I'm thinking about putting an HO Scale railroad in the garden when I plant it this spring. I'm posting here because I need advice on what I can lay track ON that would be sturdy and not harm my tomatoes, strawberries, watermelon, carrots, green beans (or whatever else I plant.)
At the moment, my main question is how to securely mount the track. I plan on soldering every joint so electric connectivity isn't a problem. The track is about 1" wide with plastic "ties" between the rails. Normally, track is mounted by putting a nail through the center of the tie in to a board or with glue. However, a 1/2" nail like I use wouldn't be sufficient to hold track in place on dirt/weed block.
Also, HO scale track is somewhat fragile. Any ideas on how to prevent having it stepped on? (I'm sure many gardeners have come across a similar problem.)
If there's a better newsgroup for this, I don't think my ISP carries it... There's no rec.models.railroads.garden like there is rec.models.railroads.ho
--- Short introduction to model railroad scales in general. (For the curious.) ---
Model railroads are railroads built to resemble the full scale railroads that I'm sure everyone has seen or at least crossed their tracks. They're built to different sizes (each with their advantages and disadvantages) called /scales/ and they usually have letter names. O scale (1:48 proportion) was one of the original so when trains came out that were roughly half of O scale (1:87) it was called HO for "Half O."
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