zach2thefuture
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Hello everyone! My name is Zach, and I currently live in Maryland in the USA. I'm a machinery technician in the US Coast Guard, so this is just another temporary home before my family and I move once again. Eventually, we'll settle down in my home state of New Jersey, but that's still some time away. (Go Phillies, go Flyers, go Eagles, go Sixers!)
I recently got back into garden railroading after being away from it for 20ish years. My dad has always had amazing G and O scale layouts, and as a child I was always in the backyard playing around with the G scale trains. With Christmas around the corner, I decided to set-up a loop around the tree and dust off my old favorite train, my LGB 2076, lovingly named "Donald" when I was a child.
It only took a day before I decided I'd tear up my tiny military base housing front yard in the spring to put a small temporary layout in our garden; I can't wait! It won't be anything fancy, just a lopsided oval loop; but it will be enough for the time being. Eventually when we move into a more permanent house, my wife and I will build a proper backyard layout.
As of now, I have my LGB 2076 ("Klein Dicke"), a 20140 feldbahn engine, a 20216 Nicki+Frank S, as well as a pair of LGB 90277/0 Daisy and Helena porters. As you can tell, it's definitely a narrow gauge affair; which I personally prefer because you aren't bound by the larger trains...and I don't have much space to work with anyway.
And also as you can see, all my engines are super old! But they're the ones my father and I have had all my life, so keeping them running after all these years means more to me than anything else. Though, some modernization might be nice...
I hope everyone here is having a Merry Christmas and happy holiday season, and I appreciate all the answers I've gotten to my questions thus far. Attached are a few pictures of the trains around my Christmas tree.
I recently got back into garden railroading after being away from it for 20ish years. My dad has always had amazing G and O scale layouts, and as a child I was always in the backyard playing around with the G scale trains. With Christmas around the corner, I decided to set-up a loop around the tree and dust off my old favorite train, my LGB 2076, lovingly named "Donald" when I was a child.
It only took a day before I decided I'd tear up my tiny military base housing front yard in the spring to put a small temporary layout in our garden; I can't wait! It won't be anything fancy, just a lopsided oval loop; but it will be enough for the time being. Eventually when we move into a more permanent house, my wife and I will build a proper backyard layout.
As of now, I have my LGB 2076 ("Klein Dicke"), a 20140 feldbahn engine, a 20216 Nicki+Frank S, as well as a pair of LGB 90277/0 Daisy and Helena porters. As you can tell, it's definitely a narrow gauge affair; which I personally prefer because you aren't bound by the larger trains...and I don't have much space to work with anyway.
And also as you can see, all my engines are super old! But they're the ones my father and I have had all my life, so keeping them running after all these years means more to me than anything else. Though, some modernization might be nice...
I hope everyone here is having a Merry Christmas and happy holiday season, and I appreciate all the answers I've gotten to my questions thus far. Attached are a few pictures of the trains around my Christmas tree.
