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Get the information that you need in a fast and easy way. It has never been easier to learn how to improve your Large Scale Garden Railroad. These PDF contain the information that you need. Just download, read or print, then go do. Tired of paying almost fifty cents a page for some 10 pages of the information that is provided on the web. GRU gives you detailed reference material for a fraction of the cost.
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GRU: B is for Billboards - Garden Trains A to Z Series

Title: B is for Billboards - Garden Trains A to Z Series

Pages: 20 (8.5" x 11")
Format: PDF
Size: 1.1 Mb

Learn how to make an old fashioned billboard for your Garden Railroad. Step-by-Step instructions with BIG, easy to see photos and plans.

Learn how to make the billboard and also how to find and create graphics to put in your billboard once it is built.

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GRU: P is for People - Garden Trains A to Z Series

Title: P is for People - Garden Trains A to Z Series
Pages: 62 (8.5" x 11")
Format: PDF
Size: 1.2 Mb

People bring Large Scale railroads alive. Most of us only begin to think about the people who live and work in our imaginary world after we have spent all of our money on the locomotives, cars and buildings in this hobby. This article will help you find and prepare your people to take over the operation of your railroad, live in your towns and farms and create scenes that make your pike believable.

In this article, we will first examine some selection considerations for figures. These considerations will include several features you should be prepared to review as you select the people to live on your railroad. We will then discuss figure size and scale issues and review where people can be found based upon what is available.

Five page PDF Sample

This article is intended to help you make good choices in purchasing your people for your railroad. If your intent is to have a prototypical railroad you will find suggestions about making sure your figures fit into the theme, timeframe and size of your pike. You will see how to create accurate scenes with the figures that will provide focus areas for people that will enhance the viewing of your railroad.

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Get an option Picture CD with over 550 different figure
photographs and illustrations listed by manufacturer.
Includes archive copy of P is for People PDF file.
GRU: T is for Tools - Garden Trains A to Z Series

Title: T is for People - Garden Trains A to Z Series
Pages: 110 (8.5" x 11")
Format: PDF
Size: 2.8 Mb

Every Garden Railroader needs a set of tools to build his/her railroad, maintain engines and cars, construct buildings, wire electrical connections, modify people and for many other uses in the construction and care of the railroad.

The reader will gain a familiarity with the tools used on real railroads and an understanding of the tools required to build and maintain a Large Scale railroad. The tools covered for Large Scale railroading include: power tools, hand tools, support tools, garden tools, tool care, and tool safety. An understanding of how to care for these tools and the safety concerns of using tools will also be developed.

Five page PDF Sample

This article is intended to help you make good choices in purchasing tools for your railroad. The Garden Railroad tools and topics covered in this article include Power Tools, Hand Tools, Support Tools, Safety Tools, Garden Tools, Work Space, Tool Care, and Tool Safety.

$9.95 $6.95  Team Large Scale Sale Price
Get an optional infomational Computer CD with important safety documents
and over an hour of videos on using different tools safely.
Includes archive copy of T is for Tools PDF file.
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One of the fun and challenging parts of GRU is getting a diploma. Our Bachelors Degrees are awarded by your life experiences or as a gift of love and support for someone you know that is a garden railroader.

You can order yourself, friend or loved one a professionally made, four color custom printed, official GRU diploma. These diplomas bear the official seal of GRU and will allow you to obtain the recognition that you deserve for the hard work put into your Garden Railroad.

So is this a real diploma. It sure is. Is GRU an accredited University? We are not. Getting a Bachelors Degree from GRU is a fun way to impress your friends or show someone you care about an important part of their life.

This is a four color diploma printed on 100% genuine certificate paper. It is also embossed with the official Garden Railroad University Seal in the lower right corner.

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