Knowledge (XXG)

The Model Railroad Club of Toronto

Source 📝

178: 20: 54:, the railways annexed the space the Club occupied and in January 1946, the Club moved to premises in the basement of 171 East Liberty Street in what is now part of Toronto's 234: 239: 244: 215: 121: 102: 249: 208: 254: 80:
The Club hosts Annual Shows (open to the public) on the first three Saturdays and Sundays of February and on the
201: 62: 47: 81: 46:
Originally located in founder Ebert's basement, the MRCT soon moved to new premises at Toronto's
72:
of the once industrial neighborhood, and the club has relocated to 11 Curity Avenue, Toronto..
185: 177: 19: 55: 69: 35: 228: 126: 51: 68:
In the spring of 2013, the club's Liberty Village home was overtaken by
32: 61:
Since the mid-1960s the Club has built and operated its layout as the
161: 142: 122:"Toronto's Model Railroad Club closing down to make way for condos" 18: 103:"Model railroad club forced out by remaking of Liberty Village" 189: 38:
club founded in 1938 by Harry Ebert and Borden Lilley.
23:A model port at the Model Railroad Club of Toronto 209: 8: 216: 202: 93: 235:Rail transport modelling associations 184:This model rail-related article is a 7: 240:Clubs and societies based in Toronto 174: 172: 101:Lupton, Andrew (28 December 2012). 188:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 245:Organizations established in 1946 120:Gillis, Wendy (1 November 2012). 176: 29:Model Railroad Club of Toronto 1: 250:1946 establishments in Canada 271: 171: 76:Annual Public Show days 63:Central Ontario Railway 24: 22: 16:Model railroad club 25: 197: 196: 262: 255:Model rail stubs 218: 211: 204: 180: 173: 165: 164: 162:Official website 147: 146: 145: 143:Official website 138: 132: 131: 117: 111: 110: 98: 270: 269: 265: 264: 263: 261: 260: 259: 225: 224: 223: 222: 169: 160: 159: 156: 151: 150: 141: 140: 139: 135: 119: 118: 114: 100: 99: 95: 90: 78: 58:neighbourhood. 56:Liberty Village 44: 17: 12: 11: 5: 268: 266: 258: 257: 252: 247: 242: 237: 227: 226: 221: 220: 213: 206: 198: 195: 194: 181: 167: 166: 155: 154:External links 152: 149: 148: 133: 112: 92: 91: 89: 86: 77: 74: 70:gentrification 43: 40: 36:model railroad 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 267: 256: 253: 251: 248: 246: 243: 241: 238: 236: 233: 232: 230: 219: 214: 212: 207: 205: 200: 199: 193: 191: 187: 182: 179: 175: 170: 163: 158: 157: 153: 144: 137: 134: 129: 128: 123: 116: 113: 108: 104: 97: 94: 87: 85: 83: 75: 73: 71: 66: 64: 59: 57: 53: 49: 48:Union Station 41: 39: 37: 34: 31:(MRCT) is an 30: 21: 190:expanding it 183: 168: 136: 127:Toronto Star 125: 115: 106: 96: 79: 67: 60: 52:World War II 45: 28: 26: 229:Categories 88:References 82:Family Day 84:holiday. 107:CBC News 50:. After 42:History 33:O scale 186:stub 27:The 231:: 124:. 105:. 65:. 217:e 210:t 203:v 192:. 130:. 109:.

Index


O scale
model railroad
Union Station
World War II
Liberty Village
Central Ontario Railway
gentrification
Family Day
"Model railroad club forced out by remaking of Liberty Village"
"Toronto's Model Railroad Club closing down to make way for condos"
Toronto Star
Official website
Official website
Stub icon
stub
expanding it
v
t
e
Categories
Rail transport modelling associations
Clubs and societies based in Toronto
Organizations established in 1946
1946 establishments in Canada
Model rail stubs

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.