Garden Rail
November 2023
Inspired by none other than PD Hancock, Alistair Ross built the Conegra Road Garden Railway around his garden, featuring some impressive and innovative bridges and viaducts, using materials you might…
On Sale: 12 October 2023
October 2023
40 years to build a garden railway? To be fair, Andrew Armstrong's layout, the Blackhead Light Railway, has been rebuilt several times in different locations, and there has been plenty learned along…
On Sale: 14 September 2023
May 2023
Garden railways are more than just track and trains. The Stella and Corglass Railway has provided its builder, Peter Dawes with a focus while he recovered from illness, and terrific friendships along…
On Sale: 13 April 2023
Issue 344 - April 2023
Many railway enthusiasts dream of crack express locomotives thundering past their garden, well Peter Hollingsworth has them thundering around his - his Gauge 3 layout has taken over the entire plot,…
On Sale: 09 March 2023
Issue 242 - March 2023
We've a bumper issue this month, with not one, but two feature layouts, and they couldn't be more different.
On Sale: 09 February 2023
Issue 342 - February 2023
Welcome to the February issue of Garden Rail. Included in this issue: • The Newton and Southlands Tramway • Building a Wild West Loco • Building a Penryhn Coal Wagon • The Inglenook Railway…
On Sale: 12 January 2023
Issue 341 - January 2023
We've gone for a smaller scale than normal for our lead layout but it's a treat to visit modelling master Alan Brackenborough's O gauge line...
On Sale: 15 December 2022
Issue 340 - December 2022
It's all action in our big layout feature this month. Playmobil trains mix it up with slot cars in a display that has been delighting kids of all ages at exhibitions for years. And since, it's…
On Sale: 10 November 2022
Issue 339 - November 2022
No space for a 009 layout at home? Richard Bratby's solution - move up a scale and take the layout outside. A small, paved, city yard might not be the obvious location, but he's built a line with a…
On Sale: 13 October 2022
Issue 338 - October 2022
As the Gauge 1 Model Railway Association celebrates its 75th birthday, we visit the president's own line, with a show of many of the locos he has designed.
On Sale: 15 September 2022