Andy's Garden Railway Guide
Did you ever dream of having a railway in your garden? Maybe to have a bit more space for the model railway, to see a train winding its way throught the flower borders, or to run a real steam locomotive and see wisps of smoke as the train goes round the edge of the lawn? Well, you can build one! It's not that hard, and the aim of this website is to show you how it can be done.
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The railway I'm building is roughly 1:19 scale. It's a "narrow gauge" railway. That is to say, it models a real railway where the tracks are 2 feet (60cm) apart. The scale is called "16mm/ft". In this scale model person is about as tall as your index finger.
A large part of this site is information about modelling in 16mm/ft scale; a section called the 16mm Guide, which has been going since 2001.
If you're unsure what 'scale' and 'gauge' mean, read this first. There are a number of other scales in which you can model too, if you don't fancy 16mm/ft, some of which are models you can ride on.
You can find more about the construction of my own railway about a model locomotive made of Lego, as well as other topics which interest me.
The site has expanded to cover railways in general and other topics which interest me. Please use the links on the left to find your way around.
This video shows one of my trains in action.
I'm Andy Watkins. My hobby involves trains, which is what this website is all about. My main interests are Narrow Gauge steam railways, and I'm building a railway in my garden where I can run live steam locos.
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