|
Date
|
Event
|
Award
|
Comments
|
| 1994-12 |
Greenberg Great Train, Dollhouse & Toy Show, Troy, NY |
1st place |
Layout competition |
| 1995-06 |
NER regional convention, Ste-Foy, QC |
1st place, Diorama |
NMRA Northeastern Region |
| 1995-06 |
NER regional convention, Ste-Foy, QC |
Best New Modeler Award |
NMRA Northeastern Region |
| 1997-04 |
"Zoom sur les miniatures", Québec, QC |
Star exhibit |
Musée de la Civilisation (April 1997-April 1998) |
| 1998-03 |
NMRA NER Merit Award Judging |
"Golden Spike" Award |
VECRR becomes first Z portable layout to qualify for Achievement Program Award. |
| 1998-11 |
PNR-7th Division Trains98, Burnaby, BC |
2nd place - popular vote |
NMRA Pacific Northwest Region |
| 1998-12 |
GATS, Spokane, WA |
2nd place - popular vote |
Great American Train Show |
| 1999-02 |
GATS, Portland, OR |
4th place - popular vote |
Great American Train Show |
| 2000-05 |
PNR 1st Division, Issaquah, WA |
2nd place - module |
NMRA Pacific Northwest Region |
| 2000-05 |
PNR 1st Division, Issaquah, WA |
Best Use of Space Award |
NMRA Pacific Northwest Region |
| 2000-07 |
NMRA National Train Show, San Jose, CA |
2nd place, Module-individual |
Very respectable finish in first ever national competition for VECRR. |
| 2001-07 |
NMRA National Train Show, St. Louis, MO |
BEST OF SHOW |
First ever Z scale winner of NA grand championship. (112 points out of 125). |
| 2001-07 |
GATS, Nashville, TN |
2nd place - popular vote |
Great American Train Show |
| 2001-07 |
GATS, Grand Rapids, MI |
3rd place - popular vote |
Great American Train Show |
| 2002-01 |
Amherst Railway Society BIG Train Show (W.Springfield, USA) |
Invited layout |
Largest and most prestigeous model train exhibition on the East Coast (by invitation only) |
| 2002-04 |
Faszination Modellbau (Sinsheim, Germany) |
Invited layout |
Sponsored by BDEF, Micro-Trains Line, Märklin and Kalmbach Publishing. First NA layout to participate in German train show. (by invitation only) |
| 2002-05 |
GATS, Akron, OH |
2nd place - popular vote |
Great American Train Show |
| 2002-06 |
GATS, Erie, PA |
2nd place - popular vote |
Great American Train Show |
| 2002-07 |
GATS, Birmingham, AL |
3rd place - popular vote |
Great American Train Show |
| 2003-08 |
Exporail: Great Passion for Small Trains, special event weekend |
Invited layout |
Extremely enjoyable weekend show presented in a new $7 million pavillion housing some of the premier artifacts of Canadian railroading history. (by invitation only) |
| 2003-10 |
Eurospoor (Utrecht, NL) |
Invited layout |
1st NA layout to participate in Eurospoor. Sponsored by Eurospoor, Micro-Trains Line and Ztrack Magazine. (by invitation only) |
| 2003-12 |
Canadian Railroad Historical Association |
VECRR enters Exporail permanent collection |
An exciting NEW chapter in the story of the VECRR. To be on full-time display to the public at Exporail, Canadian Railroad Museum. |
| 2004-11 |
Model Railroader Magazine |
5-page feature article (p88-92) |
The VEC reached 200,000 MR readers with an excellent photo spread and article presenting "Globetrotting Z Ambassador Layout". |
| 2006-03 |
Permanent installation at Exporail |
VECRR on permanent display |
At 4pm on March 23, 2006 the VECRR was installed under glass for the pleasure of future generations of visitors to Exporail. |
| 2006-04 |
London Festival of Railway Modelling |
Invited layout (VEW) |
1st NA layout to participate at the Festival. Sponsored by Micro-Trains Line, Ztrack Magazine, Märklin and Exporail-Canadian Railway Museum. (layouts by invitation only) |
