WE are a group of dedicated railway modellers mainly interested in British railways & landscapes. Located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, we’ve been together in one form or another since the mid 70’s, first as the Calgary Chapter of the BRMNA (British Railway Modelers of North America), then since 1993 as the CBRM, although still affiliated with the BRMNA. In 2021 we incorporated as a a Not-for-Profit Society to formalize our club. We are the ‘go to’ group in southern Alberta modelling British Prototypes in N, OO, OO-9, and O & G scales. Our original and much loved OO-scale layout ‘Much Muddling’ needed major restoration work, so was regretfully retired in 2019. Our interim ‘The Branchline’ layout was shown at Supertrain & at Heritage Park Railway Days until fall 2024. In 2024 we designed started to build a new dedicated exhibition-only OO-scale layout called ‘Chuffingham‘. Although still raw it showed at Supertrain and Heritage Park in 2025. It continues to be landscaped and populated with buildings, & is shown at both events. We also have a new-to-us N-scale layout called ‘Havant’ that will also be exhibited. We host a regular “Social Night” on the last Tuesday evening of each month at a friendly pub, and there is an open invitation to anyone interested in railways, modelling, or seeing what the fuss is all about.
CLUB NEWS-IN BRIEF for September
We participated in Railway Days at Heritage Park, and had a successful 2 days running multiple trains at a time with very few crashes! We identified a few sections of track needing tweaking & are planning work sessions to change them.
For Membership information and application for see our Membership Page (link here)
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Up-coming events:
Sept 29th Social Night will be held at 7:00pm at ‘Limericks Pub’, 7304 Macleod Trail, downstairs.
Oct 27th Social Night will be held at Kampus Brewing Co., 3630 Brentwood Rd. NW behind Jameson’s & HomeSense7:00pm at
November 24th. Social Night will be held at 7:00pm at ‘Limericks Pub’, 7304 Macleod Trail, downstairs.
CHUFFINGHAM is our new dedicated exhibition layout. It is a modular layout, 12′ deep & 24’long, with two main lines, a branch line & industrial shunting yard at one end and a town at the other. For construction details & photos, and exhibition albums. (link here)
‘HAVANT’ is a fully landscaped 6′ x 3′ N scale layout complete with vehicles and rolling stock that was generously offered to us in January 2026 us by a donor who received it as a bequest from the British relative. (Link here)
OLDER RETIRED LAYOUTS
The BRANCHLINE was a single line end-to-end layout put together during Covid to replace Much Muddling.
MUCH MUDDLING was the first layout that developed & grew over many years. It was retired from exhibition after 2019.
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Membership
The annual membership dues are $25, due on Dec. 31st. Membership is open to all those interested in participating with or supporting our club.
The application form is on the membership page
Images
All images marked ‘LnL Junction’ are courtesy of and copyright by D. Luckman of LnL Junction
Contact us:
mailto:infocbrmc@gmail.com