The New Hampshire Garden Railway Society, Incorporated is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. The Corporation’s primary mission is to educate and promote the growth of the large-scale model train hobby to include garden railroading and an awareness of the history of railways.
Below are our upcoming seminars for the general public.
“PART ONE – Intro and Features of the RailPro Control System with comparison to DCC”
– by Don Sweet and RCS of New England
Saturday April 27, 2024 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Find out just how easy it is to add Radio Control and Battery power to your Engines and equipment, featuring the RailPro systems.
“PART TWO – Popular Installs and Programming. A Demo of Popular Engines”
– by Don Sweet and RCS of New England
Sunday April 28 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Find out just how easy it is to add Radio Control and Battery power to your Engines and equipment, featuring the RailPro systems.
“Building Large Scale Turnouts Suitable for Outdoor Use” by Stan Ames
Saturday April 27, 2024 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Sometimes commercial turnouts just do not fit well into a track plan. The cost for having a custom turnout built can be very expensive. The alternative is to build them yourself. On our SJR&P garden railway, we currently have over 30 custom stainless steel turnouts in use that I have built. Some of my hand-built turnouts have been in service for over 20 years.
This clinic will present step by step techniques for building custom turnouts in either stainless steel or brass that are suitable for long term outdoor use.
Lakeshore 24
Building And Operating The SJR&P Garden Railroad by Stan and Deb Ames
Thursday — Sep 19, 2024 — 5:30 pm
Situated in a wooded hillside, our 1.20.3 F/FN3 railway focuses on operation with multiple operators, waybills, dispatching, and train orders. Starting out in 1988 with a simple figure eight, we became addicted to garden railroading. Thirty-six years later, the railway has grown to over 5000 feet of track with over 50 bridges and 20 tunnels. The evolution, construction, and operation of the SJR&P Railway will be the topics of this clinic.
