WE are a group of dedicated railway modellers interested in mainly 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 older layout ‘Much Muddling” needs major restoration work, so was retired in 2019. Our interim Branchline layout was shown at Supertrain & at Heritage Park Railway Days until fall 2024. As we don’t have a ‘home’ for a permanent layout, in 2024 we started to build a new dedicated exhibition-only layout called ‘Chuffingham‘. Although incomplete it displayed at Supertrain and Heritage Park in 2025. 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.
NEWS-IN BRIEF for December
It’s holiday season, and the cold weather has hit with a vengeance. It’s time for landscaping, building, and most importantly getting the two mimic (control) panels for ‘Chuffingham’ operational in time for Supertrain in April.
In November we were invited to participate in the Alberta Childrens Hospital’s “Candy Cane Lane’ annual fundraiser. We displayed a 1950’s authentic Hornby Dublo 2 loop layout with ‘antique’ track and rolling stock, set in a winter wonderland theme, and children were given the opportunity to drive the trains. More info and photos will be in the ‘PROJECTS’ tab.
This site is currently undergoing a re-organization, so some pages may not be available, links won’t work & the menu could be hazardous! There will also be some added content.
For Membership information and application for see our Membership Page (link here)
Up-coming events:
Due to the holidays, the December, Social Night will be held on January 6th at 7:00pm at ‘Limericks Pub’, 7304 Macleod Trail, upstairs.
Jan. 27th Social Night will be held at 7:00pm at ‘Limericks Pub’, 7304 Macleod Trail, upstairs.
We are currently looking for a new NW location for our social night to replace ‘The Dorset’ which closed. Our January meeting might have an alternate location so watch this space for updates.
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)
Chuffingham’s first exhibition at Supertrain 2025
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