Murray Brown wins five model contest awards

WMRC model contest chair Marvin Fetch (R) presents the club's best in show award to Murray Brown at the WMRC's annual banquet and AGM, held at the Canad Inns Polo Park.

Murray Brown, who walked away with the WMRC’s 2025 President’s Shield award and the Robert Weaver memorial award for the second year in a row, also swept the club’s annual model contest with no less than five awards. 

Murray won first, second and third place in the motive power category for his models of the CP 5369 diesel, a Kershaw ballast regulator and a Via Rail bus. He also won second place in the freight car category for his model of an air dump car. He also won the coveted best in show award for his unique diorama of a track with culverts. 

Murray won so many awards at the WMRC’s annual banquet that other some members joked that he should’ve chosen a seat closer to the podium, and that he was going to have to rent a truck to carry off all off the awards that he won that night. Congratulations, Murray!

 

                   Three of Murray's award winning models were placed together for this shot.

                   Murray won third place in the motive category for his model of a Via Rail bus.

    Murray won second place in the motive power category for his model of a Kershaw ballast regulator.