Summertime is the right time to get railroading, and our new Annual will have you and your large-scale trains moving. Our all-new sixth issue is packed with building and how-to projects along with exceptional layout tours and is loaded with great photos from readers like you! It’s brimming with 116 pages of large scale and outdoor railroading, everything from prototype trains & information and fine scale modeling to free-lanced flights of fancy and whimsy. Whatever your large-scale modeling style, you’ll find the Garden Trains Annual is for you.

8.5 x 11 Softcover, 116 pages

Edited by Chris Lane

Table of Contents:

Brownie Points
 Building the Elusive EBT Miners’ Car “Brownie”
 by Kevin Strong

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Off to Work We Go!
 A Kitbashed Wheel & Tie Car
 by Ray Buteux

Building Bridges
 3-D Printed Deck Plate Bridge Panels and Piers
 by George Riley

Using AI as a Design Partner
 Can ChatGPT Help Refine your Garden Railroad
 by Jeremy Plance

The Takasaki Light Railway
 Live Steam Garden Railroading in Japan
 by Matthew Foster

Rebuilding a Bachmann 3-Truck Shay
 Rebuilt into a Western Maryland Coal Hauler
 by Randy Mower

Rocky Mountain Railroading
 Garden Railroading with the Rockies as the Backdrop
 by Matt Hutson

More Secrets of the Dead Rail Part II
 3 Dead Rail Locomotive Installations
 by George Riley

Building an Outdoor Turntable
 Taking Big Locomotives for an Electronically Controlled Spin
 by Jim Kottkamp

Design a Garden Railroad Part 5
 Environment First — Breathe Life into Scenes with Native Plants
 by Nancy Norris

Amtrak Magic
 There’s Something About a Train… That’s Magic
 by Ray Buteux

D&RGW Std Gauge Caboose No. 01108
 Scale Drawings of a Very Old Caboose That Still Exists
 by Matt Hutson

The Steamboat Railway
 An Outdoor Railroad Off to a Great Start
 by George Riley

3-D Printing Your Figures
 Got a Photo? Get a Figure!
 by Mike Ware

Modeling Mower Lumber Co. Camp Cars
 Camp & Kitchen Cars using 3-D Printed Components
 by Randy Mower

Next Gen Model Railroad Control
 LCC Wi-Fi Decoders
 by Stan Ames

Logging Hacks
 How to Build A Variety of Logging Cars
 by George Riley

Don’t Worry, It’s Just a Phase (7)
 Painting Models for Amtrak’s Latest Scheme
 by Ray Buteux

Rocky Mount Picture Show
 Coverage of the Annual Live Steam Meet in Virginia
 by George Riley

Branch Line Water Tank for Your Railroad
 Recycled Tender Tank for Your Thirsty Loco
 by Jim Kottkamp

Off the Rack Radio Control
 Cutting the Cord with Readily Available R/C Products
 by George  Riley 

Observations
 Seek and You Will Find
 Associate Editor – George Riley