Little River Miniature Railroad
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John Greiner described the castle and railroad he built on his property as follows:
- I have built the house entirely by myself in my spare time over the last 20 years. It is about 5,500 square feet and has a dungeon under the NE tower. It has 16 rooms and 3 baths. Construction began in 1983 and continues to this day. 4 rooms are unfinished on the inside.
- It features:
- An observatory in the top floor of the NW tower with a 12.5" telescope and doors that open in the ceiling for viewing.
- A 23 X 23' "Jungle room" in the center with live plants, fish, birds, and a spa and sidewalks. It has 3 patio type doors in the south, west, and north walls. The walls have photo murals of mountains on all 4 sides with blue sky painted above so when you are standing in the middle it feels like you are in the mountains.
- A "Great room" that is 23 X 36 feet that has a 21 foot high stained and varnished trussed ceiling and is decorated with medieval swords, etc. It has a 11 X 11 entry foyer with swords on the walls.
- I laid 120 tons of limestone rock on the exterior.
- It has a 7.5" gauge railroad that circles it, which has both steam and diesel locomotives and carries people.
John Greiner stands in front of his home, a castle he built in rural Milam County. Photos by Rusty Schramm.
A bridge for a scale rail road crossing a ravine along some of the 1 1/2 mile track of John Greiner's property just east of Rogers.
A steam-driven train runs through John Greiner’s property in Milam County. Greiner built about 1 1/2 mile of track around his land.
John Greiner's property features more than just a castle. He also has many out buildings, including a "General Store" and a "Wells Fargo."
John Greiner checks out the tank of a scaled railroad and train along his property just east of Rogers.
