Come celebrate Tony Prud'homme's 60th birthday at the Frog and Diamond Hobbyworks on July 4

Our good friend Tony Prud'homme over at the Frog and Diamond Hobbyworks is having his birthday blowout and the shop's first annual swap meet this Saturday, July 4! Tony's reached the big 6-0, and the handsome devil sure doesn't look it! Come on down to the Frog and Diamond Hobbyworks this Saturday from 10AM to 2PM and join in on the celebration! 

There will be FREE hot dogs, drinks and popcorn and huge discounts in the store! The Manitoba Transit Heritage Association will be bringing one of their vintage buses for you to explore. Come on down to 301 Bowman Avenue this Saturday and join in on all the fun!

Cliff Davidson multiple award winner for his model and prototype photography

Cliff Davidson (L) receives the Peter Abel award from photo contest chair Bart Hasselfield at the WMRC's annual banquet held last month.

Long time WMRC member walked off with a slew of photography awards at our annual banquet held last month. Cliff won the prestigious Peter Abel Award model special event for his photo of a model of a CP 5804, third prize for his photo of a model of a KCS F-unit, third prize in the special event for his photo of the Willow Creek Trestle and third prize in the prototype category for his photo of the CN Cescon Siding Orange bridge. Cliff is one of the club's top photographers and has been a constant award winner for many years. Congratulations, Cliff!

Cliff is seen receiving the award for third place in the model photography category from WMRC president John Bate.

Peter received third place in the special event photography category for his photo of the Willow Creek Trestle.

Peter also received third place in the prototype category for his photo of the CN Cescon Siding Orange Bridge.

Exclusive photos of Graham Leather's layout from last month's WMRC layout hop

Check out the action on Graham Leather's layout! Note the Winnipeg skyline, which includes Brandon's Mackenzie Seeds building, and Graham's model of Seattle's King Street station.

At our members-only layout hop last month we dispatched our chief correspondent Murray Brown to investigate Graham Leather's layout, and the results were very impressive! Graham inherited this layout from his father, the late, great Norm Leathers, who was a WMRC members for almost 70 years. Graham has not only maintained the layout but has made several changes and added his own person touch. 

Long time fans of Norm's layout will notice the seismic shift from running the Pennsylvania Railroad to Great Northern and . Even the huge UP articulated steamers run great on this layout! WMRC membership has many privileges, and one of them is joining in on the fun on our layout hops. So if you want to see some of Winnipeg's finest layouts in action, then join up!

Graham enjoys running UP's huge articulated steamers, which run smoothly on his layout.

Graham has a very impressive collection of  Great Northern motive power and rolling stock.

If you don't want to take the train you can always go Greyhound on Graham's layout.

Graham designed and built the shelving to hold all of his rolling stock. The shelves slide out smoothly, providing convenient  access to all of his trains.