Jim Ostrich - The Wabash Garden RR was started only a few months ago. I have enjoyed model railroading with my dad, starting over 50 years ago with O scale Lionel trains and then a large HO railroad that moved with my dad to his house in Fallbrook. As luck would have it I bought a garden RR up in Big Bear that came with a 5 BR home in Eagle Point last year. Since we use this house as a rental I don’t ever get to run the trains there! A few months ago, after my dad’s passing, I decided to build a “new” garden RR at our other house in Sugarloaf. The goal was to have 3 individual tracks capable of 3 independent trains operating without the need to micro manage their operating. My old equipment was track-powered but I loved the ease of “initial operations” with RC powered trains, so I installed both track and RC power, to facilitate guest operations. I have 3 RC controllers, one for each “loop”. Switches are also (or will be) remote controlled. The layout is built on a sloping front yard, so it is elevated along the sides and is ground level at the front of the property. (It is located in the front yard, as you will see.). There are two parallel main lines, with a third loop that runs at ground level under the two parallel main lines. Since as a kid I traveled on Union Pacific passenger trains to visit relatives in the MidWest I have a lot of UP equipment. For the outer loop, I added a UP 5-passenger car train with dual UP F3 (A & B) units for motive power. I also have an ATSF Pacific being modified this week for RC power, and a UP 0-6-0 switcher. Cars are being converted to knuckle couplers from Kadee and a variety of different manufacturer’s. The Wabash RR is still under construction, but capable of operation today. Photo courtesy of Jim Ostrich.