The Model Train Garden

About the Space

Elaine Silets, the proud owner of the Estate, is an internationally recognized designer and manufacturer of Model Railroads & Garden Railways. Her work has been featured in The Robb Report (The 21 Ultimate Gifts Special Issue), The Neiman Marcus Christmas Book and on the cover of Hammacher Schlemmer’s Holiday Gift Catalogue, as well as in the lobby of The John Hancock Center in Chicago and the Christmas windows at Tiffany & Co. The company she founded, Huff & Puff Industries, Ltd., has been in business for over twenty years. She has produced Model Railroads and Garden Railways that have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, NBC, CNN, CBS, FOX, NBC, The Discovery Channel, The Travel Channel, PBS, as well as having appeared on the pages of Garden Railways Magazine, Chicago Home and Garden, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, North Shore Magazine and many others. She has built railroads for individuals and companies across the United States.