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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).

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