The Apple Valley Railway (7 1/4" gauge)
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:41 pm
This thread will be the story of the construction of my 5" gauge garden railway.
I started this over on the G scale central forum (for reasons that will become clear), but as it says "any scale, any gauge" up there ^^^, perhaps this site will be more appropriate :)
Last Summer, my wife and I bought our first house.
After years of living in a variety of rented houses, some with temporary G scale railways, I immediately started to scope out the garden for railway building.
In fact, the garden was the main reason that we bought the house. It is a large corner plot, that had been well planted out with shrubs & fruit trees. Years of neglect had resulted in a thick jungle to hack through!
Some parts of the garden had some interesting blockwork hidden in the undergrowth:
Turns out that the husband of the previous owner was a model railway enthusiast, and had "a train in the garden" according to the neighbours! :shock:
I started this over on the G scale central forum (for reasons that will become clear), but as it says "any scale, any gauge" up there ^^^, perhaps this site will be more appropriate :)
Last Summer, my wife and I bought our first house.
After years of living in a variety of rented houses, some with temporary G scale railways, I immediately started to scope out the garden for railway building.
In fact, the garden was the main reason that we bought the house. It is a large corner plot, that had been well planted out with shrubs & fruit trees. Years of neglect had resulted in a thick jungle to hack through!
Some parts of the garden had some interesting blockwork hidden in the undergrowth:
Turns out that the husband of the previous owner was a model railway enthusiast, and had "a train in the garden" according to the neighbours! :shock: