Toot toot! A train lover's dream comes true in his 前線 garden

By Daily Mail Reporter
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Most model rail way 熱中している人s are content with 住宅 their 跡をつけるs in the spare room.

Not Eric Marshall, 68, from Bagby, 近づく Thirsk in North Yorkshire, who has transformed his 前線 garden into a miniature 鉄道.

Fully 操作の, Mr Marshall's garden train 始める，決める 会社にする／組み込むs two signals, four separate 跡をつけるs, 橋（渡しをする）s, a cable car, a windmill and ten water features.

大きくする ? Eric Marshall, 68, with his miniature village

All 船内に: Eric Marshall spends hours in his 前線 garden with his model 鉄道

Now he just has to get used to the hundreds of tourists flocking to his 前線 door to see his collection in 動議.

'I've always had an 利益／興味 in 鉄道s,' Mr Marshall said.

'I was born within 50 yards of the main London-North East 鉄道. As a kid I used to go trainspotting.'

大きくする ? Eric Marshall - original lawn

All change: The 初めの lawn

にもかかわらず a childhood passion for trains, Mr Marshall did not 追求する it as a career - instead he worked in the printing 産業.

'A few years ago I went to a 鉄道 展示 and saw the model trains running around and I thought that would look nice in my garden,' he said.

'I started building the 鉄道 three years ago and I make everything myself. I started with one 跡をつける and now I have four.

'I make all the houses and 駅／配置するs from plywood and the tiles on the 最高の，を越す are made from cedar 支持を得ようと努めるd.

'All the tiles are stuck on 個々に, so everything is more or いっそう少なく 天候 proof.

'I use anything I can find around the house, like 床に打ち倒す tiles - I never throw anything away.'

Mr Marshall's attention to 詳細（に述べる） is second to 非，不，無, with 鉄道 労働者s and 村人s taking pride of place in his 創造.

The garden 鉄道 has become so popular that tourists now stop off to watch his impressive 陳列する，発揮する.

大きくする ? eric marshall

All 船内に: Eric Marshall spends hours in his 前線 garden with his model 鉄道

大きくする ? station

Tourist attraction: People travel from miles away to see Eric's collection

大きくする ? cablecar

World in miniature: Eric's prized cable car

Mr Marshall, who used to work in the printing 産業, 受託するs 寄付s from 訪問者s and has raised over £500 for Macmillan 癌 Support this year alone.

Mr Marshall's wife, ジーンズ, 65, was 最初 unimpressed.

'The wife liked the lawn and wasn't happy when I started digging it up but she's very happy with it now,' Mr Marshall said.

Mrs Marshall, a retired supermarket 労働者, said while she 行方不明になるd her lawn and flower beds, she enjoyed 会合 all the tourists.

And she 追加するd: 'It keeps Eric out of mischief.'

And does Mrs Marshall play any part in it? 'Yes,' says her husband. 'She is in 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 of the weeding.'


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