COLUMBUS GARDEN RAILWAY SOCIETY
The Columbus Garden Railway Society (CGRS) is a unique, organization whose goals are to have fun with garden railroading and the sharing of information. We have no formal organization, constitution or by-laws. We are simply an informal gathering of people interested in gardening and railroading. Our only rule is the 10-foot rule, which loosely translates to "If it looks good from 10 feet away, then it is good enough". Membership in the Columbus Garden Railway Society (CGRS) is open to anyone. While the name of our organization refers to garden railroading, ownership of a garden railroad is not necessary. Many of our members have a G-scale railroad in their garden or yard, others may have one in their basement or other room of their home, and yet others may choose to not have one at all. That is not important. What is important is that all of our members share a common interest in the hobby.
Benefits of Columbus Garden Railway Society (CGRS) membership include an informative monthly newsletter (sample newsletter), monthly meetings at host railroads, the multi-club tour, and the fall foliage trip. Meetings may include presentations or clinics on various aspects of modeling, gardening, railroading, electronics, or controls. Guests are always welcome. For more information go to the membership page or contact the Columbus Garden Railway Society (CGRS) membership at membership@thecgrs.org
Speaker for January meeting
Roger Seely Sr
of Seely's Landscape Nursery
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Roger Seely Sr
of Seely's Landscape Nursery
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Annual Banquet
Feb 25 at Worthington Hills Country Club
20th Anniversary Celebration
Speaker Chip Rosenblum
This year’s program will be presented by Chip Rosenblum, long time member of CGRS. Chip has been involved in the garden railway hobby since the late 1970's. He never used track power, preferring to run trains than to clean track. Battery power and live steam are his choices.
Along the way, he began to build his own engines and rolling stock. He was been known to put small birdhouses on a single axle, fabricate an entire train from old musical instruments, make boilers from unidentified scrap yard parts, and throw away LGB boxes as they took up too much space, then bandsaw the trains into various pieces for reassembly into something else. This is just a sample of the kind of whimsy we have all enjoyed when visiting Chip and Gail’s railroad. A more complete train bio is included in a separate mailing to all members.
Who's who in CGRS
| Newsletter related business, articles and classified ads Gail Klink newsletter@thecgrs.org |
Principal Business Contact Bill Logan business@thecgrs.org |
| Bills and Invoices Jack Easterday bills@thecgrs.org |
Meeting hosts Bob Duggan meetings@thecgrs.org |
| Membership Bob Collins membership@thecgrs.org |
Address Changes Richard Abler addresschange@thecgrs.org |
| Webmaster Wayne Beedle webmaster@thecgrs.org |
CGRS Event Schedule
| Month/date | Day/Time | What/where |
| Dec. 15 | Thurs 7:30 pm | News Table Meeting : Klinks |
| Dec. 16 - 21 | Display and run trains at COSI | |
| Dec. 27 | Tues 6:00 pm | Holiday Party : Jenny & Mike Walls (pot luck) |
| Jan. 19 | Thurs 7:30 pm | News Table Meeting : Easterdays |
| Jan. 29 | Sun 2:00 pm | CGRS Monthly Meeting : Harriet & Bob Dana (indoor - bring chairs) - Speaker Roger Seely Sr, Seely's Landscape Nursery (dwarf conifers) |
| Feb. 16 | Thurs 7:30 pm | News Table Meeting : Easterdays |
| Feb. 25 | Sat 6:00 pm | Annual Banquet : Worthington Hills County Club - 20th Anniversary Celebration |
| March 15 | Thurs 7:30 | News Table Meeting : Hills |
| March 25 | Sun 2:00 | CGRS Monthly Meeting : Groveport Community Center (indoor) - Disney World Flower presentation |
| April 19 | Thurs 7:30 | News Table Meeting |
| April 29 | Sun 2:00 | CGRS Monthly Meeing : Connie & Brian Spangler - CGRS outreach presentation |
| May 8 |
Tue 7:00 |
What are Garden Railroads by CGRS : Grandview Heights Public Library |
| May 17 | Thurs 7:30 | News Table Meeting |
| May 27 | Sun 2:00 | CGRS Monthly Meeting |
| June 14 | Thurs 7:30 | News Table Meeting |
| June 24 | Sun 2:00 | CGRS Monthly Meeting |
| July 14 | Four Club Tour ( Indiana Large Scale) | |
| July 19 | Thurs 7:30 | News Table Meeting |
| July 29 | Sun 2:00 | CGRS Monthly Meeting |
| Aug 16 | Thurs 7:30 | News Table Meeting |
| Aug 26 | Sun 2:00 | CGRS Monthly Meeting |
| Sept 9 | Sun 1:00 - 5:00 | Annual CGRS garden railway tour |
| Sept 20 | Thurs 7:30 | News Table Meeting |
| Sept 30 | Sun 2:00 | CGRS Monthly Meeting |
| Oct 3 - 7 | Fall foliage tour | |
| Oct. 18 | Thurs 7:30 | News Table Meeting |
| Oct. 28 | Sun 2:00 | CGRS Monthly Meeting |
| Nov. 15 | Thurs 7:30 | News Table Meeting |
| Nov. 25 | Sun 2:00 | CGRS Monthly Meeting |
| Dec. 20 | Thus 7:30 | News Table Meeting |
| Dec. | Holiday Party |
Guests are always WELCOME
Have you hosted a meeting this year?
We're looking for future meeting hosts
Preference is given to those who have not previously hosted a CGRS meeting
Contact Bob Duggan to host a meeting at meetings@thecgrs.org
Webmaster at webmaster@thecgrs.org