VECRR Honor Roll

Awards, Prizes & Distinctions
Date Event Award Comments
1994-12 Greenberg Great Train, Dollhouse & Toy Show, Troy, NY 1st place Layout competition
1995-06 NER regional convention, Ste-Foy, QC 1st place, Diorama NMRA Northeastern Region
1995-06 NER regional convention, Ste-Foy, QC Best New Modeler Award NMRA Northeastern Region
1997-04 "Zoom sur les miniatures", Québec, QC Star exhibit Musée de la Civilisation (April 1997-April 1998)
1998-03 NMRA NER Merit Award Judging "Golden Spike" Award VECRR becomes first Z portable layout to qualify for Achievement Program Award.
1998-11 PNR-7th Division Trains98, Burnaby, BC 2nd place - popular vote NMRA Pacific Northwest Region
1998-12 GATS, Spokane, WA 2nd place - popular vote Great American Train Show
1999-02 GATS, Portland, OR 4th place - popular vote Great American Train Show
2000-05 PNR 1st Division, Issaquah, WA 2nd place - module NMRA Pacific Northwest Region
2000-05 PNR 1st Division, Issaquah, WA Best Use of Space Award NMRA Pacific Northwest Region
2000-07 NMRA National Train Show, San Jose, CA 2nd place, Module-individual Very respectable finish in first ever national competition for VECRR.
2001-07 NMRA National Train Show, St. Louis, MO BEST OF SHOW First ever Z scale winner of NA grand championship. (112 points out of 125).
2001-07 GATS, Nashville, TN 2nd place - popular vote Great American Train Show
2001-07 GATS, Grand Rapids, MI 3rd place - popular vote Great American Train Show
2002-01 Amherst Railway Society BIG Train Show (W.Springfield, USA) Invited layout Largest and most prestigeous model train exhibition on the East Coast (by invitation only)
2002-04 Faszination Modellbau (Sinsheim, Germany) Invited layout Sponsored by BDEF, Micro-Trains Line, Märklin and Kalmbach Publishing. First NA layout to participate in German train show. (by invitation only)
2002-05 GATS, Akron, OH 2nd place - popular vote Great American Train Show
2002-06 GATS, Erie, PA 2nd place - popular vote Great American Train Show
2002-07 GATS, Birmingham, AL 3rd place - popular vote Great American Train Show
2003-08 Exporail: Great Passion for Small Trains, special event weekend Invited layout Extremely enjoyable weekend show presented in a new $7 million pavillion housing some of the premier artifacts of Canadian railroading history. (by invitation only)
2003-10 Eurospoor (Utrecht, NL) Invited layout 1st NA layout to participate in Eurospoor. Sponsored by Eurospoor, Micro-Trains Line and Ztrack Magazine. (by invitation only)
2003-12 Canadian Railroad Historical Association VECRR enters Exporail permanent collection An exciting NEW chapter in the story of the VECRR. To be on full-time display to the public at Exporail, Canadian Railroad Museum.
2004-11 Model Railroader Magazine 5-page feature article (p88-92) The VEC reached 200,000 MR readers with an excellent photo spread and article presenting "Globetrotting Z Ambassador Layout".
2006-03 Permanent installation at Exporail VECRR on permanent display At 4pm on March 23, 2006 the VECRR was installed under glass for the pleasure of future generations of visitors to Exporail.
2006-04 London Festival of Railway Modelling Invited layout (VEW) 1st NA layout to participate at the Festival. Sponsored by Micro-Trains Line, Ztrack Magazine, Märklin and Exporail-Canadian Railway Museum. (layouts by invitation only)