Buy a WMRC T-Shirt and become one of the beautiful people

WMRC contest chair Ian Plett is looking good in his brand new WMRC 70th anniversary T-shirt.

Do want to be a fashion plate? Do you want to be a trend-setter? Do you want to be a babe magnet? You can't afford an Armani suit? Then come to the WMRC's next meeting and buy one of our spiffy new 70th anniversary T-shirts at our next meeting! They're on sale for just $25 each, and there's a limited supply, so come on down to 6003 Roblin Boulevard at on January 9 at 7:30PM, buy a T-shirt and join all of the beautiful people pictured here showing off their WMRC T-shirts!

WMRC webmaster Murray Brown is looking good too!

                                  So does WMRC Lantern editor and past president Bob Harrison!

Marvin Fetch say he feels 50 years younger in his new WMRC 70th anniversary T-shirt!

Cliff Davidson has never looked better wearing his WMRC 70th anniversary T-shirt!

A good time was had by all at the WMRC's annual Clinic Carnival and Christmas hot dog banquet

Darrell Brownlee (left)  demonstrates how to make model with his 3D computer. John Bate, sitting behind him, conducted a clinician how to use 3D printing software.

Everybody had a great time at last week's clinic carnival and annual Christmas hot dog banquet. We even had a few guests! 

For the first time at our annual clinic carnival we had two tag team demonstrations. We had a 3D printing clinic by Darrell Brownlee with a software tutorial on how to set it up by John Bate. 

Murray Brown showed us how to make your own decals, while MMR Fred Headon showed us how to apply them. Marvin Fetch was on hand showing us his many structure building techniques.

And of course, there was the hot dog banquet! Everyone enjoyed the air fried hot dogs expertly prepared by our master chef, canteen operator Mark McLennan.

Murray Brown shows Graham Leathers (R) and Gary Stempnick (L) how to make decals.

After Murray Brown showed you how to make your own decals, you could mosey on over to MMR Fred Headon's table to learn how to apply them.

Marvin Fetch shares some of his expert structure building techniques with long time member Allan Graham (L) and WMRC Past President Bob Harrison (R).

Bob Harrison wins two awards at WMRC's annual model contest

WMRC past president Bob Harrison walked away with two awards at the club's annual model contest, held at our spring train show and open house. Bob won third place in the structures category for his model of an oil rig. He also won second place in the display category for his model of a CN billboard. Bob is a prolific modeller and has won many awards for his efforts in the past. Congratulations, Bob!

Bob Harrison awarded the WMRC's President's shield

Bob Harrison (R) receives the president's shield award from WMRC president John Bate at the club's AGM and annual banquet, held at the CN Campus in early May.

Past President Bob Harrison was the recipient of the WMRC's president's shield award. The award is given annually to a member who has given exceptional service to the club. 

Bob was a fairly new member to the WMRC when became President during a challenging time for the club, which included guiding the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic. He showed outstanding leadership qualities while maintaining a friendly, congenial manner. 

Bob continues to be a very active member of the club, assisting past President Larry Leavens in the production of The Lantern, the official publication of the WMRC.
 

WMRC members partied hearty at the CN campus during the club's AGM

WMRC past President Bob Harrison looks like he's having a blast operating the railroad simulator at the CN Campus during the club's AGM. Photo by Neil Carleton.

What a party! The WMRC's 2024 AGM was held at the CN campus last night, and everyone had a wonderful time! After a great meal courtesy of CN and catered by The Olive Garden, we went on a two hour tour of the campus, which included a visit to their 60' x 8' HO layout. The highlight for everyone was when we got a turn working the train simulator, and got to pretend that we were engineers in training!  

Here's what Bob got to see as he took the controls of the engine. Photo by Neil Carleton.

 

Here's a view of CN's massive HO layout that they use for training purposes. It's so big that we couldn't fit it all in the frame!

WMRC Past President and current Lantern Editor Larry Leavens watches as a new CN employee gets a lesson on how to operate a switch. Photo by Neil Carleton.

 

Members were divided up into groups and assigned a tour guide to take them through the CN campus facilities. This group is watching a demonstration on how CN employees learn how to operate couplers.

The CN guide holds a plastic latch form a coupler, which is used in training new CN employees how to operate couplers in various conditions.

