Garden Rail
August 2025
Discover inspiring summer layouts, how-to builds, historic locomotives, and family day-out ideas in the August 2025 issue of Garden Rail.
On Sale: 10 July 2025
Print Edition: £6.49 (plus postage)
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This month’s Garden Rail dives deep into the world of tech-driven modelling...
On Sale: 12 June 2025
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Discover how we built a garden railway in just 3.5 hours at the National Garden Railway Show—and how you can too! This issue is packed with creative projects including motorising an Airfix kit,…
On Sale: 08 May 2025
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Purchasing OptionsPrint Edition: £6.49 (plus postage)
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In our new larger size issue, we ask if garden railways can be good for your mental health. Ken Ellis thinks this is the case, and we visit his Ely & District Railway to find out more.
On Sale: 12 December 2024
December 2024
Does a garden railway mean loads of expensive rolling stock? Dave Skertchly doesn't think so, which is why the idiosyncratic “Vale of Weedol Tramway” is such a delight. With an entertaining history,…
On Sale: 14 November 2024
November 2024
We are off to the National Festival of Railway Modelling this month, with the 16mm scale, Dixon Green & Saed-y-Parc. Builders Phil Thompson, Rob Holmes and Stuart Mackay tell the story of how this…
On Sale: 10 October 2024