30 Mar 2026
Layout Tour – Layout Description added
Gordon Mitchell’s BCS Grassland Sub
Ops Layout added
Brian Morgan’s GN Seattle Terminal
Online Kickoff Clinic added
Andrew Tyhurst’s N-Possible Couplers
NEW!! Burnaby Central Railway Event — details here!
The BC Society of Model Engineers will be hosting our initial event of our in-person meet. Come to the Burnaby Central Railway to:
– pick up your registration package;
– have a behind-the-scenes tour of their shop; and
– enjoy your lunch and ride some trains.
28 Mar 2026
We gratefully thank some additional organizations for their support
InterCity Trains and Hobbies
miniprints
18 Mar 2026
Al Lill’s CN in Victoria added as another Ops Layout
09 Mar 2026
In-Person Clinic added
Jon Calon’s Perfect Prototype for a Model Railway
27 Feb 2026
Online Kickoff Clinic added
Malcolm Vant’s Modelling Realistic Bushes and Wildflowers
21 Feb 2026
Online Kickoff Clinic added
Scott Lamoureux’s AI Tools: New Opportunities for Modelling
18 Feb 2026
Online Kickoff Clinic added
Steve Todd’s DCC-EX: Its Flexibility, Features, Benefits
Weathering and Static Grass workshops sold out.
17 Feb 2026
In-Person Clinic added
Cal Sexsmith’s Virtual Waybills
13 Feb 2026
REGISTRATION OPENED — register here!
11 Feb 2026
In-Person Clinics added
Michael Batten’s This Budd’s for You
Geoff Franklin’s Analog Fast Clock
Tim Horton’s How to Hand Lay Track
Mark Wittrup’s Modelling CP MOW Boxcars
10 Feb 2026
Layout Tour – Layout Description added
Marc Simpson’s CN Hudson Bay RR Flin Flon Sub
05 Feb 2026
Supporters of RMMBC Acknowledged — check them out!
04 Feb 2026
Online Kickoff Clinic added
Matthieu Lachance’s Scratchbuilding Madness
03 Feb 2026
Three Hands-On Workshops Confirmed — check them out!
30 Jan 2026
In-Person Clinic added
Paul Clegg’s Less Than Carload Traffic (“LCL”)
29 Jan 2026
Layout Tour – Layout Description added
Matthew Buchanan’s Vancouver Terminal layout
In-Person Clinics added
Dave Marecek’s Custom Backdrops Using AI
Dave Morgan’s Green Point Logging RR
Neil Stanton’s On-Board Battery Power in HO
Nolan Stewart’s BCR Lillooet Subdivision in N Scale
25 Jan 2026
Preliminary schedule for the Online Kickoff announced.
Preliminary schedule for the In-Person Clinics announced.
Preliminary schedule for the In-Person meet has been posted.
24 Jan 2026
Tom Carr’s Great Northern Railway added as another Ops Layout
06 Dec 2025
2026 Accommodation Rates Confirmed — check them out!
28 Nov 2025
Preliminary Ops Layouts Announced
22 Nov 2025
Call for Clinicians Newsletter — check it out!
21 Nov 2025
New for 2026 — the PechaKucha — check it out!
19 Nov 2025
Updated the Practicalities pages
– Accommodations, Directions, Venue, Rail Fanning
06 Nov 2025
Save the Date email newsletter and update
12 Oct 2025
Refreshed the website for 2026
Provided a consistent level of description for all events
photo credit: Anthony Craig. Creative Commons License