Jim & Leona Rusch

  Visit the Rusch Family garden railway that has been running successfully since 1988. Gardens and sculpture have gone together for centuries. Trains are just moving sculpture in our Bartlett garden.

Five-train operation includes a loop-to-loop, point-to-point, and main line that runs three trains automatically traversing more than 650 feet of track using Massoth DCC controls. Watch as the signals control train maneuvers through passing sidings.

Listen to the waterfall as it peacefully cascades into the lagoon before it tumbles downward into the koi pond. Rustic buildings, surprising tunnels, bridges, trestles, and lush flowers surround the garden railway and fish filled ponds.

Sit with us on our deck that was designed for optimum train, garden, and wildlife watching. Enjoy our typical Midwest perennial garden with bursts of colorful annuals. Step into the fantasy world of the JL&CTH Eisenbahn and operate big trains with us.

 

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