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Sunset Hill's Illiana Train Society

Sunset Hill’s Illiana Train Society is a not for profit group of G-Scale model enthusiasts from the states of Illinois and Indiana. Society members are interested in all of aspects of large-scale model railroading. Among the groups goals are the education of the public about Garden Railroading. That Includes modeling, construction and running of garden trains, railroadiana and American railroad history.

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August 01, 2018

I T S Construction Progress #5

Building the "Bull Moose Line" at Sunset Hill Farm August 1, 2018

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#1 Upper Reflection Pond and Waterfall

June 23, 2018

Planned visual elements for Sunset Hill’s Illiana Train Society “Bull Moose Line"
#1 Upper Reflection Pond and Waterfall
4,000 gallons of water per minute will flow through a filtration pump pushing water from the Lower Mill Pond, via a hidden piping system, to the Waterfall above the Upper Reflection Pond. From this small pond, encircled by a single rail track, the water will splash down a series of gurgling rock falls, within a trough of field stone, that leads down to the Lower Mill Pond.

The pond system forms the heart of the layouts design, giving the venue its visual height and depth. Indiana field stone will be used in the water features and throughout the "Bull Moose Line" railroad garden

#3 Figure Eight Over And Under Track

July 05, 2018

Planned visual elements for Sunset Hill’s Illiana Train Society “Bull Moose Line”

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Figure Eight Over And Under Track

At the heart of the garden railways design, the water feature gives the venue a stone hill for a figure eight track allowing trains to cross over the water via a compression bridge, circle the upper reflection pond and then dive under the downhill stream through a tunnel to continue on around the lower mill pond. This visual effect provides the “Bull Moose Line” with a unique right-of-way to travel over and under the cascading waters.