Building Our G Scale Garden Railway

During the summer a major construction project was undertaken to build a garden railway in what was just a large lawned area. Tons of topsoil was brought in and around 80 shrubs planted with slate dressing surrounding them. The trackbed was laid onto a concrete base which itself required some six tons of concrete, toped with granite chipping as ballast. This is a short film showing the planting, track laying and test runs. The first two locos seen are battery powered and were used to check the levels and pointwork before power was installed and the electric trains could begin operation. The final double headed trains were running less than three days after the track laying began. A daunting plan to attempt in one go but one that will now give years of enjoyment.