Model Railroading has been around for a long time, many of us have grown up with some type of train in our lives. The experience of Garden Railroading is one for the whole family. The charm, elegance of a steam locomotive chugging around a curve of your garden is just pure enjoyment. Traditionally garden railroads are of the G scale size, being the largest scale of the popular scales and designed to be outdoors.  Three rail O scale is the next size down from G scale is very capable of running in an outdoor environment as I will demonstrate in these tutorial pages.

 

I invite you to explore these pages on my techniques and tips in building a railroad. So let’s begin our journey into garden railroading -  three rail O Scale style.