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  1. Rolling Stock
    I just ordered a few Piko passenger cars and plan to convert them to Kadee couplers. The stock hook and loop couplers are rated for 2-foot radius curves, but will I need Kadee's #832 "Swinging gearboxes" to achieve that radius with knuckles?
  2. Beginner's Forum
    I'm relatively new to G scale. Most of my LGB rolling stock have hook and loop couplers. I recently aquired a few LGB box cars that came with knuckle couplers. Can and how do I convert my LGB knuckle couplers to hook and loop?
  3. Track, Trestles, Bridges and Roadbed
    Hi all, I've spent some of my Covid down time expanding my garden railway with an new loop of track (my wife calls it the Corona Valley Line) on a pretty steeply sloped section of yard surrounded by sidewalks. It's a simple loop with 10' diameter curves but the slopes are about 13% going up and...
  4. Beginner's Forum
    In the planning stages for a garden railway and would appreciate some advice on track. I've seen options for aluminum, brass, stainless steel, and nickel silver rail. After reading pros and cons, I'm leaning toward code 250 nickel silver, which appears to be the priciest (of course). Any reason...
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