Why did you get Started in Garden Trains?
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If you are reading this you must be involved or interested in getting involved in some way in Large Scale Garden Trains. But why? Do you do it for the kids, grandkids? Because you have always had a train set? You like building, or just running trains? There are so many reasons to get started.
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Dara Legere: My interests lie in building my layout and watching the trains do the 200 foot loop through the garden. I also enjoy the gardening aspect of large scale but didn't notice that as a choice in the poll. On the GreenCrow line the garden came first and it seemed like the logical place to build a railroad.
Tom Calvert: Operation was and still is my passion. Just watching trains going round and round does nothing for me at all. They must do something. Deliver goods, pick up products, switch and generally be a railroad.
Tim Blagg: Somewhere down the road (for me) I think that running trains is going to be secondary to building the structures. I do like watching trains run but there needs to be a mix of capabilities with a railroad so that it lends itself to whatever you want to do with it at any given time.
Dave Gill: I like building more than running. I make all types of structures from photos or magazines etc., also like to modify engines and rolling stock. I really like to have something different than any one else. I have a knack for making things from sketchy ideas.
Brad Bennett: I'm a builder. As an artist I found the construction of a large-scale layout in the garden to be an extension of my interest and ability to be creative. Although I work professionally in 2-D, I found the challenge of the 3-D of the railroad enormously entertaining. The side benefits thus far received are the joyful looks of appreciation on the faces of all who come to our home. The railroad seems to draw everyone in, regardless of age or gender, and then perhaps to a defined time in their childhoods when life was simpler.
Rick Henderson: Myself, I prefer branch line operations and switching. My designs include a lot of industrial sidings where engineers have to pickup and deliver cars. I also like to put my structures clustered together around sidings and yards and not spread out over the entire railroad. This draws the focus of attention to the areas with the most operation.
Tom Calvert: Operation was and still is my passion. Just watching trains going round and round does nothing for me at all. They must do something. Deliver goods, pick up products, switch and generally be a railroad.
Tim Blagg: Somewhere down the road (for me) I think that running trains is going to be secondary to building the structures. I do like watching trains run but there needs to be a mix of capabilities with a railroad so that it lends itself to whatever you want to do with it at any given time.
Dave Gill: I like building more than running. I make all types of structures from photos or magazines etc., also like to modify engines and rolling stock. I really like to have something different than any one else. I have a knack for making things from sketchy ideas.
Brad Bennett: I'm a builder. As an artist I found the construction of a large-scale layout in the garden to be an extension of my interest and ability to be creative. Although I work professionally in 2-D, I found the challenge of the 3-D of the railroad enormously entertaining. The side benefits thus far received are the joyful looks of appreciation on the faces of all who come to our home. The railroad seems to draw everyone in, regardless of age or gender, and then perhaps to a defined time in their childhoods when life was simpler.
Rick Henderson: Myself, I prefer branch line operations and switching. My designs include a lot of industrial sidings where engineers have to pickup and deliver cars. I also like to put my structures clustered together around sidings and yards and not spread out over the entire railroad. This draws the focus of attention to the areas with the most operation.
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