RE: Garden railroads

It has just been a rough week of nothing going right and nothing getting
done.... should not have vented on this list... sorry!

It really is a great hobby. I enjoyed it when the other railroad was up
and running....  and I will again.

Donna


> 
> I'm sorry I brought it up!  I know how your husband feels.  It's not
> easy being us you know.  I still haven't done the third of the front
> yard I supposed to do.  It's a matter of digging up the water system
and
> laying new hose.  It's like a gigantic wall that I can't seem to
overcome.
> 
> DF
> 
> Donna wrote:
> 
> >Yep, everything is to scale, plants, houses, mountains, people....
You
> >look at plants in a different way.... will this look like a tree next
to
> >the house? Will this ground cover keep the tiny leaves.... stuff like
> >that.
> >
> >I think a starter set is a 4ft circle.... but trust me, you never
seem
> >to have enough room....You can buy an engine, cars, track, and
> >transformer for 200-400 bucks.... then you get hooked.... and more of
> >everything is needed... some locomotives can be 5-6K, depends on what
> >brand and what you want (we do LGB).... and then there is the plants,
> >houses, landscaping,....
> >
> >Right now I am a bit disgusted with it... Dh expanded.... but never
> >finished it, so it is a total mess! I have plants in holding beds
since
> >last year and they are not going to make it in the display this
year...
> >not good! One part of my pond is dismantled so the new waterfall from
> >the train area can get hooked in... been like that since last fall...
> >and the list goes on....
> >
> >Donna
> >
> >
> >
> >>So Donna, on these garden trains the idea is to suit the garden to
the
> >>scale of the train?  How much room do you think is adequate for
> >>something that size?  Also, just give me a guess as to how much a
> >>locomotive would cost.  Usually, I like to work in smaller scale.  I
> >>
> >>
> >tie
> >
> >
> >>flies that are smaller than your pinky finger nail.  I have hand
> >>
> >>
> >painted
> >
> >
> >>soldiers in battle scenes that are about the size of your thumb
nail.
> >>Until I became so busy I was doing an HO scale train scene at
> >>Christmas.  But I can see the attraction of a garden train as well.
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>
> >>DF
> >>
> >>
> >
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