Recaps from the open days, where you can find us next, and what I am building over the winter. If it happens on the line, it ends up here first.
Curtis has been nominated for Volunteer/Fundraiser of the Year in the Jersey Evening Post's 2026 Pride of Jersey Awards - here's how to vote before voting closes on 6th October.
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Plans for a new Jersey Model Village & Garden Railway - a fictional miniature world of towns, working railways and landscaped gardens, proposed for St John - have been featured in the Jersey Evening Post.
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The HSBA Garden Railway is a finalist in LGB's Best Garden Railway 2025 competition, alongside 9 other layouts - voting is open now to LGB Club members.
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Our first-ever Summer open day raised £2,355 for Finni's Ark Animal Sanctuary - our second fundraiser for the sanctuary - sponsored by ATF Fuels.
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A Christmas-themed open day raised £2,193 for Healing Waves, a local charity supporting people through the therapeutic power of the ocean.
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A sunny open day raised over £1,000 for Finni's Ark Animal Sanctuary, with thanks to the volunteers who made it happen.
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A spring layout-update video covering station lighting, signal control and crossing guards as the weather (and the projects) pick back up.
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£1,420.50 raised for the Jersey Christmas Appeal at our first Winter Wonderland open day, with thanks to the volunteers who made the day happen.
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A festive Winter Wonderland open day on 17th December 2022 - lights, hot drinks, a Christmas raffle for a garden railway starter set, and proceeds to charity.
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Over 200 islanders joined us for our first open day, raising £806.75 for Jersey Rescue Dogs.
Read more →Announcing our very first open day, 23rd July 2022, in aid of Jersey Rescue Dogs - tickets via Eventbrite, cash and card on the day.
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Our first full layout tour video - following a train around the garden through tunnels, over bridges and past the pond.
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A Channel TV crew visited the garden railway after spotting it on Instagram, and ran a short piece on ITV.
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Wiring a TrainLine45 R3 point's metal frog so its polarity switches automatically with the point direction - avoiding the dead-frog problem on wider-radius curves.
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Kit-bashing four Newqida tank wagons into personalised milk tankers - Home Farm Dairy, Goose Rocks Dairy, Jersey Dairy and Starbucks - stripped, painted, decalled and varnished.
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A step-by-step guide to installing the Wifi module and connecting the MZSpro Command Station and Z21 controller - the control side of going digital.
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A budget G-Scale tank wagon from Chinese manufacturer Newqida, reviewed - and bought with an eye toward kit-bashing it into something more personal.
Read more →Why this blog exists: an apartment in Berlin, a hobby from childhood, and the long-term dream of a garden railway that's still a few years off.
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