All aboard for Train Day at the Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club on June 6

Train Day at the Portage Model Railroad Club is happening next Saturday, June 6. This club opens its doors to the public just twice a year, so don't miss out on this opportunity to view all of their spectacular layouts housed in the fully restored Portage CPR station. It takes place from 10AM to 3PM at the Portage CPR station, 301 3rd. street N.E. in Portage La Prairie. Admission is just five bucks. Kids under 12 get in for free!

Portage Model Railroad Club holds open house on Saturday, June 7

Late breaking news! The Portage Model Railroad Club is holding their summer open house this Saturday, June 7th, from 10AM to 3PM. This club is not open to the public often, so don't miss this great opportunity to explore their renovated CP station and view all of their great layouts in action!

Admission is only five bucks. Children under 12 get in for free! The CP station is located at 301 3rd. St NE in Portage la Prairie.

Come one, come all to the Portage Model Railway Club’s December open house

The Portage Model Railway Club holds only two open houses per year, and the next one is coming up on Saturday, December 16! It’s definitely worth the trip to see all of their layouts and displays in the renovated CP Rail station. If you haven’t been there lately, you’re going to be surprised and delighted at what they’ve done.

The hours of the open house are from 10AM to 3PM. Admission is five dollars. Kids under 12 are admitted for free! The station is located at 251 3rd. street NE in Portage La Prairie.

Portage is a great place for rail fanning, and its been listed as one of the top rail fanning sites by Trains magazine. The CN and CPKC mainlines run closer to each other than almost anywhere in the country, so bring your camera! Please remember that crossing tracks other than at designated road crossings is illegal and dangerous.
 

WMRC will hold its October meeting at the CP rail station in Portage La Prairie on Saturday, October 14

And now for something completely different! We're holding our October meeting in Portage La Prairie with the Portage Model Railway Club at the Portage CP station! Come see their great renovated station with all of their layouts and displays, and get in some rail fanning with the beautiful fall foliage! It's worth the trip! 

The meeting will be held on Saturday, October 14, at 1:00 PM. There will be no meeting on Friday, October 13. The station is located at 251 3rd. street NE in Portage La Prairie. Please bring a lawn chair, as there are a limited number of seats at the station.

October 14 is also the day of the partial eclipse. The weather report predicts a cloudy day, but if it's clear enough to view the eclipse, please bring proper eye protection. The eclipse begins about 10:30 AM and reaches its peak at about 11:42 AM, and will be over by meeting time.

Portage is a great place for rail fanning, and its even been listed as one of the top rail fanning sites by Trains magazine. The CN and CPKC mainlines run closer to each other than almost anywhere in the country, so come early and stay late for lots of fall rail action! Please remember that crossing tracks other than at designated road crossings is illegal and dangerous.

 

Portage La Prairie Model Railway Club to hold their summer open house this weekend

The Portage Model Railway Club summer open house is taking place this Saturday, June 10, from 10 AM to 3 PM vat the CP station on 251 3rd. street in Portage La Prairie. They will have outdoor activities such as trainspotting the CP and CN lines and a small ride-on barrel train for the kids to enjoy a ride around the lot. 

Inside the renovated historic Canadian Pacific Railway heritage station they will have every layout from Z to O gauge running, with staff on hand to provide demos and interaction. Drinks and snacks will be available to purchase on site. Come enjoy a day at the Station! Admission is $5, kids under 12 free.

 

 

Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club to hold open house on December 17

Our good friends at the Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club are holding an open house on Saturday, December 17. They hold their open houses just twice a year, so don’t miss this one!

They’re the only model railroad club in the province that operates out of a genuine CP rail station, lovingly restored by the club. They have a great HO modular layout and an O gauge layout.

There will be door prizes, music, hot drinks and snacks. They’ll also have gift items for sale, right in time for Christmas! Come and join in on the fun at the CP rail station at 251 3rd street NE in Portage La Prairie. They’ll be open from 10AM to 3PM on Saturday, December 17. Admission is only five bucks. Kids under 12 get in for free. It’s worth the trip to Portage! 
 

