I started building it about five years ago and it will not be finished for a good while yet.

My garden luckily for me is split on two levels and so initially presented me with the problem of how to use all the land, after much thought I decided to use 'Metpost repair spikes' into these I insert a standard wooden post cut to a rough height, this is after the posts have been driven home using a fourteen pound sledge hammer. Once a level determines the correct heights the post are hammered in to the final position, standard decking is then cut to length and screwed into place then roofing felt is placed on top, this not only looks and weathers great but protects the wood and the posts.

The railway consists of an up and a down line, which are fully automated by LGB signal controls, there is a further branch line which is again fully automated using a reverse unit.

A rack railway runs from a base station under the cable cars to the higher part of the garden again fully automated, and a further tram line runs from the Riechenbach station to a yet to be finished single line.

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 I am in the process of converting to live steam as I find these locos and scales to be simply fantastic to the point of being almost real! I will retain some LGB for the automated running as this is very relaxing especially whilst steaming up the live locos, anyway LGB is good that I simply could not be totally without it, I know I need counselling for this addiction but hey you only live once.

Hope you like what you see kind Regards Michael Brown