Events & Shows
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Current Events
Note: Events indicated with the CARM logo are CARM EVENTS.
GREY CENTRAL RAILWAY CLUB ANNUAL TRAIN SHOW |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 18th, 2010 |
| Location: | Participation Lodge, Holland Centre, ON |
| Time: | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
| Contact: | Al Ireton or Paul Korhonen |
| Phone: | Al: 519 794-3692 or Paul: 519 538-5904 |
| Email: | pkorhonen@rogers.com |
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Information:
Members will operate the 20'x30' HO scenicked Club layout, open for display. Portable layouts are also exhibited. Tables are available for vendors selling new and used model railway items. Event is also sponsored by the Midwestern Chapter of CARM. Admission: $5.00, Children 10 and under FREE. |
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Directions:
Travel along Highway 10 towards Owen Sound. Turn right (east) on Sideroad #30. Drive five minutes east on No. 30 to Participation Lodge. Show and open house is in the basement of the Nursing Home. |
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LMRA, CARM & NMRA London and District Layout Tour |
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| Date: | Saturday, September 25th, 2010 |
| Location: | London and Surrounding Area, ON |
| Time: | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM |
| Contact: | Robert Langlois |
| Phone: | 519-860-4864 |
| Email: | rplanglois@gmail.com |
Information:
Registration: 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $5.00/person; 12 years and younger FREE.
Registration Points:
East: 1 Hank Duivenbode
R.R.2, Innerkip,ON
Telephone: 519 469 3695
email: hankw.1933@hotmail.com
SE: 2 Otter Valley Railroad
53546 James Line off John Wise
Line, Aylmer RR #6, N5H 2R5
Telephone: 519 773 8652
email: jess88@execulink.com
SW: 3 Elgin County Railway Museum
Fred Elliot
225 Wellington Street, St.Thomas
Telephone: 519 681 1342
email: dispatcher@ecrm5700.org
London Central:
4 London N'Gineers
561 Horton Street, London
behind Doug's Trains
Telephone: 519 686 2690
email: glawrence@idirect.com
London West:
5 London Model Railroad Group
69 Holborn Ave, London
behind Taco Bell)
Telephone: 519 432 1491
London North:
6 Broughdale Hobbies
1444 Glenora Drive, London,
Telephone: 519 434 0600
email: sales@rrhobby.ca
This tour includes some of the finest train layouts in Ontario. N, HO, S ,O, and G scales are represented. Some of the road names are: KWLY Railway, Midland Railway, Northern Pacific, Turkey Creek RR., Byron Valley RR., Ardleigh Bitton - meaning Hardly Bitten, Salem Road, Kettle Creek Railroad, TANTALLON subdivision, Maple Lake Junction, Cottonwood & Dunnville, Ausable Valley, Otter Valley RR, CN, Sicamouse RR, Harwell Lines,Midland Railway, Biscuit Creek, Canada Southern, Yarmouth Central, Western RR., Grand Skunk, B.N.S. RR., Williamsburg & Fredericton RR, Anniversary Garden RR., Canadian Pacific, Yarmouth Heights, Shalebank Subdivision CN/CP, Waubuno & Thames Valley R.R., Lake Erie & International, Lake Erie Electric, and Lakeside & Pine Valley. |
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Railway Days at Heritage Park Historical Village |
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| Date: | Saturday September 25th and Sunday September 26th, 2010 |
| Location: | Heritage Park Historical Village, Calgary, Alberta |
| Time: | 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM |
| Contact: | Heritage Park Guests Services |
| Phone: | 403-268-8500 |
| Email: | info@heritagepark.ab.ca |
| Website: | http://www.heritagepark.ca/ |
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Information:
All aboard for a weekend of family fun during Railway Days at Heritage Park! Watch how steam is created as the locomotive takes on water. Don't miss the spectacle of the double-headed Steam Engine, Heritage Park is one of the few sites in North America that has two steam locomotives. Visit the Roundhouse for turntable demonstrations and a behind the scenes tour of a locomotive Cab. The weekend includes spectacular model railway exhibits, unique demonstrations, activities and kids crafts, plus the 4th annual Texting vs. Telegraphy Competition and the CP Spike Driving Competition. |
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Directions:
Heritage Park Historical Village. 1900 Heritage Drive SW, Calgary Alberta. Just 15 minutes south of downtown Calgary at 14th Street and Heritage Drive SW. |
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Pine Ridge Railroaders Inc. - Model Railroad Show |
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| Date: | Saturday November 20th and Sunday November 21st, 2010 |
| Location: | 1020 Dryden Boulevard, Whitby, ON |
| Time: | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
| Contact: | Richard Blackwood |
| Phone: | 905-723-5711 |
| Email: | midnightexp@sympatico.ca |
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Information:
ADMISSION: Adults - $5.00 Children under 14 - $2.00 Under 5 - FREE! |
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Directions:
1020 Dryden Boulevard, Whitby near Anderson St. |
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Quinte Model Train Show |
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| Date: | Saturday December 4th and Sunday December 5th, 2010 |
| Location: | Quinte Secondary School, Belleville, ON |
| Time: | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
| Contact: | Paul Martel |
| Phone: | 613-968-9270 |
| Email: | pmartel@cogeco.ca |
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Information:
Highway 401 to Belleville, South on Front St., Right on College St, one block to Quinte Secondary School. Parking and show entrance at rear of school. |
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Directions:
Over 1100 square feet of vendors and displays of all guages, spaced out in five large display areas. Free parking. Door Prizes. Admission - Adults $5.00 - Seniors/Students $4.00 - Children $2.00 - Family $10.00 New dealers and displays welcome, space allotted on date of receiving application. |
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Modular Train Club Fleamarket |
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| Date: | Saturday February 12th, 2011 |
| Location: | St.. Paul's United Church, Dundas, Ontario |
| Time: | 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM |
| Contact: | Tom Allan |
| Phone: | 905-575-9326 |
| Email: | tomallan@mountaincable.net |
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Information:
Train Fleamarket items. |
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Directions:
St. Pauls is located at 29 Park Street West, Dundas Ontario. |
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