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ARIZONA
Arizona Big Train Operators
Mike Temenski
3461 E Indigo Cir
Mesa, AZ 85213
480.659.8410
mtemenski@cox.net

Tucson Garden Railway Society
WEB Site: http://tucsongrs.org
president@tucsongrs.org


West Valley Garden Railway Society
George & Renee Hammes
13611 W. Sky Hawk Drive
Sun City West, AZ 85375
623-546-8805
grhammes@juno.com

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CALIFORNIA
Bay Area Garden Railroad Society
Jack Verducci
205 De Anza Blvd. # 40
San Mateo, Ca. 94402
650-348-0418
www.bagrs.org

Blossom Valley Garden Railroad Society
Gregory F. Lange 
5952 Cabral Ave. 
San Jose, CA 95123 
408-226-4711 
GLANLG@aol.com 

Sacramento Valley Garden Railroad Society
P. O. Box 276031
Sacramento, CA 95827
www.svgrs.org 

San Diego Garden Railroad Society
Richard Ericksen, President
1065 Calle Mesita
Bonita, CA 91902
619-475-1534
rhericksen@cox.net
SDGRS.com

Southern Cal Garden Railroad Society
Ted Greeno
8164 Sewell
Fontana, CA 92335
919-829-0873

San Diego Gandy Dancers
Thomas Preisner
10423 Ridgewater Lane
San Diego, Ca. 92131
908-337-8215
tpreisner@aol.com

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COLORADO
San Juan Large Scalers
Ray Mayer
589 C.R. 243
Durango, CO 81301
970-259-5747

Rocky Mountain “G” Scalers
Charles Holding
2245 Havenridge Dr.
Colorado Springs, Co. 80920
cholding@adelphia.net
719 548-9864 

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CONNECTICUT
Central Connecticut “G” Gauger’s
Ray Jakabcin
67 September Lane
Shelton, CT 06484
203-944-0323
rjakabcin@snet.net

Connecticut “G” Scalers
Leo Moerkens
204 Good Hill Rd
Oxford, CT 06478
LMoerkens@sbcglobal.net
www.ctgscalers.com

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DELAWARE
Shore Line Garden RR Club
Betty Ronat, Secretary
113 South Newport Way
Dagsboro, DE 19939
302-539-5517
e-mail: coord@dca.net

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FLORIDA
Florida Garden Railroad Society
Ruth Timmons, Membership
10015 Kenda Dr
Riverview, FL 33578
www.fgrs.org

Florida Railroad Museum Model Railroad Division

Stan Kotas
608 Valle Vista Dr
Brandon, FL 33511 
813-689-0461 
sandikotas@me.com

Southwest Division Garden Railroad Society
Bryant Parsons
160 Circle Drive
Ft. Myers, FL 33905
239-694-1383

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GEORGIA
Georgia Garden Railway Society
Terry Manning, President (2023-2024)
1201 Timber Glen Ct. SW
Lilburn, GA 30047
770-564-8822
temanning@aol.com
www.ggrs.info

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ILLINOIS
Chicago Area Garden Railway Society
Gayle Althardt
15902 Woodbine Circle
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
847-494-2568

GayleAlthardt@gmail.com
www.cagrs.com

LGB Model Railroad Club of Chicago
Jim Rusch
688 Coral Avenue
Bartlett, IL 60103-4705
630-830-0378
www.lgbmrrcc.com

Gateway Garden Railway Club
Jeff Nettleton
23417 West 90th Terrace
Lenexa, KS 66227
618-567-3158
www.ggrrc.org
nettletonjeff@gmail.com

Southern Illinois Train Club, G Division
Scott Fowler
18194 State Highway 14
Benton, IL 62812-4801
618-439-0804

Midwest Rails
Chuck Martschinke
OS513 Winfield Rd
Winfield, IL 60190-1451
630-462-1075

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INDIANA
G-Trac Modular Model RR Club
Douglas E. Arnold
16501 Venison Trail
Woburn, IN 46797-9591
219-749-7123
gtrac@juno.com

Indiana Large Scale Railroaders
Bud Hunter
1214 Morningside Drive
Lebanon, IN 46052
https://indylargescaler.org

