Denver & Rio Grade R.R. - Sherwood, Oregon
Posted by: 
DougK
N 45° 23.317 W 122° 55.880
10T E 505375 N 5026124
A private property in Sherwood, Oregon, features an incredibly elaborate ridable miniature railroad that encircles the property. The railway includes a trestle bridge, tunnel, and train storage warehouse.
Waymark Code: WM10REY
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2019
Views: 3
This world-class miniature train layout was hand-built by Tom Miller. There's a large machine shop where Tom builds engines and train cars. There's 11,000 feet of track around Tom's 20 acre property. There's a 400-foot long tunnel, raised trestle track over a small canyon, as well as a train depot and car barns for all trains and cars. There's a hand-built steam engine, known as
Big Boy, a 4-8-8-4 wheel configuration, that can pull 30-40 people on a grade. Tom has
offered to build a Big Boy for your train layout, if you'd like, for $245,000..
After Tom built the outdoor train, and because Oregon Winters didn't allow much time for outdoor operations, he decided to try his hand a a smaller
F-scale model railroad. He built a large building with a 45 by 90 foot base with 23 for ceilings to enclose it. There's about 700 feet of track, 4,000 handmade trees, 10,000 hand-made bushes, 16 switches, computer-drivers lights, and miles of wire.
In 2012, Tom decided to
sell the property and move to Sedona, Arizona where he already owned another home. The asking range was $4 million depending on how much of the trains a new owner might want. A couple of years later the asking range was $3.5 million. The
Zillow web site says the property sold in April, 2018 for around $1.8 million.
The track layout can be seen in
Google Satellite View.
The trains were not out when I stopped by on a quick unannounced visit. All the track, trestles, tunnel and buildings were still intact and everything looked immaculate.
18055 SW Seiffert Road
Sherwood, Oregon
Visit Instructions:Provide a picture of something with the train or related to the train. Possible photos include the train itself at any location along the route, a picture of the scenery with part of the train in view, the kids borrowing the engineer’s hat or of a family member with one of the miniature r.r. crossing signs. Show us you had a good time visiting the train. If the train isn't running when you visit get a photo of one of the miniature railway related items that can be found in locations like this