Ground Breaking Day

Ground Breaking Day


Ground breaking took place on May 18, 2018 at Sunset Hill Farm County Park for the proposed Sunset Hill's Illiana Train Society "Bull Moose Line" train garden.
The completed venue is expected to open to the public  in the Spring of 2019.

Participants: (left to right) Lance Molenda, George Sarver, Dave Ransom, Owen Todd, Dave Casey, and Gary Barneko.

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