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IOWA
Central Iowa Garden Railway Society
Peter Paeth, Editor
405 Fairview Dr
Pleasantville, Iowa 50225
515-848-3345  cigrs@hotmail.com

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MAINE
Maine Garden Railway Society
Carl Curchill, President
82 Carll Road
Buxton, Maine 04093
207 929-4704
https://mgrsmembers.blogspot.com/
mgrsadmin@gmail.com 

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MARYLAND
Mason Dixon Large Scale Railroad Society, Inc.
President - Jeff Tomecek
P.O. Box 148
Bel Air, MD 21014
www.MDLSRS.com

Chesapeake, Allegheny & Blue Ridge LSRS
Dorothy Vaughan Howze, President
3126 Gracefield Rd Apt 114
Silver Spring, MD 20904
301-586-9199 dot-jack@erols.com 

Washington, Virginia & Maryland Garden Railway Society
Sue Schmaltz
7601 Bear Forest Road
Hanover, MD 21076
410-551-5960
membership@wvmgrs.org
www.wvmgrs.org

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MASSACHUSETTS
Inner City Garden Railroad Club
John J. Carroll Jr.
166 Calumet St.
Boston, MA 02120
617-442-6913 traindad2@aol.com

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MICHIGAN
Lakeshore Garden Railway Club
Frank Dunbar, Director
734-355-3793
lakeshoregrc@gmail.com
F
acebook: (20+) Lakeshore Garden Railway Club |

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NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Garden Railroad Society
David Miller
PO Box 381
Brookline, NH 03033
s-trans@ma.ultranet.com

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NEW JERSEY
South Jersey Garden Railroad Society
Anita Brown
1103 Seaside Avenue
Abescon, NJ 08201
609-646-1102

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NEW YOR
Finger Lakes Live Steamers, Inc.
P.O. Box 141
Palmyra, New York 14522
Web-Site www.fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
e-mail info@fingerlakeslivesteamers.org
Sue Henrichs, FLLS Secretary,
SHenrichs@verizon.net

Genesee G Gauge Railway Society
David S. Abell
90 Hillary Drive
Rochester, NY 14624
585-889-3679 dsabell@frontiernet.net

Long Island Garden Railroad Society
Tom Rizzo
32 Semon Road
Huntington NY 11743
631-470-2217
Tomjudyriz@optonline.net

Southern Tier Garden Railroad Society
John Gordon, Editor
159 Lewis Street
Endicott, NY 13760-6255
607-862-9420

Westchester Garden Railroad Society
H. B. Leeds
14 Maple Avenue
Tarrytown, NY 10591
914-332-1064 - hbleeds@optonline.net

The Western New York Garden Railway Society
Post Office Box 1054
Buffalo, NY 14224
Rich Dulski, Treasurer
drlgb@roadrunner.com
www.wnygrs.com


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NORTH CAROLINA
Piedmont Garden Railroaders
Bill Bodsford
1077 Laverne Lane
Kernersville, NC 27284
336-993-8207
bill@billbodsford.com

North Carolina Garden Railroad Society
J. D. Long
2116 Mariner Circle
Raleigh, NC 27603
916-839-2345
www.ncneighbors.com/1292

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OHIO
Columbus Garden Railroad Society
Bill Logan, 
1421 Norma Road
Columbus, OH 43229
614-846-1089
wrlogan@msn.com
thecgrs.org

Greater Cincinnati Garden Railroad Society
Larry Koehl, 
P.O. Box 17568
Covington, KY 41011
gcgrs@fuse.net
www.gcgrs.org

Miami Valley Garden Railroad Society
Frank Klatt
266 Pershing Drive
Saint Marys, OH 45885-1052
937-429-4377

Northern Ohio Garden Railway Society
Len Jezior
LenJ@nogrs.org
440-453-8444
www.nogrs.org

Buckeye State Garden Railroaders
David Hawk
1486 Melanie Dr.
Uniontown, Ohio 44685
330-896-9340
dave.bsgr@sbcglobal.net
bsgr-ohio.org

