Sunset Hill's Illiana Train Society - Train Garden Progress
Sunset Hill's Illiana Train Society - Train Garden Progress
Three Years and Counting...
Three Years and Counting...
In 2017 the Porter County Parks Department agreed to host the Illiana Train Society and a locastion was chosen on the east side of Sunset Hill County Park for the Train Garden Venue
The Building
Commettie formaly broke ground for the Train Garden venue
in the
Spring of 2018.
Unlike typical railroad G-scale
modelers
who construct their layout from the ground
up,
The Sunset Hill’s Illiana Train Society's Relocation
Committee
began collecting $52,000.00 in donations to employ outside
contractors to rebuild the
“Bull Moose Line”
The Building Commettie formaly broke ground for the Train Garden venue
in the Spring of 2018.
Unlike typical railroad G-scale
modelers
who construct their layout from the ground
up,
The Sunset Hill’s Illiana Train Society's Relocation
Committee
began collecting $52,000.00 in donations to employ outside
contractors to rebuild the
“Bull Moose Line”
The relocation group
managed to tear down the original "Bull Moose Line" layout at Samuelsons
Greenhouse
in the
fall of 2018 and then transport the dregs
to the
Sunset Hill site.
The relocation group
managed to tear down the original "Bull Moose Line" layout at Samuelsons
Greenhouse
in the
fall of 2018 and then transport the dregs
to the
Sunset Hill site.
The Porter County Park District provided assistance
to build the railroad garden
to build the railroad garden
when equipment and staff where available
Subcontractors built the I T S Train Garden retaining wall for the
"Bull Moose Line"layout
on the ground above the old septic field on the east side of the park.
"Bull Moose Line"layout
on the ground above the old septic field on the east side of the park.
A she-shed was moved onto the site insted of the branch line train station that was originally envisioned by the group.
Final exterior touches to the prefab shed were made by Amish craftsmen
after delivery to the site.
The end result in the Fall of 2019, after three years of development
by the members of the Building Commettee,
was
a fenced in unfinished
hodge-podge of landscaping, track, roadways and model buildings
plus a she-shed.
The hope for 2020 is that the finished layout at Sunset Hill Park will look like the one that was completed at Samuelsons Greenhouse
in a scant three months
back in 2004.
Sunset Hill's Illiana Train Society Relocation Committiee
Lance Molenda, Owen Todd, George Sarver, David Ransom, David Casey & Gary Barneko
Are still seeking public donations.
To contribute send donations to:
Sunset Hill's Illiana Train Society
P.O. Box 2836
Valparaiso, IN 63684
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