LINKS

VECRR
Val Ease Central Links

(CA) Canadian Railroad Historical Society
Exporail (home of the VEC) is an international calibre collection of Canada's most important railroad artifacts.

(DE) Bi-annual German Railway Friends' Sinsheim meet
Faszination Modellbau & BDEF 2nd US modellers' meet in Sinheim, Germany (VEC invited in March 2002)

(FR) Paris - Mondial du modélisme
Europe's largest hobby show including model railroading. VEC invited to participate. Attended 2008 edition on behalf of Exporail - Canadian Railway Museum (March 29, 2008).

(JP) JAM - Japan Association of Model Railroaders
Japan's largest model railroading convention - held every August. VEC invited to display (2008?)

(NL) Eurospoor October 17-19, 2003
One of Europe's largest model train only exhibitions - 25,000+ visitors (VEC and crew of 3 invited to Utrecht, October 17-19, 2003)

(NL) VECRR at Eurospoor 2003
Dutch presentation of the VEC for Eurospoor 2003

(UK) London Festival of Railway Modelling
Premier UK event held early April at the Alexandria Palace exhibition. VEW participated April 1-2, 2006. (contact: Sally Beresford, sallyb@warnersgroup.co.uk, Warners Group)

(US) Amherst Railway Society
Photos of VECRR @ 2002 edition of North America's largest annual train show, West Springfield, MA - 21,000 visitors

(US) Greenberg Train Shows
The VEC took part in only one GTS and won 1st prize in the layout competition (Albany, NY December 1994).

(US) NMRA
National Model Railroad Association Conventions & Train Shows (VEC won "Best of Show" at NTS 2001 in St. Louis, MO)

Gardenville Short Line
My BIG Trains

Micro-Trains Line
VECRR "GOLD" sponsor since 1997 and maker of the world's best NA-prototype "Z" locos, rolling stock and set track.

NMRA Canada
Home page for National Model Railroad Association - Canada

NMRA Northeastern Region
My home region where I was Director for Quebec and the Maritimes (2002-2006).

Operations!
Excellent source of info regarding running a layout like a railroad

Rails Canada
Almost complete listing of model RR clubs in Canada

VECRR setup at Exporail
26-second WMV segment (5 hour timespan)

ZTrack Magazine
VECRR sponsor & bimonthy magazine that published my musings from 1999 to 2008



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