The original garden railroad at the Pomona Fairplex was used built by a teacher teaching his classes this stuff years ago. The students used to build the engines, rolling stock, structures, etc. as ~1:20 standard gauge (Gauge 3 track).
There are certainly plenty of topics to cover a semester including design, electronics, gardening, etc., etc., etc. If I were to teach such a class, the "lab" would be the construction of an on-site garden railroad over the course of the semester.
There are certainly plenty of topics to cover a semester including design, electronics, gardening, etc., etc., etc. If I were to teach such a class, the "lab" would be the construction of an on-site garden railroad over the course of the semester.