Open House 2018

Thank so much to everyone who came out on Saturday, April 21st to our club open house. Thank you for your support.  A special thank you to our friends at York-Durham Heritage Railway for being there and our friends at THAI EXPRESS for lunch to keep our volunteers working hard.

N Scale Update

Further updates on work on the new N Scale home layout. The permanent bridge for the upper main line is in and operational. Feel free to bring trains to run. Also the branch line to the bottom has started, track crews are trying to catch up with the roadbed crews.

We’ve begun to build our new N scale layout

December 22nd Thanks to all the eager helpers the long awaited new club N layout is well underway. Enclosed is a few action shots, mind you the guys outside might still be frozen to the saws. Everyone that showed up contributed, even the one person who came in from Winterpeg to enjoy our warmer temperatures ! The wood was all cut and the legs were assembled with some feet attached. All pieces were audited/measured this morning, (2 pieces were cut too short, (X1 & K4) and 1 piece (L2) was not cut at all !!) I can’t blame the guys on the saws when I told them what to cut !! it just means these short pieces will need to be recut and the short versions will become risers or leg braces. new-n2For those that missed the excitement, each piece that was cut has a unique Letter / number combination to match the benchwork support layers in the track plan (for those with Xtrack cad the plan is enclosed). Each pile of wood in the N area represents a module .. the jigsaw puzzle still needs to be assembled .. so please don’t mix up the piles, the assemblers are confused enough already. The next build session will be after our visit from the Jolly guy in Red and some of the important family socialization events. The material that was in the N area has been moved either near or under the HO, so if operating in the Meat Packing and Pulp & Paper areas

Update For Our 2017 Fall Show

Attention Vendors and Exhibitors: Space at our 2017 Fall Show is selling out quickly. Currently we have less than 20 tables available for sale. Please make sure you get in contact with our Show Co-Ordinator, Ben, no later then September 8th, 2017 to confirm your table(s). As of September 9th, 2017 further applications will be put on hold for a 2-week timeframe. We will begin to finalize show numbers during this time. On September 22nd, 2017 we will update you regarding the space we have left. Once we are fully booked and at capacity for our venue, Ben will activate a Waiting List on a “first come first service basis”. In order to be placed on the Waiting List, you must provide the following information: Name, Phone number, Number of tables you are booking. Once you have been contacted by and confirmed by Ben, as to your participation with our 2017 Fall Show, you must pay the correct amount in cash for your booked tables when you arrive. We will not be accepting cheques or money orders at the door, upon your arrival. It is in your best inserts to get on that wait list as soon as possible. In the event of a cancellation the wait list will be activated. Thank you for your continued support of our Fall Show.

Vendors and Exhibitors Show 2017

We have begun the process of distributing our Application Forms for our annual Model Railroad show.  All Vendors who attended our Fall Show in November 2016, will be receiving an application for this years show, as will Vendors that were on our 2016 ‘Waiting List’.  If you do not receive an Application Form or if your contact information has changed from what you provided last year, please contact Ben, our show coordinator at PRRShow@gmail.com. Thank you for your continued support of our annual Model Railroad Show and we look forward to seeing you on November 18 & 19, 2017.

Year-End BBQ 2016

June 13th 2017 was our year-end BBQ and for the first time we held it at our club house.  Members were able to chat and have an operating session after the food was served.    It was a big success.  Thanks to all of the organizers and helpers before, during, and after the event. Below are some pictures from this past year.