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Garden Railroad Resources

GARDEN RAILROAD RESOURCES

BAGRS MEMBERS

The best garden railroading resources are the members of the Bay Area Garden Railway Society.

Between them they have experience and knowledge of every aspect of garden railroading from planning & design to holding your first open railroad and everything in between.

Two other online resources are noted below.

GARDEN RAILROADING NEWS is a FREE bi-monthly digital magazine.

It includes featured layouts, how to do articles, planting suggestions and more.

It’s Advertiser Directory lists many suppliers of products & services used by garden railroaders.

Visit www.grnews.org to access the current edition and prior editions. All editions are FREE. 
 
GR News also administers a Facebook Group called GRNews with 5,000 members many of whom are happy to answer questions.

THE KALMBACH HOBBY STORE sells many publications about garden railroading.

There are publications about starting a garden railroad, constructing trestles & buildings, different aspects of landscaping, maintaining & customizing locomotives and many other topics.

Publications are reasonably priced. There are print/digital options for some.

Visit https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/catalog/garden-railroading/ to learn more.