Contests

A tradition every year is our modelling contest.  Each visitor to the show votes for one model in each category. Here are the winners of the 2017 contest:

  • Best Locomotive     – David Woodhead
  • Best Rolling Stock  – Bruce Leckie
  • Best Structure        – George Dutka
  • Best Diorama         – Gerald Harper
  • Best in Show         – Gerald Harper
  • Mt. Albert Award for Best Use of Wood   – Jim Kulchar
  • Fast Tracks Award – Bruce Leckie

Notes:

  • Best Rolling Stock includes cabooses and passenger cars
  • Best Mini Layout includes both dioramas and operating mini layouts

By the way, the 2016 winners were:

  • Best in Show                             –  Jim Kulchar ( Hand Car Shed)
  • Best Locomotive                     –  Peter Bray  (Shay)
  • Best Critter                               – Stew Reed (Fordson)
  • Best Rolling Stock                   – George Dutka (Sandy River Gondola)
  • Best Diorama (non-operating) – Jim Kulchar (Hand Car Shed)
  • Best Layout (operating)         –  Chuck Faist and Company
  • Best Structure                          –  George Dutka  (Freight Shed)
  • Best Mini Layout                     –  George Parker  ( 5 1/2 foot Gauge Coal Loading Operation)
  • Mt. Albert Award for Best Use of Wood     –  George Dutka  (Freight Shed)