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Some
Links to our favourite sites
Lark
Spur Line
One
of the best train stores anywhere, and it is right in
Merrickville. There is lots of stock and many interesting used
items for estate purchases. They order once a week on Sundays and
usually have the product Friday afternoon. Lark Spur Line has
been a great support to our club.
TLA
Custom Models
A
small hobby shop in an outstanding B&B in Wilton, Ontario (Just West
of Kingston). The owner, John Licharson, is a gifted custom modeller
and keeps many useful tools in stock. He is also the area's Lenz
dealer and warranty repair centre.
Bytown
Railway Society
An
Ottawa based railway group that restores heritage railway equipment,
produces the premier Canadian rail new magazine, Branchline, and produces
a number of publications including the annual Trackside Guide.
Andrew is a member of the BRS.
Ottawa
Valley Associated Railroaders
A great association of area model railroaders that helped to get our club
started. This site has links to some great layouts in the
area. Both Robert and Andrew are members of OVAR.
National
Model Railroad Association
An
international association that provides a wealth of resources to model
railroaders that includes standards for manufacturers, award program for
modellers and some great conventions and shows. Merrickville is in
the Niagara
Frontier Region and
is in the
St. Lawrence Division.
A number of our members
are members of the NMRA.
Smiths
Falls Railway Museum
Located
about 20km west of Merrickville, this museum is great place to
visit. It is housed in a former Canadian Northern Railway Station
built in 1914. They have 10 acres of things to see and do! See steam
and diesel locomotives.
Andy's
Intercolonial Railway: New Glasgow and Pictou Landing Branch Layout
Andy's
layout Check out the site for updates on the progress.
Mike
Hamer's Boston and Main Blog
Mike
Hamer's Boston and Maine Layout in Ottawa was featured in an annual issue
of Model Railroader's "Great Model Railroads" a few years ago
and it is a gem. Our club is going to visit Mike's layout in
September and Mike is going to teach us how to make trees and shrubs for
our layout. Check out the blog and join the conversation with
Mike.
Michel
Boucher's Delaware and Hudson Layout
3
members of our club Andrew Chisholm, Robert Peck and Neil Lowes are
regular operators at this excellent layout in Alymer, Quebec. Two
Monday evenings a month, Michel opens his layout to a small group of
operators and runs some really challenging operating sessions.
The
Friday Night Group Blog
A
group of Ottawa area model railroad enthusiasts who meet weekly to run
each other's layouts and enjoy the camaraderie model railroading
offers. Mike Hamer is a member of this group.
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2012
Meetings
Meetings will happen
on Friday evenings. Members will be mailed details. If you
would like to be included in E-mails or want to host a gathering at your railroad?
E-mail trains@merrickvilleanglicans.org
November 2011
Update
It's been a long
time since the Merrickville Model Railroad Club has met on any kind of
regular basis. One of the reasons, no doubt, is that evenings and
weekends are really busy for people, including both Rob and me. The
parent / child part of club could still function for special projects
and field trips. Rob and I thought we would try something a little
different for this season.
1. Starting
Friday November 18 we are going to meet from 9am to Noon and work
on members layouts. I'd sure like to help Rob get his going and it
would be good to have folks over at my layout once and a while. On the
18th we will meet at Rob's Train Room. We will also meet one
evening a month. See schedule below.
2. The second thing
that Rob and I were thinking is that one Monday evening (or another
evening) a month we would like to do some local operating sessions.
I'd love to figure out an operating scheme for my own layout and would
love to have you guys test it. I know Eric has a layout that is fun to
operate and as Rob's comes along it would be great to operate what is
there. Maybe you would like us to come to your layout to try out
operations.
3. Lastly, the the
CPR Christmas Train is stopping in Merrickville on Sunday November 27.
It will arrive in Merrickville at 6:45 p.m at 103 East Broadway &
Country Road 2, south side of crossing near By St. It will stop at
Smiths Falls at 8pm the same evening.
Andrew, Vice
President
If you would like
to join us or get E-mail updates feel free to E-mail us at trains@merrickvilleanglicans.org
For a picture of
the club members from our first meeting, click
here
Check
out our picture page for pictures from past events and club nights
Here
are some pictures from our evening of tree making with Mike Hamer
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WHAT DO I DO WITH AN OLD LAYOUT
/ MODEL TRAINS?
From time to time people contact
us about what do with an old layout and the trains and buildings.
We have been able to find good homes for a lot of model railroad
buildings, rolling stock, engines and scenic supplies. This has included
2, 4X8 layouts we have built and raffled off for CHEO (our local
children's hospital), building a shelf layout for a local child as well
as giving pieces to local children and youth who are just getting
started. We have also been able to give pieces to a cancer patient
who finds model railroading to be a way of relieving his stress and
worry.
One thing to consider is that the
technology and quality of manufacturing has changed so much in the last
decade that older equipment has very little value. We are not in a
position to sell anything, but will promise to find a good home for it.
Please contact us at trains@merrickvilleanglicans.org
if you would like more information.
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