The Falling Water Railroad was established in 2002. The early
years entailed installing a keystone retaining wall, hauling fill
and running many feet of electrical wiring. The block wall raises
the railroad so that it can be easily viewed. Our railroad is
based on a short line in the mid 1950’s connecting the towns of
Charm City and Sweetwater. In between is a service junction named
Falling Water, thus the name of our railroad. Currently, there is
approximately 200 ft. of Aristo-Craft brass track with 6 LGB
electrical switches. The rail is powered by a Bridgewerks
transformer with a remote, hand-held puck. All track radiuses are
10 ft. which accommodates my equipment and just about anything
that friends want to run. There are two wooden bridges, a girder
bridge and a trestle connecting Sweetwater to Falling Water
junction, where one will find a resort area, small pond and
waterfall with a snow shed protecting the exit. After seeing
Jigstone & Stone Works exhibited at a convention, I’ve been
hooked on cement buildings. As of now, we have 18 structures.
Some have been outside for seven years and still look great. Our
most recent addition to the layout is a point to point street car
line. The street car and its town, Sleepy Hills, is a whimsical
area filled with Disney Characters. It’s a big hit with the kids!
Malfunction Junction is a multilevel rail line of about 300 ft.
of track in its 10th year of operation. Garden beds were
transformed into track beds. Several community areas are in place
and a sawmill sits at the pond. A trolley line runs from the Gate
Entrance to the Park area with a stop at Middletown near the
airport. The main track is a loop and the top runs along the
fence. The fence is used as a base for building facades. There is
a rail yard with a four bay engine house. This railroad has been
built from scratch including most buildings, trestles and
tunnels. Twelve volt DC track power is used with Aristo-Craft
control. Scale sized plants, trees and vegetation are used in the
rail areas. There are activities for kids, too.
We would like to invite you to come enjoy ten years of our labor
of love. It is a family effort between my wife and myself. My
wife takes care of planting and maintaining the landscaping. I
run and maintain the trains. Scratch buildings are done by both
of us. You will see 1,000 feet of track divided between three
themes – the 1950’s, 1890’s and a Bavarian. There are fifty
scratch built buildings and some unique kits. There are
portrayals of real places and fictional ones. You will also see a
pond, thirty-five foot stream, hundreds of trees and plants all
to scale and a mountain range with real rock features. We will
have as many as seven trains running at one time. Some trains
will be track powered and some battery powered, most with sound.
You can walk all the way around our 40 ft X 60 ft. layout. It is
on two levels with lots of seating available. Hope to see you.
Come see the largest garden railroad in northern Nevada – the
Alpine and Western Pacific Railroad! Located in south Reno in
beautiful Arrow Creek, this garden railroad features over 2,500
feet of track, ten tunnels and five bridges. The Alpine and
Western Pacific Railroad enjoys a scenic ride past spectacular
waterfalls, beautiful ponds, fire pits and even travels
through the house. The train is all DCC controlled and passes
through a large helix under the house. Hawley began building this
remarkable railroad in 2004 and he continues to expand it. This
garden railroad is not to be missed!
Trains are in the detached garage. The main layout is a passenger
train layout only. It is 24 ft by 24 ft., 3 rail O gauge using
MTH power and cars. The layout is in the garage next to the
house. The scenery is 90% complete. A PCC car runs around thte
town, with a New York Subway, a Lackawanna MU train and a Budd
Car train going to the suburbs. In addition, long distance
passenger trains stop at the city station. Trains enter and leave
the city on two levels of track. Next to the main layout there is
a small shelf layout with Lionel freight operating equipment from
the 1950’s. Above the shelf layout is a small yard for parking
trains.
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