Sinnissippi Station: Install Process

Описание: Visitors are transported to a magical miniature world as seven G-scale trains and trolleys run down, around, and above the lush indoor tropical setting of Nicholas Conservatory in Rockford, Illinois. Miniature Rockford landmarks and willow trestle bridges add to the enchanting ambiance.

The trains and trolleys in the exhibit are painted and personalized to depict those that traversed Rockford throughout its history. Also featured are intricately detailed bridges and structures expertly decorated with a variety of natural botanical materials such as pine cones, acorns, and sticks. Nine landmark structures are part of Sinnissippi Station: replicas of Nicholas Conservatory, Nicholas Conservatory Wildflower, Sinnissippi Floral Clock, Sinnissippi rose garden trellis, Sinnissippi Park Music Shell, the Trolley Barn, the Illinois Central Railroad Depot, the Symbol sculpture, the Rock Men Guardians sculpture (made possible by a donation in memory of Richard Conley), and a replica of the Coronado Performing Arts Center.

The exhibit was designed and constructed by Applied Imagination Ltd., a garden railway company from Kentucky that creates exhibits for a number of public gardens throughout the U.S.