On June 6 2004, the first G-scale train ran on a new outdoor G-scale layout on our backyard woods in Frankford Delaware. The tracks are Aristocraft stainless steel track, and there are two independent loops presently. The trains are controlled by an Aristocraft Train Engineer, with the receivers for each track inside the adjacent garage. By summer 2005 there are houses, a water feature, a tunnel, animals, Mud Springs campground, people and even light traffic. In January 2006 a large elevated loop was added into the woods. In January 2007 a large train shed was added. Finally in March 2008, the inner loop was extended out along the elevated loop with the two loops crossing each other twice, to make the overall size of the layout at 615 ft. The picture below taken March 2008 shows trains crossing between the elevated loop and the new loop.
NEWS-Pictures (99) of Layouts from the 2008 National Garden Railroad Convention in Arizona
Open House June 2011
Peg Long's Mallett
My Open House Special
Dueling Mikados
Finally a Video around the layout of my Open House Special, thanks to Ron Bodnar
SpecialA few short videos of the trains
Santa Fe Coal DragThe Train Shed
One more Colorado Model building
It seems like every time Pete Eggink shows up, interesting things happen. In 2007 it was his RDC on fire:
G-Scale Links
Other Delaware, North East Maryland and New Jersey G-scale railroad sites
One last interesting link
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