Have you always wanted to run your own railway? Does your indoor model railway leave you with a desire to fill your nostrils with the smell of steam and hot oil on a winter's morning? If the answer to any of these questions is 'yes' then you probably need to build yourself a garden railway, and you certainly need to read this book! Peter Jones is one of the best-known names in the world of garden railways. In this highly illustrated book he guides you through the exciting world of model trains in your garden, from small-scale electric-powered locomotives to live-steam engines capable of carrying passengers, helping the reader to decide on what type of railway would be right, and passing on countless tips for the successful execution of the grand project.
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Peter Jones is one of the best-known constructors and writers of the world of garden railways. Peter lives in West Wales.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable British humor,
By Casey Jones (Tunbridge Vt.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Practical Garden Railways (Hardcover)
Altho I have enjoyed Garben RRing for years I still got a kick out of this book. It has many great thoughts for the beginning GRRer but for us that has been doing this for a while it is just refreshing reading. Peter has been RRing in the garden longer than I thought GRRing was around.. His writing is always something I look forward to each month in the Garden Railroader magazine each month.
Beginner or advanced you will enjoy this book!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A bit wordy!,
By Totally loco! (Colorado) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Practical Garden Railways (Hardcover)
I bought this as part of a four book purchase including "Getting Started in Garden Railroading: Build the Railroad of Your Dreams... in Your Own Backyard" by Allan Miller (5 stars), Gorgeous Garden Railways" by Marc Horovitz and Pat Hayward (4 starts), and "Garden Railroading: Getting Started in the Hobby" by Garden Railways Magazine (4 stars).
This book just wasn't for me unfortunately. Perhaps it was too wordy for my humble mind but I felt it tried to cover too much and didn't get into enough detail on anything. Also for a US based garden railroader the emphasis was more on the UK scene and I think was aimed at more "advanced" railroaders such as those using live steam.
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- Model Railways (Silver Burdett International Library Selection) by Cyril Freezer in Back Matter
- Railway Adventure by L. T. C. Rolt in Front Matter
- Garden Railways (Past Masters) by R.E. Tustin on page 12
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