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Last Updated Nov 15, 2009

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Here are a few links to sites I like.

The LGB and G Scale Model Railway Club of Australia has regular layout visits in the Sydney area. Why don't you join up?
GRASS-the Garden Rail Addicts of Sutherland Shire - My local group of GR friends
the Garden Whistle is the newsletter of the GR guys in New Zealand and it's really worth reading.

Model sites...

Mark Hobbs' Turrella Tramway line
Geof Coleman's Barron Tableland Railway
Glen Anthony's NEW Rocky Creek line in Christchurch, New Zealand
Kerry Paterson's Ashburton Forks line. Detailed New Zealand scratchbuilt modelling at 1:24. A beauty!
The Coramba Creek Timber Co. Railway.  Graham Morphett's amazing garden and railway, on the Gold Coast (now defunct).
James' McInerney's  The Rurr Valley Railway & Mining Co.(now defunct)
The Sydney Live Steam Locomotive Society.
The Toenail Ridge Shortline   Phil Creer's beautiful line in Adelaide. (no updates since 2007)
Goran Jonsson's UTJ railway in Sweden. In Swedish but great pictures.
Tod Hetherington's pages. He builds NSW prototype in 1:32 scale.
Shishi-ga-tani (Deer Valley) Light Rail - A Japanese line in Sydney, by Toshi Yoshioka - a very talented scratchbuilder.
Clive Tucker's Scampington and Chipside Garden Railway - He's in Hampshire, UK. A very comprehensive site.
Matthew Foster's Takasaki Light Railway - He models Japanese narrow gauge.
The Tucson (USA) Garden Railway Society
The Northern Colorado (USA) Garden Railroaders

Other GR sites...

Garden Railways Magazine.
Data on many G scale motor blocks

RailServe.com: Railroad Travel, Hobby & Industry

Australian Model Railway Magazine.
Garden Headquarters- a gardening site with GR links

Real Aussie Railways worth visiting...

garratt on TT head-on loco

Puffing Billy Vic.
Pichi Richi SA
Glenreagh Mountain Railway NSW
Dorrigo Steam Museum NSW
The West Coast Wildnerness ABT railway, Queenstown TAS.

..and some from around the World....

ironbark Those fantastics little trains of Wales.
The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Colorado USA
Driving Creek Railway, Coromandel, New Zealand. Could this be the ultimate BIG backyard railway?
The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway, New Zealand

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