After 22 years,
the Selkirk Model Railroad Association is no more.
The club, located in
the city of Selkirk, just north of Winnipeg, traces its origins back to 1993. That’s
when two copies of a model railroad magazine were stuck together and delivered
to the same mailbox—prompting the recipient to learn there was another model
railroader in the town.
That led to a
meeting, which led to more meetings with more model railroaders, and then to
the formation of the club. In 1995 the club found a home in the Selkirk Journal building.
Since that time the
club has been home to two HO layouts, along with two N and one O scale layout.
But now the club, and
the layouts, are gone. Falling membership meant the club could no longer afford
the rent.
That’s too bad. The
Selkirk Model Railroad Association was a great part of the model railroad scene
in Manitoba.
I’m sorry to see it
gone.
Visit the club's website. (Still up as of May 7, 2016.)
See more photos of the Selkirk Model Railroad club HO layout.
See photos of when Rapido's Turbo Train visited the club.
Read about the interesting cenotaph/war memorial scene on the old HO layout.
Watch a video of the Turbo Train on the HO layout.
Read more about Selkirk's interesting brush with railroad history.
Wow, hard to believe! We attended their open housed in 2009, while I ogled the “turbo” cruising about the HO layout; one of the members took my wife on a tour of the other layouts. Great layouts and generous hosts. Randy O’Brien
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