CIGRS is a not for profit garden railroading club established in 1997.

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CIGRS meets on a regular basis for business meetings or a social gathering in a member's backyard to enjoy their garden railroad. Our train enthusiasm encompasses like minded people building garden railroads and sharing the hobby. Each garden railroad is unique to the owner. 

A garden railroad can be theme based, steam or diesel; a particular era to be modeled with scratch built buildings. Some are designed to mirror an actual working railroad or a garden setting with flora, fauna, or a water feature to enhance the movement of a train through the landscape.

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CIGRS is present at the Merle Hay Mall located in Des Moines. Behind a store front we designed and built a modular layout with a double mainline track. We share our layout and model train hobby on Sunday afternoon from Noon to 3:00 p.m. Come see the trains run!

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CIGRS hosts an annual garden railroad TOUR the fourth Saturday of June. The public is cordially invited to visit six garden railroads in the Central Iowa Area.

Take a chance and see what's going on in a neighborhood near you!

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