John Longhurst has been named a member of the Order of Canada in December. He is one of 88 Canadians who've received the honour in 2024. He joins more than 8,000 Canadians who have received the country's highest civilian honour. John, who has been the faith page columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press since 2023 and is also a religion reporter for Canadian Affairs,  won the award for his contributions to the country's religious and spiritual media, his efforts to promote positive interdenominational relations, to reduce hate and to help readers see the humanity in every per ..read more

A our next meeting WMRC social Media Director Paul Ullrich will present "The men who designed trains", where he will introduce you to the extraordinary designers who created North America's most famous trains and paint schemes of the 20th century. The fun starts at 7:30 PM on Friday, January 10 in the Tank Room at the Charleswood Legion, 6003 Roblin Boulevard. The canteen will be open, and we will have our usual mode land photo displays and a 50/50 draw. Guests are always warmly welcomed. Hope to see you there ..read more

 The Winnipeg Model Railroad Club wishes all of its members, followers, model railroaders and rail fans a very merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years! Keep 'em on the rails for 2025 ..read more

  Long time former WMRC memberKenneth Robert Gravlin, better known as Bob, passed away December 14, 2024 at St. Boniface Hospital, at the age of 92 years. Bob is the father of long term member John Gravlin.  Bob grew up in Fort Garry. He worked for the CNR, which was partially responsible for his life long hobby of model railroading. He later moved on to a job with Air Canada finance where he worked for 28 years. Bob was also involved in his church and community work through the Odd Fellows and Rebekah Lodges. Bob was elected to the position of Grand Master in 2005/2006 ..read more

WMRC President John Bate conducts a clinic on Arduino animation and all of the fun things you can do with it, while Murray Brown and Bart Hasselfield look on. What a great Christmas party we had on Friday the 13th! Rod Sarna, John Bate, Larry Leaven, Ian Plett and Marvin Fetch put on five great clinics for our annual clinic carnival while our members and distinguished guests feasted on expertly prepared gourmet hot dogs prepared by our master chef Mark McLellan! We even had a few former members, such as Ian and Zenon Lisakowski, drop by and join in on the fun! The two Ians m ..read more

It’s Clinic Carnival time! Every December the WMRC holds a clinic carnival, featuring some of Winnipeg’s finest modellers who will share their skills and talents with you! This year Rob Sarna will show you how to install a NixTrainz Decoder Buddy replacement board, a Soundtraxx decoder and speaker into an Atlas HO locomotive. Larry Leavens will conduct a clinic on turnout control from two sides of the layout. Larry had a need to control a Tortoise switch machine from opposite sides of his layout. It is usually controlled by a double pole double throw (DTDP) toggle switch at a single locati ..read more

  You better watch out, you better not cry! You better not pout, I'm telling you why! Because if you do, your mom and dad (or your wife) won't let you see the CPKC Holiday Train this year!   The train arrives in Manitoba on December 3rd. It's first stop is in Whitemouth, at the Whitemouth Hotel on Railway Avenue, at 7:00 PM. Then it arrives in Winnipeg on Panet Road and Molson Street at 9:15PM. On December 5 the train will stop at Portage La Prairie at the CP station at 309 1st street NW Portage La Prairie from 3:00PM to 3:30PM. Then it will stop in Carberry at 4th avenue betwe ..read more

 Richard Mikolayenko brought in this HO rural train depot to the club’s monthly model display at our November meeting. It was built from an Atlas kit. He spray painted the exterior wall with primer, then painted the roof with a semi-flat red colour. The doors and windows were painted brown, and the base was spray painted grey. Richard tells us that this is a work in progress, and many finer details are to follow.  ..read more

  Neil Carleton brought in this exquisitely detailed Jordan Highway Miniatures Kit of a Railway Express Agency truck to the club’s monthly model display at our last meeting, held at the Charleswood Legion on November 15. Neil used Styrene solvent to assemble the piece and CA glue for the smaller parts. He airbrushed it with Tamyia primer, then sprayed and brush painted it, applied decals and sprayed it with Vallejo satin  varnish.  Jordan kits do not have a tab and slot or a pin and hole construction, and Neil found that it was a challenge to assemble. The rear axle was too lon ..read more

 At our next meeting MMR Lester Breuer, our old friend from Plymouth, Minnesota will make a presentation on how he added the town of Randolph to the Minneapolis & Northland Railroad layout. Lester will take us through the planning stage, benchwork, track, structures and scenery, including making a view block between towns and a backdrop.  It continues with a move of the town to a better location in the railroad room and finishes with an industry addition and a few mini scenes to add interest. The fun begins on Friday, November 15 at 7:30PM in the Tank Room at the Charleswood L ..read more