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…
Another relaxing sea day. Nana started her day with a competitive swim with Wolfgang. Nana did bridge both in the morning and afternoon. Papa was the fill in but wasn’t needed so he was able to get a lot of programming done. I heard back from someone at the JMRI (Model Train Program) group who…
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…
Garden Railroad Outdoor Mountains v2.0 3 years ago we built the outdoor mountains. See my post https://papacarney.com/2017/01/12/building-mountains/ and https://papacarney.com/2017/04/20/mountains-finished/ 3 years later, the mountain is showing some wear and tear. Several issues have surfaced since we built it Cracks are showing up at certain stress points. We have walked on parts of the mountain and…
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…
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…
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