Short-Line Railroads
Imaginative gardeners build train tracks through their backyards. Read Susan Mulvihill's story about model garden railroads in the Spokane area here.
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Mike Williams runs his G Gauge model trains around the tracks in the backyard of his home in east Spokane, Wash., August 18, 2011.
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Mike Williams has built tracks, around 400 feet, for his G Gauge model trains, in the backyard of his home in east Spokane, Wash., August 18, 2011.
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Mike Williams runs his G Gauge model train, the Glacier Express, around the tracks and past water features in the backyard of his home in east Spokane, Wash., August 18, 2011.
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Pine cones and other yard debris can be found near the tracks of Mike Williams’ G Gauge trains in the backyard of his east Spokane, Wash., home, August 18, 2011.
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“The trains have a hypnotic effect and it’s very relaxing” says Mike Williams as he runs his G Gauge model trains around the tracks in the backyard of his home in east Spokane, Wash., August 18, 2011.
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“We want to have as much time a possible to play with our trains” says Mike Williams. “We used to grow a lot of annuals but that can get spendy since they have to be replaced every year. But we really enjoy the beauty of the flowers.”
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Tony and Theresa Goatz run G Gauge trains in their Spokane Valley backyard garden they built above ground with life like mountains, mature plantings, a pond, stream and waterfall. With them is their Papillion, Lucy.
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One of Tony and Theresa Goatz’s G Gauge trains in their backyard garden built above ground with life-like mountains, mature plantings, featuring a pond, stream and waterfall.
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