John Bate sweeps awards at Winnipeg Model Railroad Club’s AGM

 WMRC treasurer John Bate was the big winner at the club’s annual AGM and banquet, held at the CanAd Inns Destination Centre Polo Park on May 13. He received the President’s shield from outgoing President Bob Harrison for his many contributions to the organization through the years. John also won awards in three model categories. He won for diesel and other power, freight cars and non revenue cars, and the special event. Way to go, John! 

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club announces winners of annual photo contest

The winners of the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club’s annual photo contest are Felix Lesiuk and Luca Matyas. The contest was held at the club’s annual open house, held at the Charleswood Legion on April 9 and 10, 2022. Plaques were awarded to them at the club's AGM and  banquet, held at the CanAd Inn Destination Centre near Polo Park.

Long time member Felix Lesiuk won in the prototype category with a stunning image of a worker servicing a Via Rail passenger train in Churchill in a snowy day. Luca Mayas, a newcomer to the club and one of our youngest members, won in the model category with his image of a CN diesel rounding a corner. Congratulations to both of our winners!

Winnipeg Model Railroad club donates proceeds from their spring 2022 open house to St. Amant

                                      WMRC treasurer John Bate presents a cheque at St. Amant.

The Winnipeg Model Railroad Club’s charity of choice has been St. Amant for many years. We were pleased to donate $1500 to St Amant this year from the money we raised at our last open house. We do not charge an admission fee for attending our open house. Admission is by donation. We wish to thank all of our generous visitors who contributed to this cause with their donations.

 

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club to hold its first AGM and banquet in three years

We're holding our first AGM and banquet in three years! It will be on Friday, May 13 at CanAd Inns Destination Centre Polo Park at 1430 St. Matthews Avenue. We have assembled a lot of great prizes.

1) Elimination draw. A maximum of 35 tickets will be sold at $5 each. One at a time will be eliminated until the winners are found. Each ticket may be designated for one of two prizes:

      New HO scale Rapido locomotive with DCC and Sound. CN GMD SW1200RS $278.00 value

      New N scale Atlas  BNSF Dash 8-40 $115.00 value

2) Special Draw. We have one of Tyler Fedoroshyn's HO scale Jordan Spreaders. These are very nice, and valued at $100. A limited number of tickets will be sold at $5 each.

3) Door prizes. Everyone (member and/or guest) is automatically entered for these. We will have two $20 gift certificates for Vector Garden Trains. They have many items in all scales, and anything from the Walther's Catalog may be ordered.

4) Arm's-length tickets for the prize table. Buy a string of tickets as long as your arm for $5. There will be a table of at least 30 prizes of many types. Each winner drawn will choose any prize they like from the table, and drawing will continue until all prizes are given away.

Come and relax and have a good time with your fellow club members and their guests.Meet and greet starts at 5:00. The meeting starts at 7:30 after we've all had supper. The buffet at the CanAd Inn is fantastic! You've got to be there!