Happy New Year from the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club!

The Winnipeg Model Railroad Club wishes all of its members, friends and followers a very happy and blessed New Year for 2018. It's been a bitterly cold week over a large part of North America, but as most model railroaders know, that's the perfect excuse to stay down in the basement and work on the layout! Have a great one, folks!

This is your last chance to ride the Assiniboine Valley Railway until June!

That's right! The Assiniboine Valley Railway is holding their final open house for the holiday season this weekend, and they're not opening their doors to the public again until June! So get your railroad fix now and climb aboard!

The trains will run on Saturday, December 30 and Sunday, December 31 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM on both days. Tickets are still two bucks for one ride. A 12 ride pass will set you back only twenty bucks! Children two years of age and under ride for free. All minors must be accompanied by an adult.

The AVR is located at 3001 Roblin Boulevard, just west of Assiniboine Park. Look for the sign by the road!

Merry Christmas from the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club!

The Winnipeg Model Railroad Club hopes that you and yours, all of our members, and all of our many followers and readers will enjoy a joyous holiday season and have a wonderful New year! Keep 'em on the rails!

Assiniboine Valley Railway holds their second Christmas open house this weekend

Take a break from Christmas shopping and ride the rails this weekend as the Assiniboine Valley Railway holds their second Christmas open house! The trains will run on Saturday, December 24 and Sunday, December 24 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM on both days.

Tickets are still two bucks for one ride. A 12 ride pass will set you back only twenty bucks! Children two years of age and under ride for free. All minors must be accompanied by an adult.

The AVR is located at 3001 Roblin Boulevard, just west of Assiniboine Park. Look for the sign by the road!

John Bate is an outhouse modeller supreme

WMRC treasurer John Bate has been a very busy modeller who regularly brings at least one of his latest creations to the club's monthly model displays. At our November meeting he displayed a scratchbuilt N scale yard office, complete with a storage shed and a "two-holer" outhouse! Great work, John!

John used a .040 styrene siding sheet, a .040 styrene corrugated steel sheet, styrene L girders to brace the corners, and a styrene rod was used for the chimney.  Windows, doors and the roof were scavenged from leftover kit parts. We didn't open the doors of the outhouse to see if it was occupied.

Assiniboine Valley Railway hosts its first Christmas open house next weekend

It's here! The Assiniboine Valley Railway is holding their first Christmas open house for 2017! The trains will run on Saturday, December 16 and Sunday, December 17 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM on both days.

Please note that due to the death of AVR founder Bill Taylor, there will again be no Christmas light display in the evenings.

Tickets are still two bucks for one ride. A 12 ride pass will set you back only twenty bucks! Children two years of age and under ride for free. All minors must be accompanied by an adult.

The AVR is located at 3001 Roblin Boulevard, just west of Assiniboine Park. Look for the sign by the road!

All aboard for the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club'sr annual Christmas bash!

We're holding our annual Christmas bash and hot dog banquet! We will be continuing an ancient,  time honored tradition dating all the way back to 2006, serving hot dogs, drinks, donuts, and coffee. Come on out for some refreshments and conversation, and leave a little room for pizza at Santa Lucia's after the meeting!

We'll be collecting food for Winnipeg Harvest, so be sure to bring "a tin for the bin".

There will also be a presentation of Ian Plett's rail fanning adventures, featuring images he took all over North America as a long range trucker.

The fun starts at 7:30PM on Friday, December 8 at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard. We'll also be holding our monthly model display and the ever popular 50-50 draw.  Hope to see you there!

Dennis Rietze is selling off his HO equipment

Long time WMRC member Dennis Rietze is selling off most of his collection of HO engines, rolling stock and various equipment. The sale is for this week only, and ends on Wednesday, December 6. Sale hours on Sunday, December 3 are from from 1PM to 5PM. Sale hours for Monday December 4, Tuesday December 5, and Wednesday December 6 are evenings only, from 6PM to 9PM. For more information contact Dennis Rietze at ritzkrakrs@mts.net