Winnipeg Model Railroad Club mourns passing of Lloyd Smith

Long time member Lloyd Smith passed away on August 14, 2022. He was 89 years old.

He was born in Montreal and moved to Winnipeg in 1971. He was employed at Health Canada as a Chemist and later as a manager with the Food and Drug Protection Unit. He retired in 1997. He had an extensive and intricate HO layout that he proudly displayed on Shaw TV in 2016.

Lloyd was a dedicated long term member of the WMRC. He was awarded the title of honorary member, which granted him a lifetime free membership to the club. Besides Lloyd, only Norm Leathers and Moe Smith have been awarded this honour.

 

Lloyd Smith's layout featured on Shaw TV

WMRC Program Director Morgan Turney took this photo of Lloyd Smith being interviewed by Shaw TV reporter Kevin Hirschfield, literally surrounded by Lloyd's spectacular layout!

The third video segment on the layouts of WMRC members produced by Shaw TV features Lloyd Smith's massive basement layout. Lloyd, a long time member of the WMRC, has a layout that gradually expanded until it took over most of the basement. As you can see, there's some fine modelling work done here! To view the video, click here.

These features were produced in promotion for the club's annual open house, which is happening this coming weekend, April 2nd and 3rd, at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard. There will be some great layouts and displays, our annual photo and model contest, trains, trains and more trains! The canteen will be open, and hot dogs are on the menu! Hours are from 11AM to 4PM both days, handicap accessible. Hope to see you all there!

A BCR diesel in classic dual green colours rounds a curve on Lloyd Smiths' layout.

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club layouts featured on Shaw TV

The club's gateway Western Railway has been featured on Shaw TV's Go! program.

We are delighted to report that Shaw TV Winnipeg has featured three of our club's layouts on their Go! program, which is available to subscribers of Shaw TV. The program was broadcast yesterday at 7:00PM, and will be broadcast today at 7:00AM, 10:00AM, at noon and at 7:00PM.

Three segments were done by Shaw TV's reporter/producer Kevin Hirschfield. He covered the club's Gateway Western layout at the Winnipeg Railway Museum, Norm Leather's Pennsylvania Railroad layout, and Lloyd Smith's massive home layout.

These are very high quality videos with excellent production standards, and they serve as the perfect showcase to promote our upcoming open house, which will be held on April 2nd and 3rd  at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard, from 11AM to 4PM.

If you missed the program, or if you don't subscribe to Shaw cable, they've been posted on You Tube. During the next few days, we'll be posting their links, starting with the Gateway Western, which you can view by clicking here. 

Much thanks to Shaw TV's Kevin Hirschfeld, and to Morgan Turney for coordinating the taping of the video segments, and especially to WMRC's public relations director Margaret Ullrich, for alerting Shaw TV and other media outlets about our upcoming show!