FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2023
MODEL TRAINS / GARDEN RAILWAYS / BRITISH NARROW GAUGE
This video is from a show featuring "16mm" British narrow gauge model trains. Notice how MOST of the trains are using real steam engines! Also notice the use of real plants and trees in some of these layouts.
While this exhibition was indoors, most British 16mm narrow gauge train modelers have their layouts outside in their gardens! Hence the layouts that use real plants and trees. It has been very common, for a very long time, for Europeans to have train layout outdoors in their gardens. The trains they use are of course much bigger than the HO trains common in the US, normally being "O" scale or much larger. And the use of real steam engines is very common, in that it's much easier just to use real steam engines that run the electric needed to run a typical model railroad, though there are plenty of outdoor layouts that use weather-proof wiring for the trains.
Absolutely amazing!