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NCGR

Contact Us
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Forums

Are always just a keystroke away ...
These forums have high levels of activity and are the best place to get immediate help.
MyLargeScale.com
LargeScaleCentral.com

Note: Manufacturer's forums tend to be very biased and may only be useful for very specific information about their products.

On-Line Hobby Shops

RLDHobbies.com
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ReindeerPass.com

TrainLI.com
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OnlyTrains.com

Magazines

Garden Railroading News - www.GRNEWS.org
An on-line magazine of the hobby, published bi-monthly.

Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette Magazine
A great reference for the narrow gauge enthusiast, published bi-monthly.

Books

Kalmbach Books
A variety of books on garden railroading.

Getting Started In Garden Railroading
by Alan Miller, Krause Publications, Aug 2001
Available at Amazon.com or Barnes-Noble bookstores. Includes the construction of the D&L Garden Railroad - by NCGR's Del Tapparo.

How to Design and Build your Garden Railroad
by Jack Verducci, Kalmbach, 2006

Garden Railroad Landscaping (Fort Collins/Loveland)

Miniature plants and trees ...
Fort Collins Nursery
Gulley's Greenhouse
​Bath Landscape


Fish & pond supplies
Alpine Koi & Homescapes
Koi Lagoon

Track ballast, fill dirt, rock
Pioneer Sand
Crystal Landscape Supplies

Supplies

Plastic for scratch building projects (low cost scraps)
Fort Collins Plastic

Fasteners (e.g. #2 Stainless Steel Self Tapping Screws used to rail joiners to improve conductivity)
C D Fasteners

Nearby Railroad Resources

Fort Collins Municipal Railway
Operating Car 21, an original restored Birney trolley Car running on restored right-of-way.

Denver Garden Railway Society
Many of our members enjoy touring the Denver layouts and visiting their club garden railroad in the Colorado Railroad Museum. Host of the 2015 National Garden Railroad Convention.

Mile High Garden Railway Society
A smaller group of garden railroaders.
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Colorado Railroad Museum
A great place for inspiration! Includes the DGRS garden railroad..

Union Pacific Steam Shop
in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Take a tour.
Bob Ferrero's railroad excursion recommendations ...
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Northern Colorado Garden Railroaders  -  Established February 1999