London Garden Railroad Society had its annual open house on August 23rd. My dad and I jumped into the car and drove to visit a selection of their member's layouts. I am going to feature some railroads that I took photographs of over the upcoming weeks (with the owners permission of course).
This was the second stop in the London Garden Railroad Society Open House.
This layout is truly a family effort, with Julie modelling the layout, her husband Gerry working on the landscaping and Scott providing the electrical and computer controls. The computer monitors the power supply and can tell which rail block the trains are running in by the current draw. I assume this means their trains never crash because they ran very smooth while we were there.
I was impressed by everything about this layout, from the hand-built buildings, the staging and details added to the scenes, the landscaping of stone, dirt and plants and the overall size. It was like a train oasis in your own backyard.
This is the type of layout that you want to get into the middle of to be surrounded by all the action.
I really enoyed the separate "grandchildren layout" decorated with princesses and fun things. By studying how everything was created, this gave me tonnes of ideas for things I would like to try on my own layout. It is a true inspiration!
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