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.

Winnipeg Model Railroad Club to hold their annual banquet

The WMRC is winding up another great season with our annual banquet! We'll also be holding our annual general meeting and presenting awards to the winners of our photo and model contests. It's being held on Friday, May 11, at the Canad Inns Polo Park in Alto's Restaurant, which is located at 1405 St. Matthews Avenue. 

Cocktails and dinner (buffet style or order from their menu) will start at 6:00PM, and the AGM will begin at 7:30PM. We’ll have lots of door prizes and “arm's length” raffle ticket prizes (that’s where you buy your arm’s length of tickets) to give out, as well as our traditional elimination draw! Hope to see you all there!

John Longhurst gets article published in Trackside Photographer

Check out long time WMRC member John Longhurst's article in Trackside Photographer, which was just posted yesterday. It's all about his railfan trip to Swift Current, Saskatchewan in 2015. Way to go, John! http://thetracksidephotographer.com/2018/05/03/a-railfan-visits-swift-current-saskatchewan/