canadian practices. (6-8-04)
  
  

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