All aboard for the Portage la Prairie Model Railroad Club's annual open house!

The friendly folks at the Portage la Prairie Model Railroad Club are holding their annual summer house on Saturday, June 11 There will be several operating layouts, model railroad equipment for sale, snacks and prizes! Admission is only five bucks, kids under 12 get in for free. Hours are from 10AM to 3 PM at the CP station in Portage la Prairie, 231 3rd. street NE. Be sure to do some rail fanning while you're there! It's one of the few places in Canada where the CP and CN mainlines are only a few meters away from each other. What a great place to spend a lovely Saturday in Manitoba!

 

Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club holds a Christmas Party

All aboard for Christmas at the Station! The Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club is having a Christmas party on Saturday, December 18 from 10:00AM to 3:00PM. There will be model railroad exhibits, hot beverages, snacks and more!

Admission is only five bucks. Kids under 12 will be admitted for free. The CP station in Portage is located at 251 - 3rd street NE. Proof of COVID-19 double vaccination is required for entry for everyone 18 years of age and older.
 

Portage Model Railroad Club presents 2021 Running of the Trains Day this Saturday

The Portage Model Railroad Club will be holding their 2021 Running of the Trains Day this Saturday, October 2, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Canadian Pacific railway station at Portage La Prairie, 251 3rd street north. 

Members have reported that extensive renovations and improvement have been made to the station and to the club's operating layouts and displays since their last open house was held two years ago. Come see it for yourself! It's worth the trip!

Admission is $5.00. Kids under 12 admitted for free. All visitors must be fully immunized and show proof of vaccination. Children under 12 may attend if accompanied by a fully vaccinated member of their household.
 

Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club to hold open house this Saturday

The Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club will be holding their annual open house on Saturday, July 25, from 10:00AM to 3:00PM. The club features three working layouts, including a Lionel display which you can operate yourself, plus several displays. The club is located in the renovated Portage La Prairie CP station on 251 3rd. Street NE, across the street from the CP yards.

Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club holds Christmas open house starting today

The Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club is holding a Christmas open house starting today and continuing through the weekend and Monday. Come on down and run the trains on their layouts! Pick out something special from their gift shop! Treats will be available, and Santa will be visiting on Friday, Saturday, and Monday! Hours are from 10AM to 4PM on December 20, 21 and 23 and from 1PM to 4PM on Sunday, December 22. You can find them at the CPR Station in Portage La Prairie. It's worth the trip!

Portage La Prairie CPR station holds grand opening Sunday November 4

Portage La Prairie Heritage and the Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club are hosting the grand opening of the restored CPR station at 251 3rd Street NE in Portage La Prairie from 2:00PM to 4:00PM on Sunday, November 4. Model railroad layouts will be on display and cake and refreshments will be served.

Portage la Prairie Model Railroad Club to hold open house this Saturday

The Portage la Prairie Model Railroad Club will be holding their annual open house on Saturday, June 17 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. There will be a barbecue, family friendly model railroad demonstrations and a 50-50 draw. The Portage Model Railroad Club is located at the Canadian Pacific Railway station in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba at 215 street N.E.  The club is a wheelchair accessible facility. 

Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club and the Assiniboine Valley Railway hold open houses this weekend

We are pleased to announce that the Portage La Prairie Model Railroad Club will be holding an open house on Saturday, September 10 at their historic CP Station #251, located on 3rd St NE in Portage La Prairie. This is the club’s first open house in two years, and it’s always been a great event! Hours are from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. There will be a BBQ from 11:00AM to 2:00PM, and there will be lots of family friendly model train demonstrations. Admission is free! The station is a wheelchair accessible facility. A 50/50 draw will also be held.

The Assiniboine Valley Railway is also holding their monthly open house this weekend! On Saturday, September 10 they run from 11:00AM to 5:00PM, and on Sunday, September 11  from 1:00PM to 5:00PM. A ride costs only two bucks, and you can buy a 12 ride pass for $20  which is good for any AVR Public Event!  Kids two years of age and under ride for free! All minors must be accompanied by an adult. The AVR is located at 3001 Roblin Boulevard, just west of Assiniboine Park. 

