Partly as an outgrowth of these talks, the Saskatoon Railroad Modellers group decided in 1998 to start a web site - the site where you are right now. The Saskatoon Railroad Modellers group has fallen into the habit of meeting at the museum on Saturday mornings to check on the HO diorama and the toy train exhibit and to have a chance to discuss model railroading among themselves and with members of the public. One week it may be a technical discussion on the best way to wire signals on an outdoor layout and the next week it may be showing a youngster and a parent how to clean engine wheels. Saturday afternoons in the winter are used to work on the model railroad behind the scenes and to run it manually just for fun. Then on Sundays in February and March the annual series of lectures on model railroad subjects is presented.
Life is busy inside the museum.
The four members of the Saskatoon Railroad Modellers group collectively maintain seven layouts in addition to their layout at the museum. Three of these layouts are HO-scale, three are Large Scale garden layouts, and one is a Large Scale portable layout designed for exhibition at train shows. Eventually all of these layouts will be featured on the photo tours that are part of this site. Paying the Rent - Advice to other model railroad groups and clubs. Free rent was not the primary nor even a secondary consideration in the decision by the Saskatoon Railroad Modellers group to pursue a relationship with the Western Development Museum.