A railway in the garden is a great eye-catcher! You can find out here how you can easily integrate a railway into your garden.
A train is particularly popular with small and sometimes very big boys. Especially since it can be perfectly integrated into almost any landscape and at the same time brings movement to the overall picture. If you too would like to spice up your garden with a railway, then simply follow our step-by-step instructions.
Step 1: Planning
The construction of a garden railway in the mostly usual G gauge always starts with careful planning. This raises the fundamental question of whether the new railway will adapt to the existing garden or vice versa? After this question has been clarified, the drawing of the track plan begins. Based on the previously selected model type, the dealer's size specifications for the rails that can be used can flow directly into the plan drawing.
Tip: At the beginning of this hobby you should only plan flat routes, which can later be supplemented with the construction of passable bridges and lake landscapes, etc. at any time. If you want to build a garden railway tunnel, then you should postpone that until a later date.
Furthermore, an associated electrical connection in the immediate vicinity should be taken into account during planning, as well as the easiest possible access to all rails by the owner.
Step 2: Start construction
Set track route
It is recommended to start building a garden railway with a starter set, which can usually be expanded at any time - there are enough suppliers for this. The track rails should be fastened to a previously prepared, stable surface. For this purpose, the uppermost layer of earth is first removed with a small garden shovel for the later track course. The course of the track is then filled with sand and leveled well - you might even use a small garden roller for this.
Laying the rail bed
Now the rail bed is laid (using the plug-in principle or screw principle), for which specialPlastic panels are ideal as a substrate because they keep weeds out. For some models, however, the finest grit can also be used as a substrate, which has been underlaid with fleece (so you don't have to constantly remove the weeds from the garden railroad).
Attach rail bed
After laying the rails on the paved surface, the side attachment is also stabilized with somewhat coarser grit or pebbles. This process is important in order to prevent the rail guide from slipping when it rains heavily - especially on slightly sloping routes. The filling of the track bed with colored pebbles is nice to look at.
Of course, there are other options for laying the railway track in the garden (e.g. using paving stones, etc.), which of course must be adapted to local conditions. Some models can even be spread out on the lawn without any problems and then easily removed from there in the winter months. Other garden railways, on the other hand, can still be left outside even in freezing frost (consider the item descriptions of the manufacturers).
Step 3: Planting
The planting of the garden railway should be selected in such a way that it does not impair railway operation. Strong growth of individual plants should therefore be cut back regularly. And the weeds in the rail area or in a landscaped landscape should always be meticulously removed. For which the use of environmentally friendly sprays is also recommended, which are sprayed directly onto the weeds and can be removed very easily after a certain exposure time. The selected plants along the route should also be optically adapted to the respective track size.