 

 

 
 

Bob Harrison builds a fuel storage tank out of a coffee can

WMRC President Emeritus Bob Harrison came in with a truly unique entry for the club’s monthly model display at our January meeting. He took an empty coffee can, removed the labels, then painted it white. He searched on-line for logos of oil companies, copied them into a word document, printed them on translucent decal paper using a laser printer and applied the decals to the can.

Bob added pipes using the modellers favourite secret weapon, sprues from old model kits. He installed a surplus ladder he had hanging around in his parts box. For a final flourish he installed a red LED on the roof, powered by a nine volt battery operated to the blink of an Arduino Nano. Then he added a bit of weathering.

We had a plethora of entries at our last meeting! The board had pleaded with they members to submit model because the only one who was submitting in the past few months was long time member Richard Mikolayenko, and they were tired of giving out the $20 draw prize just to him. Seven members brought in their models, but when the draw was made, Richard Mikolayenko won again!
 

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 presents annual awards at October meeting

WMRC president Bob Harrison presents the President's shield award to Marvin and Arlene Fetch at the club's October 2021 meeting. 

The WMRC presented three awards at their October 2021 meeting. The recipients were awarded on-line at the club's virtual AGM, which was held in May. This was the first time since then that the club was able to present the awards in person.

WMRC secretary Marvin Fetch and his wife Arlene were awarded the president's shield for their volunteer work for the club. WMRC Program Director Dave Downie won the Peter Abel Memorial Award Photo Special Event, and Felix Lesiuk won the Nick Andrusiak Memorial Award for best digital prototype photo.

                Felix Lesiuk won the Nick Andrusiak Memorial Award for best digital prototype photo.

    WMRC program director Dave Downie won the Peter Abel Memorial Award Photo Special Event.
 
 

 

Bob Harrison captures image of Herzog multipurpose unit on CN mainline

WMRC president Bob Harrison has been a regular contributor to the club's on-line photo display at our  monthly Zoom meetings. He caught this rare image of a Herzog maintenance of way multipurpose self propelled unit along the CN mainline by Wilkes avenue. He also contributed two other photos, a unique  Central Manitoba Railway triple lash-up and double stacks going over the bridge at The Forks on the CN mainline.

Gino Kost receives Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's President's shield award for 2019

Gino Kost (Left) is presented with the WMRC's President's shield award from President Bob Harrison at the club's annual banquet held on May 10, 2019.

Gino Kost is the recipient of the WMRC's President's Shield Award for 2019. The award is given every year by the president to a member for their outstanding volunteer contributions to the club.
And Gino is certainly deserving of the award! He is currently the superintendent of the Gateway Western Railway, which is the club's HO gauge layout that is housed in the Winnipeg Railway Museum. The Gateway Western is the largest model railroad display in Winnipeg. It will be open to the public on May 25 and 25 during Doors Open Winnipeg.

He is also our representative and volunteer coordinator for the Manitoba Mega Train Show, which is the largest train show between Toronto and Calgary. The Manitoba Mega Train Show will be held on September 28 and 29 at Red River Exhibition Place.

Gino's greatest contribution to the club was supervising the construction of the structure that houses the Gateway Western Railway. Gino modified the plans of a prefabricated garage, ordered the lumber and had it shipped to the museum, and managed a small group of dedicated volunteers in its construction. The "house that Gino built" is truly the jewel in the crown of the club, and the WMRC will forever be grateful for all of Gino's hard work. Congratulations, Gino!

Great times at the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's 2018 banquet

WMRC President Bob Harrison presents the President's Shield award to former WMRC President Larry Leavens at the annual WMRC banquet held on Friday, May 11 at the CanAd Inns Polo Park. 

Fun times were to be had at the WMRC's 2018 annual banquet, held at the CanAd Inns Polo Park on Friday, May 11, 2018. After enjoying a great buffet meal at Aalto's, several awards were given out and lots of prizes were won for our "arms length" raffle, the elimination draw and our door prizes! It's always a great way to end the model railroad season, and after we all have an enjoyable summer of rail fanning, we're all looking forward seeing everyone again at our next meeting in September!

WMRC secretary Marvin Fetch and President Bob Harrison show off the two HO locomotives that were given away at the elimination draw. 

Veteran WMRC member and NMRA Master Model Railroader Moe Smith is seen with WMRC Secretary Marvin Fetch as he is presented with the Holman award - special event class for his superb modelling work.

WMRC Treasurer John Bate is presented with the 2018 Friesen award for initial modelling achievement by WMRC Secretary John Bate.