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Saturday, 12 November 2016

Everyone had a great time at Doors Open Winnipeg

By Morgan Turney

Doors Open Winnipeg, presented by Heritage Winnipeg on May 28 and 29, was a resounding success for the Winnipeg Railway Museum again this year, with just over 1300 visitors. The Gateway Western Railway was a popular highlight with volunteers running their trains for the duration of the opening. Thanks goes to Dave Downie for organizing the running schedule.

Graham Leathers directs part of a tour of the museum from a flat car.

Former WMRC President Larry Leavens discusses the size of the birthday present he wants this year with WMRC Treasurer Gary Stempnick while Gary's wife Joanne look on.

Thursday, 3 November 2016

Felix Lesiuk wins Winnipeg Model railroad Clubs monthly photo contest for January

Long time WMRC member Felix Lesiuk was the winner of the club's monthly photo contest this January for this photo he took of a former Milwaukee Road station. The theme for January's photo contest was "a railway item that needs a fresh coat of paint". There were six entries for this month's contest. The winner of the club's monthly photo contest receives a cash prize and has their winning image published on the cover of The Lantern, the official publication of the WMRC, for that month.

Felix Lesiuk is a long time member of the WMRC. He is also President of WinNtrak, one of Western Canada's largest N scale modular group. He has won many awards for his photography over the years.

The theme for February's contest is "Prairie Sentinels (or parts there of)". The deadline for this contest is midnight, February 2. Send all entires to Lantern Editor Robert Weaver at weaverflowers@gmail.com.