Comments on: Tips on starting a G scale 5 inch live steam garden railroad

By: richard

richard — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:17:31 +0000

Get a second job. That G scale can get expensive.

By: Bob M.

Bob M. — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 12:20:43 +0000

If you’re going with the Lionel style battery operated trains with the plastic track, go to their website and get on their email list. They just had a two for one sale on expansion track sets and half price on rolling stock. They don’t do it often, so be patient. Also, I bought a full Lionel train set after Christmas at Ollie’s outlet store for less than a third of list price, so look for sales, especially after the holidays.

By: ANDREW SKILLING

ANDREW SKILLING — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 01:58:37 +0000

Gauge 1 is Marklin 1/32 G Gauge is 1 / 22 All run in the garden

By: David

David — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:56:40 +0000

Yes – it was G Gauge, not gauge 1.

By: David

David — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:55:34 +0000

Garden railways – now there’s a great way to get outdoors. I was lucky enough to get a real bargain after Xmas a few years ago. The local KMart had G scale train-sets for sale at $20.00 each (pre Xmas price was $80.00). I got 2 sets with diesel locos, 3 wagons of various types and a large circle of plastic gauge 1 track. Two years later similar sets appeared, and I acquired two, this time radio controlled but 2-4-0 steam outline locos, 3 wagons and more track. The only down side was the lack of points (switches).
I have set these up temporarily a few times around the garden just to run them. Recently I had a go at butchering some straight and curve pieces of track to create points. Not a real success but I now know what I need to do the make them work properly. For less than the cost of a purchased point I have 4 locos, 12 wagons and opportunity to build a rail garden railway.

I recommend that some one wanting to have a go at garden railways this is a great, inexpensive way to start. Keep an I open for the clearance sales and enjoy the ride.