This website has been archived from TrainWeb.org/girr to TrainWeb.US/girr.

Ed.: This is an archived version of the Large Scale Trains Page up through September 19, 2002. Posts from September 19, 2002 up to December 28, 2011 can be found at www.girr.org/girr/

This site is primarily devoted to Large Scale model trains although several other railroad related topics have crept in. Since I can't share my railroad and railroad experiences with very many people in person, I will instead virtually share my humble railroad through the magic of the Internet. Grab a beer, pull up a chair and plan to stay awhile, there are many hours worth of reading available here.

Large scale model trains are those that run on #1 gauge (45 mm) track. The actual scale can vary from 1:13.5 for trains that represent 2' gauge prototypes to 1:32 for those that represent standard gauge prototypes. The popular designation of "G" scale falls into this more general "Large Scale" category.

• Large Scale Trains Pages
  • The Geologically Improbable Railroad. My outdoor large scale railroad.
  • The Geologically Improbable Railroad, Mountain Division. My indoor large scale railroad.
  • Large Scale Trains Technical Tips. 3 Feb 02 If you don't look anywhere else, look here.
  • The Fairplex Garden Railroad. A very large outdoor display layout located at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds.
  • Short Video Clips taken on the GIRR.
• Really Large Scale (ride on) Trains
  • Pictures from the Riverside Live Steamers 1998 Fall Meet..
  • The Los Angels Live Steamers.
• 1:1 Scale Trains
  • A Trip To Ride Alaska's Railroads.
  • Wrecks and Relics. 09 Sep 02
  • An American's Review of Travel on British Rail.
• Books On-line. Some old but still interesting books.
  • The US Army Corp of Engineers Military Railways Handbook, 1917.
  • Electric Railways. A 1901 text book describing "modern" electric railway systems. Many good illustrations and diagrams.
• Links
  • George's General Links Page. Links to all manner of noncommercial and commercial web sites somehow related to railroads.
  • Site Map. A tabulated links summary for this whole site.
  • Other Technical Tips Pages. Other authors have compiled technical tips also. Find some of them here.
• Non train related stuff
  • Web Site Info. How I made this site.
  • A Pox On Spam. Forever cursed be those that clog up your email.
  • The Schreyer Family Home Page

© 1997-2002 George Schreyer. All Rights Reserved
Created Aug 31, 1997
Last Updated Feburary 23, 2003

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