Rio Grande Southern modifying the engine New York Central
Mogul 4-6-0 Hudson - J1e
1:22.5 scale engine 2-6-4
Rio Grande modifying the K27
K27 2-8-2 with sound and smoke
Welcome to my Garden Railroad.
Presented with photos and videos.
"Garden Railroads", as they are
called, are also known
as "G" scale. They are generally 1:29 scale or 1:32 scale, but can also be 1:24,
1:22.5 or 1:20.3 scale. They are too big to build a layout indoors and most are
found in the backyard of a model railroad enthusiast. They are weather-proof. So far I have about 300
feet of track in my backyard. When complete, I will have about 450 feet of
track. The track is 45mm (almost 2 inches) between the rails. Engines can be as
long as 57 inches and weigh around 80 lbs. Box cars are about 19 to 20 inches long.
For steam engines, 4-6-0 means there are 4 small
pilot wheels in front and 6 big driver wheels. A 4-8-4 would be 4 pilot wheels,
8 big driver wheels and 4 more small wheels under the engineers cab.
PHOTOS and VIDEOS
(scroll down)
PHOTOS
I modified the 4-6-0 Rio
Grande Southern and
installed the Phoenix P8 Sound System, the NEC D808 DCC (Digital Command Control) decoder and Proline
Pulsed Smoke unit. All the experts told me I would not be able to make this
electronic configuration work. I figured a way to do it anyway!
click on pictures to enlarge
Rio Grande Southern modifying the engine
New York Central
Mogul 4-6-0
Hudson - J1e
1:22.5 scale engine
2-6-4
Rio Grande
modifying the K27
K27 2-8-2
with sound and smoke
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VIDEOS
- wmv files
Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 "BigBoy" by USA Trains
(Summer of 2012)
This engine is almost 5 feet long and weighs 81 pounds.
It's 100% die cast metal.
click this picture to see large image of my layout with the "BigBoy"
pictured.
5 Videos w/engine sound (about 40 sec. to 1-1/2 min. each)
< This video is about 2 min. 46 sec. and shows my entire
backyard layout so far.
Time to start adding buildings and other landscaping like dwarf trees. 7-15-2012
Rio Grande - Mogul, 4-6-0 Videos
(Winter of 2011)
about 1 min.
"4-6-0 Drive By" video
"Bridge 1" video
"Bridge 2" video
click picture to watch video
"Rio Grande 4-6-0 Pulling Out"
"Rio Grande 4-6-0 Crosses Bridge"
"Another Drive-By" 12 cars and a caboose
"Rio Grande
on Trestle" - Summer 2012
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Rio Grande - K27, 2-8-2 Videos
(winter 2011)
"K27 Indoor smoke demo video" "K27 Pulling
Out" video
"Bridge 1" video
"Bridge 2" video
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New York Central - Hudson J1e, 2-6-4 Videos (winter 2011)
"The Hudson
in a cool drive-by" "Hudson cruising by" "Crossing the Bridge pt. 2"
The following is a video taken after I removed the original
Phoenix 2k2 Sound System and the NCE D808 DCC decoder. I installed the Zimo
MX695KV Sound decoder with the Proline Pulsating Smoke Generator. This is way
better smoke action with great sound too.
Indoor test run with new MX695 decoder and Proline Smoke
generator
Union Pacific SD45 Clearing Snow
Snow Plow video 1
Snow Plow video 2
I'll be adding more photos and videos as my Garden Railroad progresses.