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    WMRC President Larry Leavens took this picture of WMRC blog editor Paul Ullrich and Comics America proprietor Joe Krolik operating the O gauge layout at the Selkirk Model Railroad Association's spring open house held last weekend.
 
    Dennis Fitzpatrick, who was operating the layout, took a much needed break, and Paul and Joe took over - for almost two hours! Do you think they'll give those kids a chance to run the trains too?

    Unfortunately, the turnout for the event wasn't quite up to expectations. Who ever expected a snowstorm on April 12? But everybody who attended had a great time watching (and operating) the three spectacular layouts in three different gauges!

   WMRC blog editor Paul Ullrich had a little fun with photoshop making this graphic. He showed it to Joe before he posted it, and he loved it!

  Comics America has been a staunch supporter of our shows for several years. Owner Joe Krolik has not only put our posters up in his store, he's also stuffed his customer's bag with our handouts! This year, he also mentioned our open house in paid ads that he put on Facebook!

    We had a very successful show this year, with an estimated 500 visitors, and Joe certainly played a part in making our show a success!

    Joe has also opened his store to model railroaders by adding several Lionel Train sets to his stock. Comics America is located at 552 Academy road, and you can find them on Facebook.

     

    Our good friend Joe Krolik of Comics America had been a staunch supporter of the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club for several years, including the 2013 Manitoba Mega Train Show. Whenever we've had a show he's always put a poster up in his shop and stuffed flyers we've given him in the bags of his regular customers.  He's always made every effort to attend our shows whenever possible.

    Joe has caught the train bug. But he's not building a layout.

    He's selling trains.

    Yes, that's right! In his store, among all of those wonderful comics, are three Lionel Train sets! Right from the 2013 Lionel Christmas catalog are the Polar Express and the Peanuts Christmas set. He's also carrying the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express set. All sets have locomotives with smoke and whistle, transformers and an oval of track.

    Considering that Winnipeg has just lost Elmwood Hobbies, and hobby shops are vanishing throughout the land, it's mighty encouraging to find someone new whose willing to sell train sets! Let's hear it for Joe!

    Comics America is located at 552 Academy Road in Winnipeg. Call 204-489-0580, email comics_america@mts.net, or like Comics America on Facebook!

One of the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club's greatest supporters is Comics America. Whenever we hold a show the shop's owner, Joe Krolik, not only puts up a poster, but he also inserts mini-posters into every one of his regular customer's comic book bags! Comics America is located at 552 Academy Road in Winnipeg. The store has to be seen to be believed! You can give them a call at 204-489-0580. Better yet, you can friend them on Facebook by going to this link:

http://www.Facebook.com/ComicsAmerica 

Thanks Joe, for helping us promote the Winnipeg Model Railroad Club and the
Manitoba Mega Train Show!