RE: Garden railroads

I felt it was buying the starter set.... Transformer too small, we also
needed a bigger engine, and although we use the track... had to buy more
of that too.... 

We bought it thinking it was not that large of an investment and if we
found it was not as much fun as we hoped, well .....

On the first set up, wiring. This time we buried pvc pipe, so when want
to change something, have an easy way to get power to it... just fish
another wire thru....

Drainage is also a big factor. (well here anyways).... this time we
raised the bed 18 inches.... also hard for us older folks to get on the
ground to place the trains on the track and for repairs....

This is more DH project and hobby... will ask him....

Donna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Melody
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 4:50 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Garden railroads
> 
> Rich: Thanks for the gold! Have a hobby store nearby that does indeed
> carry the garden trains we want and/or order from LGB (?) if that is
who
> we want to go with...are there other major manufacturers of G-scale
> trains that are widely available (and therefore likely to be for sale
in
> smaller town Iowa areas?) At this point, we are still very much in the
> planning stage and we plan on staying in this phase for a good long
> time, hoping that good planning will later make for easier
installation,
> running, and maintenance. Just out of curiosity, what would you (and
> Donna) say were your biggest mistakes starting out??
> 
> 
> 
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> 
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> --Albert Einstein
> 
>  --- On Sat 10/11, Richard T. Apking < richa@midlands.net > wrote:
> From: Richard T. Apking [mailto: richa@midlands.net]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:20:06 -0700
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Garden railroads
> 
> Hi Melody,<br><br>I have a garden railway, and I wish I had someone
like
> me to give me some<br>advice when I started.<br><br>1. Find a hobby
> store near you that handles the gauge (size) of trains you<br>want to
> run. This place should be your greatest friend.<br>2. Ask the hobby
> store people if there is a garden railway club in your<br>vicinity.
> Hopefully there will be, these folks will be a great asset.<br>3. Go
to
> a book/magazine store and purchase a copy of Garden
> Railroad<br>magazine. It is a treasure-trove of material.<br>4. Ask
> questions, listen and record the answers. I guarantee the money
> and<br>grief you save will build your railway many times over.<br>5.
Let
> me know how you make out. If you have questions, I'll help in
any<br>way
> I can. Rich in Z-5<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Melody"
> <mhobertm@excite.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Friday,
> October 10, 2003 3:48 AM<br>Subject: [CHAT] Garden
> railroads<br><br><br>> Does anyone on this list have a garden
railroad?
> We are looking to rip<br>> out a huge garden area infested with mints
> and start completely over<br>> from scratch...my husband is very keen
on
> the idea of a garden railroad,<br>> something neither of us has any
> experience with, so could use any and<br>> all help available. I would
> like to start planning for this now, as we<br>> are going to get
started
> on this in the early spring and I'd like to<br>> avoid as many
mistakes
> as possible. Thanks in advance!<br>><br>><br>> Melody, IA (Z
> 5/4)<br>><br>> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the
> mysterious."<br>> --Albert Einstein<br>><br>>
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