#train garden

[trainman69]

Running Circus and B&O trains in the backyard.

[aloysiavirgata]

There’s this local train garden that we always took the kids to this time of year when they were small.

This year, at nearly 18 and 20, they asked Mr. Vitgata to take them even though they both have cars and I have this great picture of them gazing into the trains with the same childlike wonder as years past and I’m deep in some feels right now.

[harmcityherald]

[trainman69]

[trainman69]

Late night, running of the trains.

[trainman69]

Late night, running of the trains.

[trainman69]

G Scale Garden Railroad passenger train around the koi pond.

[chicagobotanicgarden]

Making the trains run at the Model Railroad Garden

Behind the scenes, we interviewed our engineers on what it takes to create the Model Railroad Garden experience.

At the Model Railroad Garden: Landmarks of America, you see model trains chugging charmingly through the trees, mountains, and cityscapes, and clacking across bridges as they merrily toot their horns. You don’t see the workshop crammed with test tracks, a lathe, a drill press, soldering irons, a drawer filled with spare train motors, dozens of bins of spare parts, and rows of small jars of paint…

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