Garden Railroading is one of the fastest growing new hobbies, and with good reason. It combines all the virtues of model building and miniature landscaping, and has an appeal that is wholesome and widespread. Pentrex salutes this exciting pastime with its visits to three magnificent displays in Southern California. Dean Lowe's highly-detailed locomotives travel over a G-scale layout representing Colorado's narrow gauge railroads. Sharon Lowe is a professional horticulturist, and this garden is a spectacular show piece. Next, we visit Bob Uniack's garden-scale version of Arizona's timbered mountains and lower desert terrain, complete with superb bridge and trestle work. You'll be amazed when you see his operating scratch built reproduction of a 50-ton GE diesel locomotive that once ran on SP's Owens Valley narrow gauge line. The final segment of our tour covers one of the largest outdoor railroads - the Roger & Faith, in Riverside, California. Roger Clarkston's one-third acre layout has six trains operating at one time. Everywhere you look on this giant garden railroad there's something moving! See for yourself why so many people are being drawn to the absorbing and rewarding hobby of garden railroading. The whole family will enjoy Pentrex's Great Outdoor Railways! 60 Minutes |
| Other programs on model railroading: Virginian & Ohio VHS DVD Sierra Pacific Lines VHS San Diego Model Railroad Museum VHS P.O. Box 94911 Pasadena, CA 91109-4911 |