The Train Lady :: Huff & Puff Industries, Ltd.

Elaine Silets, "The Train Lady"®
President, Huff & Puff Industries, Ltd.

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Huff & Puff Industries'
Garden Walk and
Model Railroad Display
will take place this year on
Saturday, June 29th, 2013
from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
for the benefit of
The Harvey M. Silets
Memorial Scholarship Fund at

LUNCH, SNACKS, REFRESHMENTS
by

Available for Purchase

A cash donation of $10.00 per person is requested for admission. Children under 12 years of age will be admitted for $2.00 per child. No checks or credit cards will be accepted at the entrance. Come and enjoy the Gardens, the Garden Railway, and the private Harvey M. Silets Memorial O Scale Railroad Museum.

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Huff & Puff Industries designs, manufactures and installs custom Indoor & Outdoor Model Railroads, Garden Railways, and Christmas Displays in all scales for private and commercial clients nationwide.

Huff & Puff custom designs each railroad to the exacting requirements and unique specifications of each individual customer. As a result, prices vary depending on customized features such as bridges, buildings and trestles. Backdrops factor into the cost as well. In general, prices for an initial on-site survey for Garden Railways and Model Railroad Layouts start at $1,500 (USD). Architectural designs and renderings begin at $2,000 (USD). Christmas Tree Surrounds, Christmas Model Train Layouts, and other holiday displays start at $7,500 (USD). Custom Children's Wooden Railroad Interactive Environments begin at $7,500 (USD). Commercial and retail displays begin at $20,000 (USD). Model Railroads, Train Furniture, Garden Railways, etc. start at $25,000 (USD) and go up in price depending on the design, labor, materials, square footage, landscape topography, and techniques involved.

Click on the type of railroad that interests you by viewing our Portfolio.

View a garden railroad layout in process!

Watch The Great Wandering Tree O Scale Model Railroad Museum being built from scratch step-by-step

FREE SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO AND FROM THESE FREE DESIGNATED PARKING AREAS:

825 Rte 12 Parking Lot (Formerly Kmart) (Corner of Rte 12 & Whitney Rd)
J.J. Twig's Pizza & Pub North Parking Lot (West Side of Rte 12 Opposite Golfview Rd)
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Doctors Building Parking Lot (Entrance on Rte 22 Near the Corner of N. Kelsey Rd & Rte 22)

COME ON DOWN, RAIN OR SHINE!
DRIVING DIRECTIONS FOR FRONT ENTRANCE DROP OFF
FOR PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED VISITORS ONLY

FROM CHICAGO:
Take Kennedy to Northwest Toll Road. Follow signs to Rockford.
Exit at Route 53 (north) and follow to end (Lake Cook Road).
Go west to Route 12 (1/2 mile).
Turn right and follow Route 12 north to Miller Road.
Turn left (west) to Arrowhead Lane.
Turn right (north) to 125 Arrowhead Lane.

FROM NORTH SHORE:
Take Lake Cook Road or Route 22 west to Route 12 (Lake Zurich).
Turn right (north) to Miller Road.
Turn left (west) to Arrowhead Lane (1.1 mile).
Turn right (north) to 125 Arrowhead Lane.