Open House

 2026 ANNUAL FALL OPEN HOUSE

Saturday, October 17th 2026

10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The Waterloo Region Model Railway Club (WRMRC) is a 2000 square foot, HO-scale (1:87) miniature recreation of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Sudbury Division, as it appeared and operated during the 1970s. The layout features include:

  • a multi-level (mushroom) design over 2 floors with tracks interconnected by helices
  • track arrangements of the modelled towns are duplicated closely to the prototype locations
  • locomotives and rolling stock match real equipment that operated in northern Ontario during the ’70s
  • long freight trains rolling smoothly over handlaid trackage powered by NCE Digital Command Control
  • a large layout in mid-construction, allowing visitors to view progress and see how it’s all done

The club is located in a quonset hut, approximately 1 kilometre north of the village limits at 1589 Maryhill Road (Woolwich Township Road #56). Watch for our signs into Maryhill, and at the main intersection in town.

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Admission

Adults: $5.00

Seniors and Students: $3.00

Children: Free (must be supervised by an adult)

For more information: send us an e-mail


We are also open each spring (normally last Saturday of March) as part of the Doubleheaders Layout Tour, and at the end of August for the Waterloo Railway Expo. Please see our Calendar of Events for exact dates.


 

Recent Posts

Following CP#911 Video

There are many things our club does well, but creating numerous, frequent, and up-to-date layout videos for the WRMRC YouTube channel isn’t one of those. However, the recent Waterloo Railway Expo did coax us to do some new filming, so our club’s display there could present this video showing some of the newer scenic areas and latest structures on the layout.

This video follows CP manifest freight #911 along the current active section of the layout between Stinson siding on the Cartier Sub, and the hidden Webbwood staging yard at the end of the Webbwood Sub. The recording was done over the middle of August 2026, just days before the Expo.

This isn’t the slickest and most professional model train video, but it does give you a contemporary look at the CP Sudbury Division layout in 2026.

For your viewing pleasure we present:- “Following 911 Over the CP Sudbury Division”

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