Everyone had a great time at Railway Day at the Via Vail Station

WMRC President John Bate hands out stickers and brochures in the lobby of the Via Rail station at Railway Day last Sunday. 

Last Sunday's Railway Day in the lobby of the Via Rail station was well attended, and everyone had great time! The WMRC was in full force at the event. President John Bate and past president Larry Leavens manned the John Allen Timesaver switching layout. Past WMRC treasurer and current Winnipeg Railway Museum President Gary Stempnick brought along his portable N Gauge layout. 

WMRC secretary Brent Karr and Vice President Marvin Fetch displayed tour newest attraction, the Thomas the Tank Engine interactive layout, created by Brent Karr. WMRC spring program chair and webmaster Murray Brown brought along his Z scale layout in a steamer trunk and took pictures of everything!

 

WMRC to hold it's 2026 banquet and AGM on May 8 at Canad Inns Polo Park

The WMRC will be celebrating another great model railroading season with our annual banquet. We'll be holding our AGM and presenting awards to the winners of our photo and model contests on Friday, May 8, at the Canad Inns Destination Centre Polo Park at 1405 St. Matthews Avenue in Aalto's Restaurant.

Doors open to our members and their guests at 5:00PM. Cocktails and dinner (buffet style or order from the menu) will start at 6:00PM, and the AGM will begin at 7:30PM. We’ll have plenty of our famous raffles featuring some great model railroad equipment, including our popular “arm's length” raffle ticket prizes, where you buy your arm’s length of tickets! Hope to see you all there!

 

All aboard for Railway Day at the Via Rail station!

Our good friends at the Winnipeg Railway Museum are putting on a real fun show on Sunday, May 3, at the Via Rail station. Come learn about Manitoba's train museums, model railroad clubs, train enthusiast societies and their activities. Find out where to view trains, ride trains and build model trains. 

The WMRC will be there with two of their most popular interactive displays from their recent open house, the  Thomas the Tank Engine layout and the John Allen Timesaver. Admission is free! Come on down to the Via Rail station lobby at 123 Main Street on Sunday, May 3 between 10AM and 4PM.