2023 GARDEN TRAINS ANNUAL: The 2023 Garden Trains Annual is packed with building and how-to projects along with great layout tours. Browse our colorful Garden Gallery photo feature filled with great shots from readers like you! Brimming with information from prototype trains to flights of fancy; whatever your large scale modeling style, you’ll find Garden Trains Annual is for you.

2021 GTA Annual

2022 Garden Trains AnnualIt’s easy to start your first garden railway, combining rugged model trains and beautiful landscaping in your own backyard. The Garden Trains Annual from White River Productions is the only annual publication dedicated exclusively to outdoor garden railways! We’ll show you how to use your favorite large scale trains combined with appropriate live plantings to make the outdoor railway of your dreams. Each edition contains fabulous layout tours, detailed modeling projects, great prototype information, fresh product reviews, and more. The all new Garden Trains Annual is edited by Chris Lane, the guiding force between the popular On30 Annual and HOn3 Annual. You’ll enjoy the engaging and informative style brought to you by White River Productions, a long-time leader in the prototype railroading and hobby publishing field. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned veteran, or just looking for a new modeling challenge, you’ll find it in the pages of GTA!

Large Scale Logging

Multiple article on how to add logging operations and equipment to your large scale layout

Building the Tuscarora M-1 – a riveting tale

Based on the East Broad Top’s famous motor car

Cover Story: The building and evolution of a large outdoor layout

3-D Printing: The Future of the Hobby?

Questions and answers with Randy Mower


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