NMRA membership is included with membership to the WMRC

Our next meeting is on Friday, September 11, and we'd like to encourage all our viewers to join the WMRC. When you join, membership in the National Model Railroad Association, the world's largest model railroad club, is also included. 

Membership costs $50. The WMRC subsidizes membership in the NMRA. If you joined the NMRA separately, it would cost you $50, so you're getting a free membership! You can join the club any time of the year, but our membership registration is from September to September, so it's advantageous to join in September. 

Joining two clubs gives you the benefit of the fellowship and camaraderie of a local group of model railroaders, plus all of the perks of the NMRA, including the NMRA magazine, available insurance for your trains, an opportunity to achieve Master Model Railroader status, and access to their many regional and national conventions. Come on down to the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard, on Friday, September 11 at 7:30 PM to join in on all of the fun. We'd love to have you as a member! 

It's worth the trip to the Dunnottar Station Museum

Our good friends at the Dunnottar Station Museum are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, so why not drive over there and help them celebrate? If you're heading to Winnipeg Beach, Gimli or Hecla it's close by and on the way. It's located at Central Avenue and Railway Street in Ponemah, within the village of Dunnottar. 

 

They're open on weekends from 10AM to 4PM. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. You can even help them out by buying a T-shirt! Come see all of their railway artifacts, historic tools, vintage photographs, their velocipede and "Big Stan", their motorized track speeder.

 

The Manitoba Hobby Expo is coming soon! Please note that the date has been changed to the first weekend of October. The WMRC will be there in full force! We've rented a record number of tables to sell donated model railroad equipment, with proceeds going to St.Amant. It'll also be a great time to join or renew your membership while you're there. 

Come join all the fun on Saturday, October 3rd and Sunday, October 4 between 9 and 5 at the Red River Exhibition Place, 3977 Portage Avenue. Admission is just twelve bucks, youths between the ages of four and twelve get in for six bucks, and kids under three get in for free!