Robert & Laurie Defoe
| The B&L Railroad was started in 2006 and has been growing in size each year. All track is brass
and the layout is track-powered. The layout consists of three separate areas: in the top main garden is a 100 foot loop with side track featuring historical buildings from Downtown Homewood; below that loop is a section for a Wild West town consisting of mining for gold at Cripple Creek, and includes a small waterfall trickling down Cripple Creek into a pond, 2 tracks with 53 scratch-build trestles and split-jaw joiners ranging from 6 inches to 30 inches in height and 2 bridges; and finally 105 feet of elevated track located along the fence for our Chicago streetcar (new for 2017 is an additional 55 feet of elevated track with curve that follows our lower property line). All 4 tracks should be running. Many flowers and a water fountain complete our garden railroad. Come sit and visit, and have fun at the B&L RR.
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