Chris M

Although I have built the shelter and don't run trains in the rain I do sometimes run in the snow.

This is battery powered https://youtu.be/zk5-THlW5ZU

And they can even plow the snow while using track power https://youtu.be/zhd7ELe6x4Y  . Condition of snow and temperature have to be right for this to work.

Snow can be too deep for snowing. Although the video looks promising I gave up before the whole line was cleared https://youtu.be/UEu-dGb_yAw

The important thing is to make sure they are thoroughly dried out afterwards. Best done on the kitchen draining board when the household authorities aren't watching.

The storage sidings are under a cover. I did this so that on a typical mixed weather day in the UK I can run trains until a shower comes along and then put them under shelter until it passes. During the summer I sometimes leave rolling stock out for a few nights under this shelter.

It took a while to get to the above. Here are some of the intermediary stages

Sorry its taken a while to reply. I chose American outline because, whilst only ever modelling British railways in smaller scales I quite liked the look of the US diesels. i found the USA Trains locos were very well detailed scale models that run very well. They were also much cheaper than LGB models. My first USA Trains loco, bought secondhand for Christmas 2002 is still running sweetly.

The track was originally laid just on the plain ground but it now has a concrete roadbed. The track isn't fixed down, it just lies on the ground and horticultural grit is used for ballast. This holds the track in place very well while allowing a little float. Ground does move. A bag of grit is required every Spring to replace grit that has disappeared over the winter. Just like a real railway!

The current track plan

I'm new to RMweb and have only just found the garden railway area. This is my garden railway