Garden Railways – August 2019

58 GARDEN RAILWAYS FALL 2019

cover, a freestanding vent pipe, and raised

molded details.

Making up the balance of the tender is

the water compartment, with four separate

water hatches. The taller box, where the

rear marker lights were stored on the full-

size tender, is molded. The ladders and

handrails are separate factory-applied

parts. Both sides of the tender have an

equipment trust plate.

The body is secured to the plastic under-

frame with six Phillips-head screws. Inside

is a downward-facing speaker with a card-

board enclosure, a steel weight, and a

light-emitting diode (LED) backup light

attached to an L-shaped metal bracket.

Sideframes of the six-wheel Buckeye

trucks feature raised BUCKEYE PAT’D

lettering. A length of painted brass chain

is screw-fastened to the corner of both

trucks. The other end of the chain is con-

nected to the underbody. The metal wheels

are chemically blackened with the tires

painted white.

AT THE CONTROLS. The GS-4 fea-

tures a Digital Command Control (DCC)

receiver and an onboard DCC/Digital

Command System (DCS) decoder with

Proto-Sound 3.0. The chuffing Proto-

Smoke system is synchronized to the

Pickup shoes

“SOUTHERN

PACIFIC’S GS-4 4-8-4

STEAM LOCOMOTIVES

WERE SOME OF

THE MOST

RECOGNIZABLE

ENGINES OF THE

STEAM ERA.”

Pilot truck Drivers

Wireless

drawbar

Trailing truck

PRODUCT REVIEWS Continued

A BETTER RAILWAY

buil

d

Includes bonus content!

Garden Railways editor Kent Johnson may have

built his own small, raised-garden railroad, but

he clearly needs plenty of help keeping the

wheels rolling and the plants growing.

The new DVD, Rehab My Railroad: Outdoors,

follows Kent and his capable crew as they forge

through a few frustrations to tackle maintenance,

repair, and gardening tasks — all to fi nd fun and

adventure in outdoor model railroading!

Running time: 120 minutes

#15147 • $14.99

RESERVE NOW AT KalmbachHobbyStore.com/GRDVD

Sales tax where applicable. Rehab My Railroad

Outdoors, Vol. 1 will be available in Fall 2019. P^3

63

12