| Model railway enthusiasts indulge themselves in one of | | | | have created some incredible websites that display |
| the most popular hobbies in the world, and Canadian | | | | some superb photos of their members' layouts. There |
| model trains in particular have carved themselves a | | | | are forums and newsrooms too, all dedicated to |
| substantial slice of the pie in terms of overall popularity. | | | | preaching the word and spreading the gospel of |
| The history of the railroad network in Canada speaks | | | | Canadian model trains in action, to the rest of the |
| volumes for the daunting challenges faced and met by | | | | modeling world. |
| the railroad pioneers, who developed the railway | | | | Many Canadian model train clubs support their |
| system, and who designed and built the incredible | | | | members' endeavors to construct fantastic dioramas |
| locomotives and rolling stock specialized to establish | | | | in a knock down form that can be transported all over |
| the incredible infrastructure that still spans the nation | | | | Canada where they assemble them in venues across |
| today. | | | | the nation for fellow hobbyists to see, take wonder in, |
| For each and every Canadian model train, is a tribute | | | | and enjoy. For these people there is no financial |
| to its pioneers; the machines that they created and | | | | reward, merely a covering of the costs they incur in |
| brought to life. Those metal giants, that huffed and | | | | travelling and overnight expenses. For these guys and |
| puffed their way across Canada, billowing smoke and | | | | gals, the real reward is the delight that they see in the |
| radiating power and majesty. | | | | eyes of those who come to see and celebrate their |
| The serious model train hobbyist is a highly skilled | | | | exhibitions. |
| specialist who not only builds locomotives and rolling | | | | Some of the needed modeling to create the lifelike |
| stock from bronze or die-cast kits of bogies, chassis' | | | | layouts is almost beyond belief. They are more than |
| and motors. They take their passion for modeling into | | | | labors of love; they are labors of passion and |
| all aspects of the railroad world, building dioramas that | | | | commitment. There is no greater thrill than watching a |
| come to life in displaying Canadian railroading in all their | | | | Canadian trains crossing the Rocky Mountains, |
| glory in a true to life model working environment. | | | | weaving its way in and out of tunnels, and all of the |
| Some enthusiasts buy their locomotives and rolling | | | | scenery built faithfully by hand! |
| stock straight out of the model stores already fully built | | | | Even for those who have not developed the modeling |
| and ready to run. For them the delight is in building the | | | | skill, but who buy much of their scenery from a model |
| track layouts, and the dioramas they create are truly | | | | store, they still have that desire and passion to |
| awesome. A Canadian model steam engine, working | | | | assemble a truly impressive background that brings |
| earnestly away, pulling its load, billowing model smoke, | | | | their Canadian model trains to life. |
| and utilizing thundering sound effects (steam engine, | | | | Once truly bitten with the Canadian railroad bug, you |
| level crossing, cattle truck sounds, etc.) in a realistic | | | | will never look back. You will enter a whole new world |
| layout is something extraordinarily special to behold. | | | | in miniature; a world that celebrates all that is great |
| Canadian train enthusiasts have banded together and | | | | about the Canadian model train. |