Getting Started in Garden Railroading: Build the railroad of your dreams#in your own backyard! |
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| Authors: | Miller, Allan W. |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | CRA032000, CRA020000, CRA045000 |
| ISBN: | 9781440225420, Related ISBNs: 0873492323, 1440225427, 9780873492324, 9781440225420 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 160, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: Getting Started in Garden Railroading
Here's your invitation to get started in a great hobby that's fun for the entire family.
Large Scale trains are big, rugged, durable, and colorful - designed for safe and reliable operations both indoors and outdoors. When you combine model railroading with the real-life environment of a vibrant, growing garden, you'll discover a whole new world of creative opportunities, challenges, and enjoyment to fill your all-important leisure hours.
This book provides all the step-by-step guidance needed to get started in this fascinating pastime. Among other things, you'll find:
• Details of procedures for planning, constructing, powering, landscaping, operating, and maintaining a complete garden railroad.
• More than 200 full-color photos of products construction techniques, and inspiring examples of what can actually be achieved in garden railroading.
• The most comprehensive listings of manufactures, suppliers, clubs, publications, print and video references, and Internet Web site addresses ever published in a model railroading handbook.
• Answers to the most frequently asked questions about what it takes to get started in this diverse and affordable hobby.
• Tips and techniques provide by experienced garden railroaders from around the world.
Garden railroading: A great hobby for all seasons, and for all the right reasons!
Here's your invitation to get started in a great hobby that's fun for the entire family.
Large Scale trains are big, rugged, durable, and colorful - designed for safe and reliable operations both indoors and outdoors. When you combine model railroading with the real-life environment of a vibrant, growing garden, you'll discover a whole new world of creative opportunities, challenges, and enjoyment to fill your all-important leisure hours.
This book provides all the step-by-step guidance needed to get started in this fascinating pastime. Among other things, you'll find:
• Details of procedures for planning, constructing, powering, landscaping, operating, and maintaining a complete garden railroad.
• More than 200 full-color photos of products construction techniques, and inspiring examples of what can actually be achieved in garden railroading.
• The most comprehensive listings of manufactures, suppliers, clubs, publications, print and video references, and Internet Web site addresses ever published in a model railroading handbook.
• Answers to the most frequently asked questions about what it takes to get started in this diverse and affordable hobby.
• Tips and techniques provide by experienced garden railroaders from around the world.
Garden railroading: A great hobby for all seasons, and for all the right reasons!
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