How I built the Peckforton Garden Railway

This photo story shows how I constructed a G gauge, 16mm scale garden railway using LGB components. The line represents a hypothetical 3 foot narrow gauge railway set in mid Cheshire to serve the copper mines in the Peckforton Hills. For more detailed information see http://www.riksrailway.blogspot.com Music provided by Daniel O'Connor (http://www.danosongs.com - Free Royalty-Free Music) under Creative Commons 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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[TheCoastermann]

those wooden carriges, ive looked all over for them, i cant find them

where did you buy yours?

[rikbennett9]

@TheCoastermann

Unfortunately, the supplier is now no longer trading - but you can get ones which are just as good, if not better, from Brandbright. I can't paste the whole URL here - you need to type the usual dubya x 3 then dot and then brandbright.co.uk/bb_coaches.h­­tm

[rikbennett9]

@TheCoastermann

Another source of supply is - ipengineering.co.uk - again with the dubya x 3 before

Rik

[TheCoastermann]

where did you purchese the track and trains?

[rikbennett9]

@TheCoastermann

Mostly through eBay (search for G gauge) - if you are in the UK a good place to start is by visiting Garden Railway Specialists in Princes Risborough

[TheCoastermann]

im trying to build something simular

my problem is at the begining you said

some trees were felled

[rikbennett9]

@TheCoastermann

It's not necessary to cut down trees to construct a garden railway. I decided to remove three trees because they had become too tall for the garden. I would have removed them even if I had not built the railway.

[JesusBlack14]

The railroad looks great :) In the club we bonded the rails too :) I have 1 video of the club you can see it :) Kind regards :)

[rikbennett9]

@Sheldrake9

Thanks. But I warn you, garden railways carry a health warning - they are addictive!

Rik

[rikbennett9]

@DaltonTk423

I'm not too familiar with Lionel but I think FasTrack is made of steel which would make it unsuitable for use in the garden - it will rust. You need to use stainless steel, nickel silver or brass. It is more expensive, but will last a lot longer. There are plenty of really good 0 gauge garden railways, so scale is not a problem.