Train Program Update

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…

PTC Train Open House

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…

G Scale Shelf Layout Indoors

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…

Water and Electricity Don’t Mix

When I started this train project I researched how to effectively wire the layout and I used standard LGB track.  I planned the layout, wired up the layout, and after everything was in place I found that the layout electrically is not reliable. Sometimes planning and research is not enough.  Experience is critical, as well…

3D Printing

I recently received an Ultimaker 3 Extended 3D printer. My plan is to print unique buildings and accessories for my Garden Model Railroad. I have all of my children and son in laws that can 3D program to help modify or create structures that I can print. We still have a long way to go…