Jack's Railroading and Christmas village projects

17/02/2026

Some of the residents of the fiddle yard

17/02/2026

Fiddle yard HO track needs to cut through the side wall. Is also where the wiring to the power fiddle yard is connected.

17/02/2026

3 years ago I had a fiddle yard and Andreastal layout. The layout had to go to the skip bin when we moved house.
Today's photos of the fiddle yard which has sat idle in the garage since May 2023.
My only space in the house is the garage, so will start a new layout in my garage this week and try to connect the fiddle yard to the layout, space is tight.

23/07/2024

Its small and its 22 weeks till Christmas, so the challenge is on to create the village for Christmas.

2024 Christmas village week 1 of 22 or part 1.Its 22 weeks to Christmas 2024, we are living in a small house and no longer have a room for our over 200 build...

23/07/2024

Have setup a new channel for my Christmas village and railway layouts on YouTube.
With 0 subscribers, it feels a bit weird after 13 years on YouTube to restart a channel but it had to be done.
The first video on the channel is a revamped video from the old channel, if your on YouTube please subscribe as the 2024 Christmas village construction begins this month.

Lemax Jolly Trolley car 04738

29/03/2024

https://abbeysauctions.com.au/auction/model-trains-2/

A large collection of unique model trains for online auction in August 2023.

24/11/2023

The Christmas village is built for 2023, we now populating it with the people, trees and animals.
This year we are living in a tiny house, so the village is wall mounted in bookcases with each shelf becoming a mini village or diorama.
The wine and beer garden shelf has three Lemax buildings, in the centre is the beer and wine garden.

02/11/2023

The latest edition to the 2023 Christmas village,

Title: Santa's Rooftop BashSKU #: 25861Description: Looking for a party to attend on Christmas Eve in Santa’s Wonderland? Well, look no further than Santa’s R...

23/09/2023

Spring test run of the train and tram fleet

07/08/2023