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For Britain s growing band of model railway enthusiasts, a garden railway is the ultimate challenge. In this inspirational book Richard Blizzard guides you through 19 garden railway projects, from laying the track and making simple trackside accessories through to constructing a 16mm-gauge live steam engine from a kit, various rolling stock and a locomotive roundhouse and turntable. The projects are presented using hundreds of step-by-step colour photographs and accompanied by full cutting lists and assembly drawings. In addition, the author provides an overview of some tools that modellers new to garden railways may find helpful and a useful list of addresses for suppliers. Whether new to the hobby or seasoned enthusiast, anyone interested in building a garden railway will find this book full of great ideas, useful tips and friendly encouragement.
About the Author
Richard Blizzard is a writer and broadcaster who specialises in woodworking projects such as toys, furniture and garden schemes. Garden railways have always been a particular passion, and Richard has been enjoying his own for the past 25 years.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
I pre-ordered this book before publication, and was looking forward to receiving it. However, I'm disappointed; this book is NOT what I expected it to be. From its title and description, I had assumed it would be another general how-to guide on garden railway building and operating, probably with the emphasis on live steam but with a bit of track-powered stuff in there too. Yes, there are several good books of that sort around already, and I think I've got almost all of them, but I'm a bit of a completist and thought this would make another nice addition to my bookshelf.
That is not what this book is at all. It's actually a collection of plans and instructions for building a variety of garden railway structures, and even some rolling stock, primarily out of wood. It seems to be exclusively 16mm, mostly for the live steam fraternity with a token nod to battery electrics. The projects themselves are largely applicable to all garden gauges and scales, of course, being mainly lineside stuff - loco sheds, stations, bridges etc; there is also a good section on assembling a live steam loco kit (though this appears to be taken straight from a manufacturer's website), and a rather cursory chapter on tracklaying, but the wooden structure projects form the bulk of the book. I can't help feeling that the title (and Amazon's description of the book's contents) is more than a little misleading; if it had been called "building garden railway structures in wood", that would have been much more accurate - and I wouldn't have bought a copy!
Overall view? A nice book, well-produced with lots of colour, and if you are into 16mm, live steam and/or making your own buildings, a useful read. Not, however, of much more than passing interest if you're primarily into G scale and track power, or want a good how-to book on building a garden railway layout. Check it out carefully before you buy, to make sure you know what you're getting.
That is not what this book is at all. It's actually a collection of plans and instructions for building a variety of garden railway structures, and even some rolling stock, primarily out of wood. It seems to be exclusively 16mm, mostly for the live steam fraternity with a token nod to battery electrics. The projects themselves are largely applicable to all garden gauges and scales, of course, being mainly lineside stuff - loco sheds, stations, bridges etc; there is also a good section on assembling a live steam loco kit (though this appears to be taken straight from a manufacturer's website), and a rather cursory chapter on tracklaying, but the wooden structure projects form the bulk of the book. I can't help feeling that the title (and Amazon's description of the book's contents) is more than a little misleading; if it had been called "building garden railway structures in wood", that would have been much more accurate - and I wouldn't have bought a copy!
Overall view? A nice book, well-produced with lots of colour, and if you are into 16mm, live steam and/or making your own buildings, a useful read. Not, however, of much more than passing interest if you're primarily into G scale and track power, or want a good how-to book on building a garden railway layout. Check it out carefully before you buy, to make sure you know what you're getting.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
I found this book a really good read!
Reading the previous reviews, I wonder if they were general garden railwayer's or specifically narrowgauge? Me, I'm specifically narrow gauge and this book suited me perfectly.
The book has plenty of bright, large and colourful pictures to wet the pallet and give food for thought. The chapters are clear, consise and simple to follow. This book gives advice on how to do the basic tasks such as laying track but then goes onto describe different projects. These projects are mainly lineside buildings or accessories, mainly made out of wood but are waterproof if using marine plywood.
The projects are nicely rates by signals, the more signals highlighted, the more difficult the task at hand.
I regards to the proects, it has a table of items needed giving metric and imperial sizing aswell as the type of material (EG marine plywood, brass copper etc). The projects are nicely illustrated and each image is number and corrolates to the text nearby.
All in all an excelent book which will be a nice addition to your collection.
Concluding thoughts are that it may not be for every garden railway owner as it is specifically aimed at narrow gauge garden railway's and furthermore, those who want to embark on the wooden building frontier.
Reading the previous reviews, I wonder if they were general garden railwayer's or specifically narrowgauge? Me, I'm specifically narrow gauge and this book suited me perfectly.
The book has plenty of bright, large and colourful pictures to wet the pallet and give food for thought. The chapters are clear, consise and simple to follow. This book gives advice on how to do the basic tasks such as laying track but then goes onto describe different projects. These projects are mainly lineside buildings or accessories, mainly made out of wood but are waterproof if using marine plywood.
The projects are nicely rates by signals, the more signals highlighted, the more difficult the task at hand.
I regards to the proects, it has a table of items needed giving metric and imperial sizing aswell as the type of material (EG marine plywood, brass copper etc). The projects are nicely illustrated and each image is number and corrolates to the text nearby.
All in all an excelent book which will be a nice addition to your collection.
Concluding thoughts are that it may not be for every garden railway owner as it is specifically aimed at narrow gauge garden railway's and furthermore, those who want to embark on the wooden building frontier.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Thought a Haynes manual would have been informative. Unfortunately this book is just a account of a collection of wooden buildings for outdoor use, and bears little resemblance to a maunal for Garden railways. Nice little project for the budding joiner, but not recommended for the serious garden railway builder, novice or expert. Really gives little information on actual building of a garden railway, the problems you will encounter and how to solve them.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Garden Railway Manual
Not really a comprehensive Haines Guide to Garden railways (if you are used to the automotive ones you will be dissapointed), more a set of mainly wooden projects, both buildings... Read more
Published 29 days ago by Stuart
!6mm railways
I was disappointed with this book. It is mainly a collection of woodworking projects designed to enhance one person's garden railway. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Roger
Blizzard does it again..
great book again from Richard Blizzard written in his own style which makes it easy to read and follow plans which are also diverse from simple lineside buildings to... Read more
Published 6 months ago by wilfred
It's not what the title says!
I was very disappointed with the content and the book's title is quite misleading.
This is a book largely about how to make plywood buildings and a turntable for your layout. Read more
This is a book largely about how to make plywood buildings and a turntable for your layout. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Terry
Very useful info
Easy to read and easy for almost anyone to make a successful model, but this would need weatherproofing with your favourite varnish etc. Read more
Published 14 months ago by D. Layzell
Garden Railway Manual
I agree with the earlier two reviews that the should have been a lot more detail on the more technical aspects of a garden railway rather than common DIY tips
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Published 14 months ago by Stephen Horsman
PC65
Very disappointed in this. Nothing much to help me - too general/ sparse content in most chapters. I cannot recommend.
Published 14 months ago by Paul Carter
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