Exclusive images of the Hudson's Bay Railway's new paint scheme

Felix Lesiuk, the WMRC's intrepid rail fan photographer, hasn't been very active recently, but when he scores, he scores big! On a recent rail fanning trip he came across these Hudson's Bay Railway locomotives headed up north with their new paint scheme. Note that this newly incorporated railway, owned by First Nations and Bay line communities, is showing pride in their railway heritage by including the 1929 founding date of the original Hudson's Bay Railway in their logo.
 

WinNtrak to display their N gauge modular railroad at Grant Park Shopping Centre this weekend

All aboard for great model railroading at Grant Park Shopping Centre! The friendly gang at WinNtrak will be running their spectacular N gauge modular railroad display at Grant Park Shopping Centre all this coming weekend, from October 28 to 30. On Friday, October 28 they’ll be running from 10AM to 8PM. On Saturday, October 29 they’ll run from 10AM to 6PM, and on Sunday, October 30 from noon to 5PM. Grant Park Shopping Centre is located at 1120 Grant Avenue in Winnipeg.
 

Check out this great Pennsylvania Railroad Auto boxcar modelled by Richard Mikolayenko

Long time WMRC member Richard Mikolayenko submitted this great model of a Pennsylvania Railroad auto car for our monthly model display at the club's October meeting. This model hearkens back to the days when everything was transported by boxcars, including automobiles. 

Richard converted the couplers, weathered the sliding doors and replaced the plastic wheels with steel wheels. He added a Ford Lotus and an Audi sedan, which are cars too modern to ever have been transported by an automobile boxcar, but we'll overlook that because they're so cool!
 

This year's special event: Build a model railroad display on a CD

Each year the WMRC's annual model contest holds a special event, where modellers compete in a single category. Several years ago the event was to build a model railroad display on top of a CD. It proved to be so popular that we're bringing it back!

We have given you two samples of what can be done on a surface as small as a CD, which are pictured above.  Our next open house is in April 2023, so you have plenty of time to get creative!
 

Take a virtual layout hop to MMR Alan Saatkamp’s Wisconsin River Division this month

This month we have a great Zoom presentation by MMR Alan Saatkamp, who will conduct a virtual tour from Illinois of his Wisconsin River Division HO layout.

Alan enjoys modelling the paper industry in Wisconsin prior to CN’s purchase of the Wisconsin Central in 2004. His layout will be featured in Kalmbach’s 2023 edition of Model Railroad Planning. His layout that follows the Wisconsin River division of central Wisconsin. He'll demonstrate how he conducts operations at the different communities along his railroad.

Alan is well known by local model railroaders as past president of the NMRA’s Thousand Lakes Region. He earned his MMR in 2012. He was editor of The Fusee, the official publication of the TLR and held various leadership roles in the TLR’s Dakota Southeastern Division. He lives in Normal, Illinois, about two hours south of Chicago.

Alan holds regular group operating sessions twice a month, next month he will celebrate his 250th operating session on his model railroads, which includes layouts in South Dakota, Minnesota and Kansas. He also publishes a newsletter about his division, titled Prairie Ponderings.

The fun begins at 7:00PM on Friday, October 14 at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard. We will be holding our monthly model and photo displays, plus a 50/50 draw. If you wish to view the meeting via Zoom, email us at wmrc.trainclub@gmail.com and we will send you a link.

The gang's all here, and having lots of fun at one of Alan's operating sessions, which he conducts about twice a month.

Out roving correspondent, WMRC Vice President and long range trucker Ian Plett paid a visit to Alan's layout in Normal, Illinois, this year.