The Miami Valley Garden Railway Society

Dayton, Ohio

Grand Teton Railroad

Ron and Annette Loudermilk

Railroad Featured in the 2008 Four Club Bus Tour

The "Grand Teton Railroad" has 300 feet of track and is based on an area of the Grand Teton Mountains near Jenny Lake Wyoming. A mountain stream is seen running out of the mountainand transverses the railroad in two places. A 12 foot Howe Truss Deck Bridge and 3 girder bridges with trestle bents are all scratch built.
Buildings are scratch built and include a railroad station, a speeder shed, a church (with 1937 Studebaker Funeral Hearse) and a log cabin.
Ron's railroad is divided into 5 blocks, all controlled by DCC Bit Switches. Four seperate trains can be controlled automatically. The bit switch system also controls 4 working red and green block signals. Another interesting feature is a highway grade crossing with operating crossing gates, flasher lights and bell.
A waterfall flows into the pond and the track support utilizes the HOPE ladder system. A 10' x 9' train shed in the backyard is used to store the trains when not in use.

Photo By: Jerry Humston

The MVGRS Memorial

The MVGRS Memorial was designed and built from scratch by Art Gebele in 1997.
Art built the memorial to recognize members of the Miami Valley Garden Railway Society and the Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society who had passed away. The initials of the deceased member are added to the left side of the memorial for the Greater Cincinnati Garden Railway Society and to the right side for the Miami Valley Garden Railway Society.
In 2004, Art donated the memorial to the MVGRS. The memorial is included as part of each display the MVGRS presents.
A Photo of the Memorial is located at the bottom of each Web Page located though out the MVGRS Web Site.
Photo By: Peter Wine