My railroad is called the Paul F.
Price Memorial Railroad, named after my neighbors Dad who passed away a little
over 2 years ago. He got me interested
in outdoor railroading.
How my railroad started was, I had
a ‘G’ gauge Bachmann I bought many years ago for under the Christmas tree. I used to run it there for years. One day, while walking the dog around the
block, I spied an Aristo Jack Daniels ‘G’ gauge sitting in the trash at
somebody’s house that was moving. I took
it home with me and discovered it was a complete set, brass track, train,
transformer, all in the original box. It
was only missing 2 curves. I bought the
curves and it ran beautifully.
I got invited over to my neighbors
4th of July party and met Mister Price and we talked that whole
afternoon about setting up a train outdoors. So, now that I had 2 trains (1
that was free), I thought I’d give it a
shot. Since my Bachmann had already been
upgraded to brass track, I already had all the curves, so I bought enough
straights to make a 40’ loop. That was
in 2017. I was hooked. Over the Winter of 2017 I decided to lengthen
the track. Now the track is an ‘L’
shaped affair of about 90’ and I’m in the process of buying more cars, sound
and landscaping.
I joined the SJGRRS to see other
layouts and pick a few brains for suggestions on how to run my railroad and I
can tell you that in the short time I’ve been a member, I’ve met some good
people and learned a lot. I still am
having a few problems with the jargon and the pricing, but, for me there is not
too much better than sitting in my backyard listening to my fountain,
waterwheel, wind chimes, and TRAIN!
I drive my wife a little nuts with
my ramblings of what I want to do next, but I think she enjoys it too. And it keeps me busy puttering on weekends.
Below is what my layout looked like
in 2017 and what it looks like now.
The original layout, with the
Bachmann
2017 layout, with the Aristo
2018 layout with the Bachmann
