Hi to Forum Readers,

 

I am just getting started with  a Garden Railway. Fortunatly and unfortunatly  while visiting a friend  in Canada I gave up smoking after 50 years of it and thought if I bought something I could do for a hobby it would keep my hands busy. My friends took me to a garden centre, there on show was An Aristocraft Pacific locomotive with 6 heavywieght coaches to match. It must be something in the blood that attracted me to them ,my grandfather was a blacksmith on the LMS Loco Works and my own father was a railway coach body builder and I just love steam engines and lantern roof railway carrages.

I asked the guy in the store "Is that what they call G scale?" it was hardly a question but the guy rubbed his hands together and sold me the lot, I paid the man for the goods and  the shipping to UK. I walked out  the store some dollars lighter with a few rail magazines under my arm. After an hours of reading I relized my knowledge of model railways was zero and  1-29 scale  probably was not the best choice as figures and road vehicles and buildings were short on the ground. After I got it home  the store brought out a baggae car I thought I had better have the full set so it has also traveled a long way from China to Canada to UK. Clearly there is no turning back.  I now need to purchase besides more track some sort of power and control, as we live in a very wet part of the world where it rains a lot, I thought Radio Control and Battery Power would be the answer although all the carrage lights would require rewiring, I may prefer to do this than clean yards of track each time it is operated, so the question is , am I going down the right road and should I purchase the Aristocraft Battery Box Car and  will this give the engine enough power to pull 8 carrages or should I do something else or do I power up the lines, and with what bearing in mind many of the secound hand track I keep buying up at a reasonable price off e-bay will require a lot of cleaning. I am sure there are aguements on fores and against but all recomendations on tried and tested equipment  will be very  welcome from those who are experienced. 

 

Many Thanks 

Just Starting

Derbyshire England 

Thanks Guys,

You have talked me back into useing track power.

Thanks for the tips on cleaning the rails and clamping.

Now to find a good transformer and controler over here and read up on wiring up.

 

Much Obliged 

 

Roger just starting