Family Garden Trains<sup><small>TM</small></sup> - Your First …
Garden Trains are big, weather-resistant model trains that you can run outside. Once you install the track, you leave it out all year 'round, (though most people bring the trains in overnight).
Introduction to O Gauge Outside - Family Garden Trains
Introduction to O Gauge Outside - Using O Gauge Trains and O Scale Accessories on Garden Railroads People have been taking their Lionel trains outside on sunny days since the early days of toy trains. …
Building a Garden Railroad on a Budget - Family Garden Trains
The Family Garden Trains article, "Which Scale Should I Model?" contains more information than you ever wanted to know about which manufacturers support which scales (and why). But the short …
Planning an O Gauge Outside Railroad - Family Garden Trains
Planning an O Gauge Outside Railroad The Introduction to O Gauge Outside article outlined the resources available for people who want to build garden railroads with their O gauge trains. This part …
Which Scale Should I Model? - Family Garden Trains
Like AristoCraft and USA Trains, the MTH 1:32 trains modeled full-sized mainline trains that ran on rails 56.5" apart. Because the manufacturers chose to model in 1:32, MTH's garden trains were about …
Family Garden Trains - Go Outside and Run Your Trains
The "Big Five" manufacturers of garden railway equipment are AristoCraft, Bachmann, LGB, USA Trains, and MTH. The Bachmann starter sets represent excellent value, even if they may be a little …
Introduction to Garden Railroad Construction - Family Garden Trains
The first part of planning a garden railroad is choosing a kind of railroad to emulate and a track plan that will let you operate your railroad the way you want. This article doesn't talk about that, though these …
DC Power Demystified - Family Garden Trains
"Outdoor Train" DC Power Supplies The following illustrations show a selection of one-piece DC power supplies for garden (Large Scale) trains. The differences between "indoor" and "outdoor" DC power …
Building a Raised Platform Garden Railroad - Family Garden Trains
Building a Raised Platform Garden Railroad Although there are countless aspects to garden railroading, the core of the hobby is running trains outside. Ironically, that is exactly the aspect of the hobby that …
Garden Railroading Primer Articles - Family Garden Trains
Garden Railroading with Toy Trains - Information about garden railroading with toy trains, including brand descriptions, buying advice, etc. Budgeting for a Shoe-String Garden Railroad - Potential …