Welcome

Welcome to CARM, the Canadian Association of Railway Modellers, located in Canada but with members from many areas around the world. CARM is both for Canadians as well as those with interests in Canadian Railways or model railroading or both. Our membership in the organization is open to anyone that wishes to join.

CARM offers members a quarterly Newsletter, monthly Zoom clinics, Chapter activities, access to our YouTube Channel and this Website as well as the opportunity to interact with your fellow members across the country.

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Check back here regularly for updates for the monthly Zoom Sessions for members. Malcolm Back and William Waithe have put together a number of guests to present on various topics. These sessions will take place on the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00pm eastern. Invitations for these sessions will be sent out to all current members by email approximately one week prior to the session, so make sure your membership is current. If you would like to make a presentation yourself, or if you have suggestions for future topics, please contact Malcolm or William.

Former Canadian National Railways passenger car 4977 was built by the Canadian Car & Foundry in 1924 and started life as No. 5084. Canadian National renumbered the car in 1969 and during its later years it was used for commuter service in the Montreal area.
The Society acquired the car in 1989 for use with ex-CP 1201 excursion service.
Following the retirement of 1201, the Society leased 4977 to The York Durham Heritage Railway in Uxbridge Ontario where the car was repainted from black and white CN livery to a more traditional green with gold lettering.
The lease with the YDHR ended in 2005 and the car was returned to the Society towards the end of the summer. The car's exterior has been restored and repainted in the old CN livery.
In September 2024, the car was donated to the Railroad Museum of New England.
All of the YDHR green was subsequently removed and the car was painted in CN "tomato green"; it was never lettered prior to leaving Ottawa for its new home in the Railroad Museum of New England where it was quickly put into service following an overhaul of the running gear including new wheels and the installation of a new canteen area and on-board electrical generator. it is hoped to do an article on the work by the RMNE, we just have to get the time to put it together. They have brilliant shop and work force.

Review of the quantity of Scenery needed to fill a whole layout and the wild costs of doing so by buying the small quantities made by RR modelling supply companies. We will explore some ways to dramatically cut these costs.

A presentation while walking around my layout, made up of 2’ x 4’ folding tables that can be unbolted and folded up when it comes time to move. Model Railroads are typically associated with homeowners and when the home is sold, the layout is demolished. Folding tables allow tenants to take down their layouts and move to new rental accommodations and (possibly) set them up again with a little tweaking.

Using various AI software packages, we will explore how you can use this new technology to reveal new levels of detail when challenged by only having older photos or videos of the prototype. We will also demo colourization software which makes old black and white pictures come alive in a new way.

Firstly, I'll give a brief description of some types of operations. Then I'll present an introduction to the North Easthope Central with diagrams and pictures. The rest will explain some of the industries, how I assign cars and the trains it takes to move them to their destinations. I'll also explain my restaging operation.

2026 CARM Calendar

There are a few extra calendars that have been printed and these are available for ordering on a first come basis. As a member to get one or more of the 2026 calendars you will need to contact the Membership Manager, John Johnston, at editor@caorm.org and request the number of calanders you would like alond with your Name, Email address, and Mailing address. Calanders are $15 each. You will get a reply from John once he confirms he has enough calander(s) to send to you along with the amount to send and how to pay for them. Remember that once they are gone there will be no more available for 2026.

2027 CARM Calendar

Please submit photos for the 2027 CARM calendar

If you have an image that you would like to submit to us for use in the 2027 CARM calendar please read the following. We are seeking 6 high quality images of prototype scenes and 6 high quality images of model railroad scenes to include in the calendar. These images need to be in sharp focus for most of the image, well lit, well composed and of interest. Images should be in landscape format. You do not need to edit the image as we would prefer to edit the image ourselves as to maximize the image for the printer. If you have an image you wish to submit an image for consideration follow these steps.

Submit a small JPG image if possible for consideration. Obtain all of the information about the image including: Location, Date, Photographer, Camera Stats, Owner of the items in the scene.