Links of Interest

Museums

West Coast Railway Museum is now the Railway Museum of British Columbia

The Railway Museum of British Columbia Museum in Squamish is well worth visiting. Check their hours before you go.

The Royal Hudson is at the WCRA Park in Squamish.

Prince George Rail Museum

Digitrax Digital Command Control

Digitrax manufactures one of the finest lines of Digital Command Control (DCC) products made in the USA. Central Hobbies stocks the full line of Digitrax Equipment. Please drop by the store for a Demo. If you wish, we can visit your club for an on-site demo.

Lenz manufactures one of the finest lines of Digital Command Control (DCC) products made. Central Hobbies stocks Lenz DCC Equipment. Please drop by the store for a Demo.

North Coast Engineering Digitrax manufactures an advanced DCC system. Central Hobbies stocks the NCE DCC Equipment. Please drop by the store for a Demo.

Prototype sites

Clubs

The Canadian Toy Train Association has held monthly meetings since March 1974 and serves about 100 members. We are an independent non-affiliated Canadian train club specializing in toy trains - mainly American Flyer, Lionel, Marx and MTH. We hold regular monthly meetings in Burnaby, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) on the last Sunday of each month except July, August, and December at George Rummel Recreation Centre, at 3630 Lozelle Street, Burnaby. Please visit their Web Site for additional information. Central Hobbies stocks the special run cars produced by the Canadian Toy Train Association.

See the BCSME (British Columbia Society of Model Engineers) web site for information on the club and the site. They have a ride-on minirail in the park.

Free-Mo. There is as yet no Vancouver Free-mo group but there are rumblings (Slo-Mo because they can't get their act together). The closest Free-Mo group to the Lower Mainland is Coldslap Free-mo, based in Chilliwack.

See the Greater Vancouver Garden Railway Club Web Pages for information about Garden railways in the lower Mainland.

See the Train Gang Web Pages for information about the Train Gang.

See the TT- Tracks web pages for information about the TT-Scale mini module system.

National Model Railroad Association

PNR 7th Division National Model Railroad Association

NMRA Canada

The National Model Railroad Association Canada handles Canadian NMRA memberships. Dues are now much lower ($ 20.00 Cdn) with a choice of extra fare newsletters or magazines.

For information contact Don Hillman Registrar NMRA Canada or download a registration form here .

IPMS Vancouver

The International Plastic Modellers Society of Vancouver has been around for many years. They have monthly meetings and a show in the fall. See their website for more information. .

Distributers and Manufacturers