What type of person builds a home railway?
Sounds like a cliché, but all types. Many builders are good machinists and build all of their own equipment. This is how home railways started — the live steamer simply needed a track to run his trains on. Many tracks built featured intricate track work and sometimes fascinating bridges. And now anyone can have a home railway with the introduction of quality “starter sets” introduced over the last few years. These sets come complete with a locomotive and cars, as well as enough track to get you running in a short amount of time. Some steam locomotives can even be bought in sections with all the machining done, meaning you can nearly just bolt the loco together.
