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Club History
An overhead view of the present-day GC, viewed from Summit
The current Garfield Central is the fifth railroad built by the Garfield-Clarendon Model Railroad
Club since its founding in 1947. Three layouts were built in the Garfield Park Fieldhouse before
the Chicago Park District moved the Club to Clarendon Park in 1963--hence the name Garfield-Clarendon.
The fourth layout, housed in another part of the Clarendon Park building, was scrapped when the
fieldhouse was remodeled in 1972-1973. The current Garfield Central, begun in 1974, is among the
nation's largest model railroads.
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