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Written by Paul D. Race for Family Garden Trains(tm)

The articles on this page represent a collection of "general interest/feature" stories written over the last few years. Many of them have been published in club newsletters or other places. These are provided, however, chiefly as a supplement the Garden Railroading Primer articles.

Please let us know if an article is helpful to you, or if you think it could be made more helpful.

Please remember that all articles are for your personal use only; they are copyrighted by Paul D. Race and may not be copied without permission.

Garden Railroading "Magazine" Articles {Archive)

• Using Christmas Village Figures and Accessories on Garden Railroads - Updated September, 2006!
• Winter Projects 2002 - Nov., 2002
• What Will (Would) I Do Differently Next Time? - June, 2002
• Open House Checklist - summer, 2000
• Mixing and Matching Large Scale Cars/ Sample Car Measurements - March, 2001
• Winter Projects 2001 - Oct., 2001
• Really Big Trains (Backyard trains you can ride) - October 30, 2001
• (Survey On) Why People Subscribe to Garden Railways - Feb., 2001
• (Survey On) Large Scale Indoors - Nov., 2002
• Stress Testing on the New Boston and Donnels' Creek - summer, 2000
• Winter Projects - Nov., 2000
• Son of Winter Projects (Follow-up to Winter Projects article) - April. 2001
• Possible Sources for 1:32 - Updated March, 2005

• If you want to get "down-and-dirty" technical details on most of the commonly used Large Scale locomotives and rolling stock, refer to George Shreyer's "Technical Tips Page"
• If you want some quick ideas for inexpensive and relatively easy scratchbuilding projects, look at Phil Creer's Toenail Ridge Shortline Articles Page.

Watch this space: I hope to include some new articles soon.

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