4mm scale/00 gauge Garden Railway

Some trial footage of my new, as yet un named railway.

[@scouttroop7206]

Wow the Inter-City 125 brought back memories, that was my first Hornby train set when I was a kid. Great layout 👍🏻

[@chriswalker2858]

Very impressive, the sound locos are enhanced by being outdoors along with birdsong👍

[@stephenmorgan3909]

Absolutely astounding

[@Dave64track]

Wow this is a fantastic layout loving the sounds of the trains just brilliant I could watch them all day.

[@fatwalletboy2]

The sounds are some of the best Ive heard in 00 models.

[@ickhamroad9635]

Looks great, I would love to build a layout in the garden. Maybe one day.

[@blairgowrieforestrailwayan2786]

You have given me an idea as what to do with a large pile of rocks I have next to my house. Thanks.

[@evanescecse]

What an awesome railway 👍

[@neilparkes7411]

A total magical..world ..better than watching tv ....well done...

[@coloursmoke]

Wow ! Nice setting. Nice layout. Have fun! :-)

[@andybowyer3602]

Your engine is spot on!

[@davestrains]

FABULOUS!!!! cheers,dave

[@ba14eagle]

Great footage - I am looking forward to seeing more.

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Like the layout very much.

[@RailroudHobby]

Awsome Dint Know oo Gauge Hornby Could Be Used Oud Doors As Well Think Of starting On oo gauge Too Here In Netherlands In My Garden 😀

[@a1140]

great railway looks amazing

[@bigfella1952]

Great setup, love to see more. Have you any construction details

[@jacksherriff7304]

Hi Mate, Very well done line looks great! I have just made a 42FT structure in my garden but am having trouble powering the whole of the line, it is one continuous track with lops at either end, I was just wondering if you knew of a way of powering the full line? would i have to add more controllers to the line ? if so would you suggest where please ? Thanks Jack

[@canalboating]

Hi Jack I'm no expert but just looking to make my own garden railway and what I've read is to solder wires between each section of track and not rely on the fishplates for electrical conductivity don't know if that's any help to you but thought it worth throwing it out there

[@sumoant46]

loving your layout thinking of doing a small oo gauge outdoors what would be the best track to use

[@themechanic9398]

Peco nickel silver flexy track. Garden railways in oo gauge allows you to create a greater radius curves. Being able to make your own curves as apposed to using set track will allow more natural looking curves. Long trains will look alot better as well and should perform alot better too. You can use points but recommend you keep them covered during bad weather to give the contacts better protection against the elements. Using copper paste or using link wires between each track section should help improve continuity through the entire track layout and reduce voltage drops.

[@sumoant46]

Ian Darville thank you

[@simonnelson7770]

Love that the train is all dirty, great attention to detail. Can you use indoor train sets outside or is this different?

[@chrisbell5032]

It's just normal 00 guage (indoor) stuff,a conversion to battery(not that easy) would aleviate the problems of the track oxidising though.

[@ewoodrailway]

Looks incredible, I've subbed

[@mattval6293]

Lol 6:48 wrong sort track looks like British track in hot summers

[@paul-m3kqe]

great vid cant wait to see more - ive subbed

[@ForburyLion]

One cat away from disaster!

[@Stubwood_on_YT]

Hello there! This garden railway is fantastic, but out of interest, what track company are you using? I've been doing some research for my own possible garden railway and it's now coming down to cost.

[@Karlsgardenrailway]

Hello I have built my garden railway using second hand track from ebay and alike might be worth looking as you can get a lot for your money

[@Stubwood_on_YT]

Karl's model railways Great! Thank you so much

[@PaulMJStone]

Looks good. Is that single plank felt wrapped construction?

[@Karlsgardenrailway]

Looking good. Do you have any plan's for the future

[@davidbrown3231]

hi What happens when it rains on a garden layout such as this? OK stop trains running but does the rain cause problems with the track? Kind regards -thanks for any info

[@badwolf506]

I tend not to run in the rain to avoid any issues that may affect the DCC, the track doesn’t suffer any problem in the rain. I have more issues with the sun causing expansion

[@alannewman85]

How do you prevent problems due to the expansion and contraction in the hottest and coldest weather?

[@badwolf506]

@@alannewman85 I haven’t really found it to be too much of a problem

[@alannewman85]

@@badwolf506 That's amazing, thanks for your reply. I'm envious of yours by the way! Well done! Another question if I may, when you laid the track, was it a warm day or a cold day, can you recall? Reason I ask is I'd planned to lay track in the warmest weather, with no gap at the joints, meaning the track should only contract as opposed to buckling from that point on.

[@badwolf506]

@@alannewman85 that’s worth a try, most of mine was laid in March 2020, so not warm.

[@darrylhearn2425]

very nice

[@danielsoomodelrailways6881]

Do you have to clean your track a lot I’m thinking of building a outdoor model railway

[@toucan221]

silly question but what has 4mm got to do with anything, I can understand OO but at loss for -4mm?

[@badwolf506]

4mm to 1ft is the scale ratio. 00 is the track gauge.

[@toucan221]

@@badwolf506 I guess you are talking about Plans for the track, ok? although that doesn't help me that much but at least you have explained it, thanks

[@rob235ioa1]

need to have expansion gaps between rail ends

[@edwardmullins2716]

where did you buy the track?

[@rob235ioa1]

WHAT CONTRO;;ER ARE YOU USING P;EASE HAVING TROUBLE WITH MU COMBIS

[@badwolf506]

Roco Z21 start

[@RichardsAdventures]

What type of track do you use outdoors?

[@mattval6293]

I’ve got some deltics I could run on this for u

[@mattval6293]

Mylordz hst scream

[@rodreeder3579]

8

[@rob235ioa1]

the sounds ruin it and are so false.............HST is 1 car too long .full rake is 8 cars not 9

[@badwolf506]

It’s a train set, it’s not real. Just enjoy it. The HST is correct for a cross country formation.

[@donovanemery597]

Fun fact: Avanti West Coast Main Line trains from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly are 9 or 11 cars