Merrickville Model Railroad Club

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 is about a year old and trains have been running for about half that time. 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.

Merrickville Model Railroad Club

Welcome to the web page for the Merrickville parent/child Model Railroad Club. The club meets at Holy Trinity on most Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:00pm. See the train orders below for more details. You do not need to be a parent or a child to join, you just need to love trains and want to be part of an inter-generational exploration of all things trains. There is no fee to join - come along on club night and introduce yourself. Feel free to E-mail us the address below.

2008-2009 Officers

President - Robert Peck
Vice-President - Andrew Chisholm
Treasurer - David Watson
Secretary - Thomas Gray

Club E-mail address: mmrc@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

OUR LAYOUT IS COMPLETE AND THE LUCKY WINNER HAS PICKED UP HIS LAYOUT (an 11 year old from St. Andrews West)

CLICK HERE FOR A PICTURE OF THE COMPLETED LAYOUT

We are meeting at Robert Peck's home to work on the 2008 CHEO Raffle Layout on most Thursdays from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Some Thursdays we are working on member layouts. E-mail us at the address above to confirm. Members will be sent an E-mail each week

Upcoming Events

Thursdays we meet at Robert Peck's Home at 135 H.F. McLean Road rom 6:30 to 8:00pm unless otherwise indicated.

Saturday May 24th - Kitbusting Session at Christ Church in Burritt's Rapids from 9am to Noon. Breakfast at 8:30am.

Here is the article about our club as printed in the Merrickville Phoenix

Merrickville Model Railroad Club raises $1297 for CHEO

On October 15 a model railroad built by the Merrickville Model Railroad Club was raffled off at Railfair in Ottawa raising $1297for CHEO. The club has spent the last few months building a 4' X 8' model railroad at Holy Trinity Church. We have over 30 members, about half children and youth, and the other half adults. Together we have been learning all of the intricacies of model railroading with the help of local and Ottawa area model railroaders.

Members have also done some field trips including a wonderful day at the Canadian Railroad Museum in Delson, Quebec and some railfanning at the Smiths Falls train station.

Now that the layout is built and gone to a new home, club members are dreaming of what to do next. No doubt another railroad will be built at Holy Trinity, perhaps a more permanent one that can be taken to local events. The club continues to meet on Thursdays at Holy Trinity Anglican Church from 6:30 to 8:00pm. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of Jeff and Pat Trew of Lark Spur Line and the members of Holy Trinity Church. More information (and pictures) can be found on the club's web site at http://www.merrickvilleanglicans.org/mmrc.htm

For more information E-mail Robert at robertpeck@heliosgallery.ca (269-4193) or Andrew at andrew@merrickvilleanglicans.org (269-3848).

Last Updated: 30 Apr 2008
URL: www.merrickvilleanglicans.org/mmrc.htm

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