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Garden Trains are the fastest growing area of Model Railroads. Plus home gardeners are finding out that it is something exciting to add to their gardens. Garden Trains.com is your best resource. We provide you useful information at our site and references to the best sites on the Internet for Garden Trains. Welcome to the perfect family activity.

Tips for Getting Started
If you are new to the idea of Garden Trains it may be hard for you to get an understanding of what this hobby is all about. The most important thing to remember is that there is no one right way to build a Garden Railway.
Watch out for the "professionals" that try and tell you how to do it, and don't teach you how things can be done. Writing about Garden Trains and Railroads is one thing -- doing it is another.

The best way to get started is to watch a video and read all you can. Find or make a friend who already has a Garden Railroad. Finding a local club is a great way to get started and you can check out a complete database of clubs - online right here

What was your biggest Garden Train mistake?
Jerome McColgan: The lesson I learned was that there are a lot of helpful folks online but their advice should never be accepted without the realization that they may have totally different standards and objectives than I do and it is often best to get several opinions before doing anything that can have permanent or expensive results.

Joe Fotschky: Buying garden trains is not a wise investment if you plan to retire on the profits you make. Buy what you like and play with them. If some one gives you the line about collectors item, won't be around long etc etc. run like the wind a way from that person and spend your money else where.

Scot Osterweil: My biggest mistake was with what I planted near the right of way. I like the garden trains running close to the plants, but in some cases I chose plants that either: a. flop across the rails as the season wears on (e.g. Irises); or b. constantly send up new shoots that intrude on the right of way (Coreopsis).

Joe Slimak: My biggest mistake was not having a track plan before installing the falls and pond. Had I moved both of them 6” more towards the center of the layout, I would have been able to run 2 tracks around the outer edge. Haste makes waste.

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Important Topics
  • Bridges
  • Buildings
  • Couplers
  • Garden Train Photos
  • Getting Started
  • Grades
  • How Garden Trains Work
  • Live Steam
  • Wheels