Staging Yard in G-Scale Garden Train Railway Fun Land - 05-31-15

(Blog Entry & Photos by Bob)

I have noticed that loading railcars from the garage to the tracks has become an ordeal.  I kept having to tip-toe to the centre of the layout to find room to put the railcars down.  I have decided instead of taking cars from the garage to the train tracks, that I would make the train tracks come to the garage.  The plan is to expand the layout 2-feet deeper into the backyard and use wood to make a staging platform.

The first thing I did was weather-proof some fence boards.




I screwed some 2x4's together into a 20-foot ladder .





I then removed the sod so everything could be buried into the ground.





More sod had to be removed to run the staging yard around the switching yard.





I dug out an 18-inch trench at the end of the patio stones.





I had to raise the lawn and some of the patio stones.





I used a level to make sure everything matched up even.





I filled in the ladder-work with soil and screwed down the fence boards.





The track was then laid flush in the groove so it would not be a tripping hazard.





Now the railcars can easily be taken out the garage door and into the layout.

Brewery Decay in G-Scale Garden Train Railway Land - 05-23-15

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(Blog Entry & Photos by Bob)


Brewery Decay

January 2012, I started building our own brewery from scratch.

From its creation the brewery has stood outside getting pounded by the sun, rain and ice for the past 3 years.

 

Though we intended it to be an abandoned brewery it has really gone it to disrepair.















Looks like some wild-life moved in or should I say UNDER the brewery for the winter. 






















While I glued the plastic bits onto the other buildings in the village I also grabbed some wood screws and brackets to try to prolong the life of our beloved layout centerpiece.    Unfortunately, it seems the wood choice was poor and pieces are shattering as I try and fix it.   Mary is keeping positive, while the brewery is slowly decaying, she feels it adds to the whole "abandoned" look.    She has plans for another exciting photo-shoot, she just needs some special g-scale people to make it work, so stay tuned.

Down on the Farm in G-Scale Garden Train Railway Land - 05-15-15

(Blog Entry & All the photos taken by Mary except the ones with the mystery cat.  LOL)

Welcome to the farm folks!

Spring is here and that means clean up time.

In previous years, the task would done over weeks of just weeding and cleaning leaves out and never really setting anything up. 

It was a beautiful evening, we were both tired but we pressed on and we were able to clean up this old decrepit farm.











While we were cleaning a mystery kitty arrived.   Bob decided to take a couple of photos.  This kitty is different from the previous kitty we nicknamed Clockwork - Click here to see that blog entry. 





Finally the weeds & leaves were out.   Things look very bare on the farm.   Good thing we had previously been to the Dollar Store and located some interesting plants (Thanks to our buddy Andrew who found them) and that we suspected would look amazing on our farm!!!






While cleaning, I located a bunch of tiny baby spiders that moved into the barn.  How cute!  lol




Yaaaaaaaaaaay!  Planting time!  :)





And here is the end result!    Looks amazing with my little Case Tractors I purchased Bob for Christmas presents a couple of years ago from RedTrac International a Farming Supply store.  They sell "real" big tractors and "mini" tractors which are the right size for us!  :)