Product Description

Backyard railroads are exploding in popularity, and this program takes a look at several great garden layouts. Layouts range from small ones that anyone can do, to some really monster ones that take up the whole back yard! As a special bonus, enjoy the ultimate in backyard railroading... Live Steam trains that you can actually ride!

DVD includes chapter menus. Color, Sound. Length 52 minutes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #116540 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-03-05
• Format: NTSC
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

From the Actor
This was an interesting program to shoot. Garden Railroading is a fast-growing hobby, and it was neat to see all of the layouts.

There are some gigantic layouts in the program, but I was also impressed with how some people got a lot of enjoyment out of more modest garden railroads.

About the Actor
Les Jarrett is a veteran television news cameraman and editor and now pursues his craft and love of trains by combining the two. With over 30 railroad programs under his belt, Jarrett brings a unique perspective to this program.

Credits include the multiple award-winning "America By Rail" series, the award-winning childrens's program "The Alphabet Train" as well as more specialized railroad programs such as BNSF's Stevens Pass as well as others.

Customer Reviews

Nice, but hardly "spectacular"
I bought this DVD for my dad, as we both enjoy model trains and gardening. It's pleasant enough, but quite a bit short of "spectacular." There's way too much talking, with the camera on the speaker rather than on the trains or gardens, and, in particular, too much camera footage of a train just circling around on a wooden platform in a yard, with no real garden in sight. Some of the setups are really nice; there are just too few of the good ones. We enjoyed it most just having it running on the screen, as a sort of side show during conversation, with the DVD's own sound turned off and other music playing in the room.

WORST MODEL TRAIN DVD EVER......
PURCHASING THIS PRODUCT RANKS AS ONE OF MY POOREST RETAIL DECISIONS. THIS DVD MAY BE O.K. FOR SMALL CHILDREN WHO HAVE DISCOVERED "TOY" TRAINS FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT IT DEFINITELY "IS-NOT" FOR ADULT LARGE SCALE MODEL RAILROADER ENTHUSIASTS!!!!!!

Garden Railways
This is a good book to read before installing a garden railroad. The book is easy read. The book has many pictures which assists the reader in understanding the text.