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OREGON
Emerald Empire Garden Railroad Society
Gary Lane
3323 Filmore St.
Eugene, OR 97405-1923
541-345-8223
Fax: 541-345-8223
scudding@comcast.net

Rose City Garden Railroad Society
Bill Derville
930 NW 170th Place
Beaverton OR 97006
bill@derville4.com

Southwest Oregon Large Scale Trains
Joseph Zajac
424 Girard Drive
Medford, OR 97504-6314
514-779-3420

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PENNSYLVANIA

North East Pennsylvania Mountains GRS
Jeffrey Damerst, President
307 North Michael Street
St. Marys, PA 19335
ShawmutCarShops@yahoo.com
We are looking for members as our once 28 member club has dwindled to 12 instate and 8 or so out of state. We are from State College on the east, Altoona on the south, NY state line on the north, and Brookville on the west and any where in between.

South Eastern Pennsylvania Garden Railway Society
Bob Hoffman, President 1602 Wolfe Lane Downingtown, PA 19335
www.sepgrs.com

Pennsylvania Garden Railway Society
Clem O’Jevich
32 S Market Street
Nanticoke, PA 18634
570-735-5570
wrunloco@aol.com

Pittsburgh Garden Railway Society
Keith Baggus, President
290 Ewing Road
Carnegie, PA 15106
(412) 276-1236
kbaggus@comcast.net

Susquehanna Valley Garden Railway Society
Turk Russell
11548 Airport Road
Waynesboro, PA 17268
(717)762-8873
email: 1turk@embarqmail.com
www.trainweb.org/svgrs/

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TEXAS
Houston Area “G” Gaugers
Ernie Mueller
P.O. Box 1383
Stafford, TX 77497-1383

North Texas Garden Railroad Club
Ron Treesron@rontrees.com - Editor
4519 Willow Bend Drive
Arlington TX 76017
www.NTGRC.org

info@NTgrc.org

Heart of Texas G-Gauger's
Bob Stettner
3002 Creeks Edge Parkway
Austin, TX 78733
512-263-3320
bstettner@earthlink.net

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VERMONT
Vermont Garden Railroad Society
John Joy
Randolph, Vermont
(802) 728-3194
gardenjoy5223@yahoo.com
www.vgrs.us

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VIRGINIA
Tidewater Big Train Operators
David & Sherry Caldwell
212 Miami Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
757-490-2155
slocva26@gmail.com

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WASHINGTON
Puget Sound Garden Railroad Society
Rae Mitchell
21043 Thillberg Ln.
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Phone:Ph. 360 424 6291

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WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Garden Railroad Society
Contact: Terry Seese
608.274.5728
Wgrstreas@charter.net
Website: wigrs.org

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INTERNATIONAL

AUSTRALIA
LGB Model Railway Club of Australia
Colin Everitt, Secretary
C/- 54 Somerville Road
Hornsby Heights NSW 2077 Australia
Telephone: 61-2- 9476 1912
creveritt@gmail.com

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CANADA
Rocky Mountain Garden Railroad Society
Sandy Alexander, Pres.
248 Queensland Dr. SE 
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2J 3J8
s.alexander@home.com

Central Ontario GR Association
Ross Webster 
R. R. #3
Georgetown, Ontario
Canada L7G 4S6
905-877-5381
sams@aztec-net.com

London Garden Railway Society
Terry Morton
39 Cherish Court
London, Ontario
Canada N6K 4H2
519-472-4842
mortont@home.com

The Backyard Railroaders
Jim or Julie Barber
115 Carlson Drive
Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 3G9
jbjblgb@rogers.com

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GERMANY
Club der LGB Freunde Rhein/Sieg
Postfach 4144
D-53881 Euskirchen
Germany 
Tel. ++49(0)2251-6505867
fax. ++49(0)2251-6505868
www.lgb-rheinsieg.de

LGB-Freunde Niederrhein e.V.
Beekstraße 12
47228 Duisburg
E-Mail: info@lgb-niederrhein.de  
Web: www.lgb-niederrhein.de

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NEW ZEALAND
Christchurch Garden Railroad Society
Don Ellis
PO Box 7145
Christchurch, 8002 New Zealand
email: don@computercables.co.nz
Phone/Fax: 64-3-3652-267





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