It's Klinic Karnival time at the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club!

   Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Hurry, hurry, hurry! Come one, come all to the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's annual Klinic Karnival! This year's line up promises to be a rip roaring, rootin-tootin, senses staggering, mind - bending plethora of model railroad talent that's guaranteed to please and entertain any one interested in model railroading, from the beginner to the expert!
 
   Some call it a "Three-Ring Circus." Others call it "Under The Big Top" or "The Greatest Show on Earth!" That, along with the annual WMRC Christmas Dinner, will make for an exciting evening on Friday, December 13th, starting at 7:30 PM! Admission is FREE to members and non-members alike!

  We have so much for you to see this year. You can wander from 'ring-to-ring' and see and learn how to do many things related to model railroading.

The list includes:

Making Custom Switch Stands
Working with Styrene
Modelling Peeling Paint
Easy Layout Design Techniques
Z-scale Modelling
Applying Wet and Dry Decals
Wood Weathering
Freight Car Maintenance
Making Realistic Trees
Model Weathering Using Chalks
DCC Stationary Decoders.

   And on top of all of that, it's the annual WMRC Christmas Dinner night, too! There'll be hot dogs and drinks and fun for all!

   Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Christmas Cheer Board again this year. Last year we donated a record 26 items to the Board! See you on Friday, December 13, at Westworth United Church, 1750 Grosvenor Avenue!

Construction crew night at the Gateway Western on Tuesday, December 10

   Want to work on a really big model railroad? Well, here's your chance! The Gateway Western needs you! Come on over to the Winnipeg Railway Museum, located at Winnipeg's historic Via Rail Union Station (located at 123 Main Street) at 7:00 PM (that's 19:00 railway time) and pitch in!

   Come out and give us a hand, because even one more person helping out will make a real difference. If you've never been there before, it'll be a great opportunity to make some new friends. If you have been there already, it'll be an excellent opportunity to renew some old acquaintances.

   The museum is located at the second level of the station. If you're entering through the front entrance, walk straight through the rotunda . The entrance will be the first door on your right. If you're coming through the station's back entrance, then walk through the corridor until you're almost reach the rotunda.  The entrance will be on your left.

    The Gateway Western is in it's own heated enclosure inside the museum, so you'll be roasty toasty warm was you're helping to build what is promising to be one of the finest layouts in the city.

    The Gateway is the jewel in the crown of the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club. It's latest incarnation (and it's had almost as many regenerations as Doctor Who) brings it right back to Union Station, where the very first Gateway Western layout was assembled, maintained and operated by the WMRC until 1995, when it was replaced by a bathroom on the main floor.

    Don't worry about your lack of skill, or even if you've never picked up a hammer. There's no experience necessary, as the crew will provide in house training!

And now a word from our sponsor: Santa Lucia Pizza

   For going on four decades, hungry members of the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club have been satisfying their appetites after the meetings at Santa Lucia Pizza at 4 St. Mary's Road in Winnipeg!

   Greg (pictured above), their genial manager, has been greeting us warmly for a good part of that time. The restaurant has been a faithful advertiser our official publication, The Lantern, for many years, taking out a full page ad which appears on page 2.

   If you haven't been to the place since it's grand re-opening, then you're in for a real treat! The old converted gas station it was housed in has been replaced by a beautiful and spacious new restaurant. 

Their pizza, always considered the very best in Winnipeg (and they have the awards to prove it) , has gotten even better with the introduction of their new ovens.

    Heading down to Santa Lucia on Friday nights after the meeting has been as much of a tradition as the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club itself! You're more than welcome to come and join us!

   Check out their menu at this link: http://www.santaluciapizza.com/stmarys%20dine%20in.html