The video above is a replay from our 2020 "virtual" Piedmont Pilgrimage.

For 2021, this will be an in-person tour of Lori's outdoor garden railway and Peter's modular layout (setup in the garage).

Layout Descriptions:

Lori's Garden Railroad:

What do you do when you can't get grass to grow in your front yard?  You build a garden railroad, of course!  Inspired in March 2017 by a display of G-Scale trains by the Georgia Garden Railway Society at the Piedmont Division Model Train Show, Lori and Peter set about planning and building the Cothran Valley Garden Railroad.

This railroad travels back to late 1960's on a fictitious short line running through rural North Georgia mountains.  The railroad features a 60-foot oval of track surrounded by farmsteads, a small train depot, and a magical village on the far side of the mountain.  The rolling stock showcases iconic billboards of the era.  The railway is nestled into existing gardens and includes scale plantings.

Peter's Modular HO Scale:

Module 1 (60 by 30 inches) is a simple passing loop station in Dawsonville, GA.  Module 2 is a wye.  Modules 3 and 4 are staging.