Plans for Garden Scale Railroad Structures

Create your own structures for your Garden Scale railroad.

Each G Scale plan set comes complete in two formats:

Scaled drawings

• Print to standard 8 1/2 x 11 letter-size paper
• Dimensions given are size of finished building - just like an actual set of house plans

and...

Actual size templates

• Printable to 11" x 17" (can be done at most copy centers)
• Cut out and trace directly to your building materials - no measuring or calculations required.
• Templates are 1:24 scale but can be "print reduced" for 1:29 and 1:32 scales

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Plan 730 - Matawan Freight Shed

PDF Plan package: $3.95

Scale: G, (Garden Scale) Building footprint: 23" x 8" (approx.) Back in 1876 you could get a one way ticket on the New York and Long Branch Railroad from Matawan, New Jersey to New York City for under a dollar. The Matawan depot was one of five identical stations using the same mid-Victorian design. The freight shed shared the same ‘half-hip’ roof style, and is similar in design to many such railway buildings across North America.

Plan 576g - Two-car Garage

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Scale: G, (Garden Scale)

Building footprint: 11 11/32" x 12 29/32" (approx.)

Residential garages have been part of the architectural landscape for almost as long as there have been cars. Two car garages became popular in the sixties and seventies as more and more families became 'two-car families'. This garage would look right at home with almost any era of twentieth or twenty-first century house.

To show our appreciation to the many customers over the past twelve years, from over sixty countries around the world, and to welcome and encourage newcomers, we offer this complete plan package as a free download. (HO Scale version shown)

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Plan 444g - Grand Trunk Railway Bunkhouse

PDF Plan Package: $7.95

Scale: G, (Garden Scale)

Building footprint: 17" x 8" (approx.)

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was formed in 1903 as a subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway. The GTP mainline ran from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to the port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Financial difficulties led the GTP and the GTR to merge with the Canadian Northern to become part of the Canadian National Railway.

Bunk houses such as these provided sleeping accommodations for railway work crews along the routes. Several railroad lines on both sides of the border used similar designs, which were sometimes modified to be used as portable stations. (HO Scale cardstock version shown)

Plan 606g - Grand Trunk Railway Depot

PDF Plan Package: $8.95

Scale: G, (Garden Scale)

Building footprint: 21" x 9" (approx.) plus platform

The Grand Trunk Railway and it's many subsidiaries operated in several U.S. States and Canadian Provinces. The GTR main line operated in Maine, Ontario and Quebec. The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway operated in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, while the Grand Trunk Western Railway operated in Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois.

The Grand Trunk Railway Standard Station Type No. 1, as shown, and the slightly larger Type No. 2 version serviced some of the smaller stops along the various routes.

Plan 616g - The Last Spike

PDF Plan Package: $8.95

Scales: G, (Garden Scale)

Building footprint:

• G Scale 16 3/32" x 21" (approx.) inc. platform

When British Columbia joined Canada as it's sixth province one of the promises made was the construction of an intercontinental railway linking BC to the rest of Canada, to be completed within ten years. Ten years came and went, but it was not until responsibilities were assumed by the newly incorporated Canadian Pacific Railway that the project reached completion. Craigellachie, located between Salmon Arm and Revelstoke on the Trans-Canada Highway, is the site of the historic last spike of the railway liking British Columbia to Eastern Canada on November 7, 1885.

(HO scale version shown).

Plan 735g - Central Ontario Railway Depot

PDF Plan Package: $7.95

Scale: G, (Garden Scale)

Building footprint: 20" x 10" (approx.) plus platform

One of several smaller railways that ultimately became part of Canadian Northern was the Central Ontario Railway. One of the focuses of this railway was to service the various mines in the area.

With slight alterations to window and door placement, this model could represent COE Hill, Frankford, Marmora, or others along the Central Ontario routes.

Plan 1390g - CNR/CP Water Tower

PDF Plan Package: $8.95

Scale: G, (Garden Scale)

Building footprint: 16" x 16" (approx.)

In the days of steam locomotives travel distances were limited by the available on board storage of fuel and water. Tenders attached to the locomotives were designed to increase this capacity, allowing a train to travel greater distances, but regular stops were still necessary. Water towers were regular sights along rail lines. This example is modeled after a 40000 gal. tower common to CNR, CPR, and many other railroads across Canada and the U.S.

Plan 1569g - Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Depot

PDF Plan Package: $9.95

Scale: G, (Garden Scale)

Building footprint: 3' 2" x 1' 6" (approx.)

The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad had its' beginnings in the mid 1850's with the purpose of linking the Great Lakes with the Mississippi River. In 1863 as the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, it gradually acquired other smaller railways working its' way west to Seattle. This depot is typical of a style that could be found from Washington State all the way to Minnesota.

Image shown is the HO scale version availabe from ScaleModelPlans.com

Plan 1730g - NYLB Depot

PDF Plan Package: $8.95

Scales: G, (Garden Scale) and 1:10 RC Scale

Building footprint:

• G Scale: 2' 10" x 1' 9 1/2"
• 1:10 Scale: 6'9" x 4' 3" (approx.)

Back in 1876 you could get a one way ticket on the New York and Long Branch Railroad from Matawan, New Jersey to New York City for under a dollar. The Matawan and Red Bank Depots were two of five similar stations using the same mid-Victorian design. The ‘half-hip’ roof style is similar in design to many such railway buildings across North America. The NYLB Matawan freight shed is available as Plan 730. Pictured is the HO Scale version using scaled lumber from Northeastern Scale Lumber.

Plan 2008g - CNR 3rd Class Depot

PDF Plan Package: $9.95

Scale: G, (Garden Scale)

Building footprint: 25" x 17" (approx.)

The Canadian Northern Railway, (later to become absorbed into the Canadian National Railway), located various renditions of their 3rd Class Depot across Canada from as far west as Fort Langley, B.C., and down into various locations in Minnesota. One of the reasons for the popularity of the design was the integration of living accommodations for the agent's family.

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