The 2015 Manitoba Mega Train Show was a resounding success!

A wonderful G gauge modular layout was one of the many displays featured at the 2015 Manitoba Mega Train Show.

3,000 happy people attended the Manitoba Mega Train Show last weekend, with is a record breaking number for any train show held in the city for the past 30 years! The last time any train show in Winnipeg had numbers like that was for the legendary 1983 NMRA national  convention, Railway Jamboree.

Everyone loved our new venue!  The Red River Exhibition Park building was over three times the size of our previous venue. There was over 17,000 square feet of space!

Remember last year when the entire show was kept within the perimeter of the mega-train oval of track? Well, not this time! The mega-train took up just a third of the space this year. But the space inside of the track oval was still put to good use as the "kiddie section", which included two Lionel layouts, the Lego club display, Dan Kollesavich's Morse code demonstration, the face painter, and a balloon animal creator.

There was also another loop of track within the mega-train loop which featured a steam engine just smaller than the mega train. Most of the vendors were placed in one section, and the displays and modular groups were placed in another, which worked out to everyone's satisfaction.

Vendors reported some very impressive sales as well. Gerry Shaw from the Choo Choo Shop came all the way from Chilliwack to sell Lionel trains!!

The show also had out of town displays from the Portage La Prairie model railroad club and the Moose Jaw Thunder Creek Model Railway Club. 

We have plenty of pictures to show you, but they can't fit all in one post, so we're going to stagger them throughout this week, and the next. Enjoy!

Our good friends over at WinNtrak also set up their ever popular modular layout.

Godfrey South and his son Tommy get ready to run the Kildonan Short Lines modular railway.

Train Days at Portage la Prairie has been caneclled

   There will be no band playing at the CP Rail station at Portage La Prairie this year.

 
     We regret to announce that Train Days at Portage la Prairie has been cancelled this year.

     The Portage la Prairie Model Railroad Club has always put on a great show at the Canadian Pacific Railway Heritage Park and Interpretive Centre  (Formerly the CP Rail station). The event was usually held during the last weekend of May. But complications during the station's extensive renovations has caused them to remove their layout and place it in temporary storage.

     It is our sincere hope that Train Days will be able to be held next year. It's a great place to party, view a great looking model railroad, and do some rail fanning near the CP and CN mainlines!

Highlights of Train Days in Portage la Prairie

   There was record breaking heat, followed by a few downpours and several thunderstorms, but everyone who attended Train Days at Portage la Prairie had a great time!

     The Portage la Prairie Model Railroad Club put on a great show, as always. They had three model railroads on display (O, HO and N gauge) at the Canadian Pacific Railway Heritage Park and Interpretive Centre. The station itself has gone through some more renovations. This year they put in two bathrooms. With the 34C heat we had, the bathrooms turned out to be the coolest places on the grounds!

     Along with the model railroad displays, they held an excellent barbecue and had a live band playing. Things were going great until 2:00 when the rains came. But that didn't deter several intrepid rail fans, who got some great shots of passing trains under the shelter of the eaves of the CP and the CN stations! The station was open until 4:00, so visitors could still stay dry and view all the exhibits.

Train Days at Portage La Prairie - Saturday, May 24

    Our good friends at the Portage la Prairie Model Railroad Club and the Canadian Pacific Railway Heritage Park and Interpretive Centre, are holding their annual Train Days Celebration this weekend. The fun begins at 10:00AM and continues until 4:00PM at the historic CP Rail Station in Portage La Prairie.

     There will be plenty of exhibits in the station, and there's always the delicious barbecue that they serve! Of course, there will be lots of trains! Portage La Prairie is one of the few places in Canada where the CP and CN mainlines run just a few yards away from each other. It's a great place for rail fanning! Combining that with Railway Days, and you've got yourself a great way to spend what promises to be a warm and sunny Saturday in Manitoba!

    It's easy enough to find. Just drive down Saskatchewan Avenue in Portage and turn south on 3rd. street NE. You can't miss it!