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

Elaine Silets is an internationally recognized designer and manufacturer of Model Railroads & Garden Railways. Her work has been featured in The Neiman Marcus Christmas Book and on the cover of Hammacher Schlemmer's Holiday Gift Catalogue, as well as in the lobby of the John Hancock Center in Chicago. The company she founded, Huff & Puff Industries, Ltd., of Barrington, Illinois, has been in business for seventeen years. She has produced Model Railroads and Garden Railways that have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, NBC, CNN, CBS, FOX, NBC, The Discovery Channel, PBS, as well as having appeared on the pages of Garden Railways Magazine, Chicago Home and Garden, The Chicago Tribune, North Shore Magazine and many others. She has built railroads for individuals and companies across the United States.

Huff & Puff Industries, Ltd. understands the secrets of sensational Model Train Layouts. The creative talent of its president, Elaine Silets, will guide you through the process of creating a unique custom model railroad, from the design phase through the engineering, manufacturing, final installation and certification. Trained as an artist in France and the United States, Elaine Silets has developed her miniature railroads into a unique art form.