Re: Re: Garden railroads

Not much mechanical to it... but you can only have a 3degree grade for
the train to run correctly-- so your mountain maybe a problem....


Donna

----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Tandy
Sent: 10/13/2003 9:53:00 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Garden railroads

> Really enjoying the garden railroad discussion.  Such a project is on my
> list for my "next life".  I could do the planning and plants but am totally
> unmechanical and would need major help with that part.  On the other hand,
> here on top of the hill, there is hardly any soil to plant anything normal,
> maybe a railroad is what I need!
> --Barb Tandy, California
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 2:50 AM
> 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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