After building my outdoor track in Georgia, I found that as I visited my children and more importantly my grandchildren they also need a track to run trains on. This also gives me something to do when I am visiting my children and my grandchildren. Some of my children can have an outdoor layout…
Today we hosted an open house of our Train Layout for the Atlanta Garden Railroad Club (GGRS). Our club hosted the Southeast Regional Conference and opened up about 14 of the local layouts in Atlanta. We had visitors from all over the US and some of our neighbors and friends dropped by. We had about…
Every Spring, my train layout needs some work. The freezing, the leaves and the rain cause havoc on my train layout. After several years I have decided the layout needed some major work. For Christmas instead of presents from my children I ask for work on the train. This past two weeks, I have had…
One of my goals for this hobby and my layout in my back yard was to keep my grandchildren involved and excited about the different aspects of model railroading. One of the ways to do this is to keep it very personal and have them involved. Here is JP helping me test Percy On their…
My daughter and son-in-law live in Germany in an apartment. They have two children and part of my theme with the grandchildren are trains. We gave 14 grandchildren so that takes a lot of work ! After some discussion they decided to install a shelf layout train in their living room. In order to work through…
One of my goals for this hobby and my layout in my back yard was to keep my grandchildren involved and excited about the different aspects of model railroading. One of the ways to do this is to keep it very personal and have them involved. On their 8th birthday, I let them pick…
I was very happy to attend the National Garden Railroad Convention 2022 in Denver Colorado this year. The club was great and put on a great convention. Thanks to all who helped out. As usual the highlights of the convention were the layouts at the homes that I was able to visit. All were great…
Nothing like a end goal to get your layout cleaned up and working. We hosted the cub scouts and the Atlanta Garden Railroad Club GGRS this past weekend. It was a great day and a great turnout. All week long before the open house the weather was great with no rainfall. All the family came…
Over time the wheel block gears on the G-Scale Kalamazoo Toy Train Steam Locomotives fail. The issue is that there is a plastic gear attached to the drive shaft for the wheels. Over time the plastic gear wears out. Kalamazoo Toy Trains went out of business a long time ago and only used locomotives are…
During the early years of the layout, I programed the DCC decoders during installation into the locomotives. I then used my outdoor layout to program the trains after they have been modified. This caused me to waste a lot of time and I would have sometimes have programming issues with the locomotives, had to have…
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