Visit to a layout and the G scale society

Yesterday I got the chance to visit a members layout because of the G scale society membership.  I met some nice people, talked trains and track and layouts and got to handle the radio control that was used to control the layout.  Saw some of the principles on track layout that I'd reading about.  It also made me very glad that I'm starting out with something small and deliverable - the freight yard on the patio.  With no background in model railroading as such, then I wouldn't want to start altering a garden until I've got much more knowledge under my belt - and talking of which I've started to read the G Scale society technical guide that I bought when I signed up.

This was a largely British themed layout - since buying the magazines and looking at the web then I've discovered that there is British  G scale stuff around but you have to know where it is.  I'm still happy with my German theme that is emerging with the various boxcars and what comes in the starter set.

I looked briefly at an American garden railway magazine - which I have now ordered - with an article on getting fun out of your garden railway.  It will be interesting to look at the adverts as well and see what is available to our cousins on the other side of the pond.

The G Scale society magazine had arrived some time before this.
In it was mention of the Diggle Valley Railroad (DVRR) with the highest rack railway in Europe.

Now I  have no plans to emulate that, but I find the effort amazing.