If you've ever experimented with garden railroading, one of the first hurdles you'll probably encounter is getting reliable connectivity between track sections when using track power. Especially in ...

Want to work on the railroad? Then become a gardener. Many families are crossing gender and generational lines to make model railroading and gardening into one year-round landscaping project. "It ...

Normally, a railroad running through your backyard isn't a good thing. But, for Chuck and Pat McManis, a backyard railroad isn't just good. It's seriously cool. The McManises are among dozens of ...

Don't look now, but is that a locomotive steaming through the lantana? A boxcar rolling past the begonias? More track curling through the thyme? If so, it could well be another backyard depot that ...

When Clair and Joan Shearer opened their Lancaster home for a garden tour several months ago, only a couple of their 300 visitors had ever seen a garden railroad. The century-old European hobby, where ...

Tucson Garden Railway Society members say John Fennema has one of the best layouts on the nonprofit’s March tour. Credit: Holly Harris G-scale train collectors are opening their gardens to the public ...

There is something about a train that takes us back to a time when things were simpler. Throw in a beautiful garden and welcome to the world of Garden Railroading. The railroad is the pride and joy ...

“A steam train!” a young boy exclaimed, shaking his hands with wild enthusiasm. “Look at that one!” He sat cross-legged on the ground in the backyard of Alan and Nola Olsen, literally shaking with ...

Doug Connelly took a long look a few years ago when he saw a next-door neighbor winding an old garden hose around the backyard. That garden hose marked the path of his neighbor Frank Stellar’s grand ...