3rd Rail Hazel

If you are a "newbie" and not already committed to a lot of 00, do take a look at the larger scales stuff designed for gardens. Can be remarkably cheap. Good article recently in BRM (?) about this.

 

You don't necessarily need a shed. A garden store (bunker) with lid could also work well.

Trust me I did look at the larger scales but £3000+ for a 2BIL unit would wipe me out in an instant. Came to earth with a bump!

Thank you all for your opinions. The shed you see in my pic would be no part of the railway as when I open the door the contents thereof fall out on me! I have considered putting an 8 x 6 shed in the other corner, aligned t`other way, for covered running. When I saw my landlord at lease renewing time she said she would be happy if I stayed here `forever` so I`m not worried about imminent eviction at any rate. 

Yes, unless the invisible photo reveals it to be on a dreadful slope.

 

You can create a trestle of any height from just above the ground to waist-high, whatever you fancy, using recycled plastic 'timber', and pin it to the ground with removable ground anchors. That way it won't rot, and you can easily remove it when the tenancy expires, leaving no damage.

 

00 is a bit small for putting very low down, because it will derail with the tiniest bit of grit, but there's a chap near me who ran a large 00 layout outdoors for many years, very successfully. That was about a foot above real ground level in most parts.

 

Recycled plastic 'timber' https://www.filcris.co.uk/category/garden/garden-railway-products

 

Ground anchors https://www.plasticshedbase.co.uk/accessories/40-ground-anchors.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv5D5gM6u3AIVKrftCh2ruQV2EAQYASABEgLf2_D_BwE

 

Kevin

Ha ha, Thanks Kevin. I selected the pic but then forgot to actually attach the darn thing. Anyway, here it is pinned in place, what say you now? 

Hello all, I`m a newbie both here and to model railways generally. I have a spare bedroom but the idea of a nice long run for trains appeals to me so I looked to the garden. Trouble is there isn`t a lot of that either and what there is is dead boring. I`m going to attach a photo to this and what I would ask of you types is "would my "garden" be suitable for an 00 layout and if so in what format?"   Oh, as a size guide the shed at the bottom is 6 x 4 and I rent my house too so that limits me a bit. Thanks people.