Re: Garden railroads

Yes I've seen some pictures of model railroads on the mining theme and they
are very fine.  Someone around here must have one.  Grass Valley and Nevada
City have all those cute Victorian houses and there are still a lot of old
vaguely historic buildings here and it would be easy to get ideas for
something here.   Going further off topic, the local historical society has
a railroad division and they have a short (1/2 mile or so) railroad along
the route of the old local railroad.  It's official name was "Nevada County
Narrow Gauge" but it's nickname was "Never Come Never Go." Gotta love it!
--Barb Tandy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Garden railroads


> Barb: They actually have an entire themed train set on that very
> thing...the Yukon gold rush...wouldn't that be too cool to have that in
> your yard??? Sounds like you have a natural setting for it.
>
>
>
> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
>
> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> --Albert Einstein
>
>  --- On Mon 10/13, Barbara Tandy < sundrops@earthlink.net > wrote:
> From: Barbara Tandy [mailto: sundrops@earthlink.net]
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:24:46 -0700
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Garden railroads
>
> LOL -- this is after all an area of hard rock (= gold) mining -- a
> mine<br>shaft and train etc etc would be so cute --<br>--Barb<br>-----
> Original Message -----<br>From: <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>To:
> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 7:53
> AM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Garden railroads<br><br><br>> Barb - you can
> do it! You could use miniature dynamite to blast tunnels<br>through the
> hill!<br>><br>> Kitty<br>> > Really enjoying the garden railroad
> discussion. Such a project is on my<br>> > list for my "next life". I
> could do the planning and plants but am<br>totally<br>> > unmechanical
> and would need major help with that part. On the other<br>hand,<br>> >
> here on top of the hill, there is hardly any soil to plant
> anything<br>normal,<br>> > maybe a railroad is what I need!<br>> >
> --Barb Tandy, California<br>> > ----- Original Message -----<br>> >
> From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com><br>> > To:
> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 2:50 AM<br>>
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Garden railroads<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > > Rich:
> Thanks for the gold! Have a hobby store nearby that does indeed<br>> > >
> carry the garden trains we want and/or order from LGB (?) if that
> is<br>who<br>> > > we want to go with...are there other major
> manufacturers of G-scale<br>> > > trains that are widely available (and
> therefore likely to be for sale<br>in<br>> > > smaller town Iowa areas?)
> At this point, we are still very much in the<br>> > > planning stage and
> we plan on staying in this phase for a good long<br>> > > time, hoping
> that good planning will later make for easier<br>installation,<br>> > >
> running, and maintenance. Just out of curiosity, what would you
> (and<br>> > > Donna) say were your biggest mistakes starting out??<br>>
> > ><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>> > > --- On Sat 10/11, Richard T. Apking
> < richa@midlands.net > wrote:<br>> > > From: Richard T. Apking [mailto
>
> : richa@midlands.net]<br>> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> > > Date:
> Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:20:06 -0700<br>> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Garden
> railroads<br>> > ><br>> > > Hi Melody,<br><br>I have a garden railway,
> and I wish I had someone<br>like<br>> > > me to give me some<br>advice
> when I started.<br><br>1. Find a hobby<br>> > > store near you that
> handles the gauge (size) of trains you<br>want to<br>> > > run. This
> place should be your greatest friend.<br>2. Ask the hobby<br>> > > store
> people if there is a garden railway club in your<br>vicinity.<br>> > >
> Hopefully there will be, these folks will be a great asset.<br>3.
> Go<br>to<br>> > > a book/magazine store and purchase a copy of
> Garden<br>> > > Railroad<br>magazine. It is a treasure-trove of
> material.<br>4. Ask<br>> > > questions, listen and record the answers. I
> guarantee the money<br>> > > and<br>grief you save will build your
> railway many times over.<br>5.<br>Let<br>> > > me know how you make out.
> If you have questions, I'll help in<br>any<br>way<br>> > > I can. Rich
> in Z-5<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Melody"<br>> > >
> <mhobertm@excite.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Friday,<br>>
> > > October 10, 2003 3:48 AM<br>Subject: [CHAT] Garden<br>> > >
> railroads<br><br><br>> Does anyone on this list have a
> garden<br>railroad?<br>> > > We are looking to rip<br>> out a huge
> garden area infested with mints<br>> > > and start completely over<br>>
> from scratch...my husband is very keen<br>on<br>> > > the idea of a
> garden railroad,<br>> something neither of us has any<br>> > >
> experience with, so could use any and<br>> all help available. I
> would<br>> > > like to start planning for this now, as we<br>> are going
> to get<br>started<br>> > > on this in the early spring and I'd like
> to<br>> avoid as many<br>mistakes<br>> > > as possible. Thanks in
> advance!<br>><br>><br>> Melody, IA (Z<br>> > > 5/4)<br>><br>> "The most
> beautiful thing we can experience is the<br>> > > mysterious."<br>>
> --Albert Einstein<br>><br>><br>> > > ________________________________
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