Located in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Coldslap Free-mo began as a division of the Chilliwack Model Railway Club in the fall of 2004. One of the members had been exposed to a relatively new concept called Free-mo. A sub-group of the CMRC was formed to pursue the Free-mo endeavour. There were nine original members of the Free-mo group, however, two have since departed and one has disappeared. To offset this membership loss, we have allowed 3 new members to join. Over the past 18 years, we have constructed a 33 foot long, 10 track yard named Coldslap Yard, as a group project. James, a steam aficionado, was industrious enough to construct a roundhouse addition to the side of the yard. The group has constructed several additional modules to expand/allow operations on the layout. Individual members have also been constructing modules of their own to expand the layout.

In the summer of 2011, there came a point when the goals and aspirations of the remaining six members of the Free-mo group no longer meshed with those of the Chilliwack Model Railway Club. As a result, four of the six members resigned from the CMRC to pursue their Free-mo goals. We have formed Coldslap Free-mo as a fellowship of like-minded modelers, and in July 2012 achieved registration as a society operating within BC.

In order to secure liability insurance at a reasonable cost, the group decided that all members of Coldslap Free-mo must also be members of the NMRA. NMRA Canada membership can be obtained at a minimal cost of $40 per year which includes the basic membership rights and privileges plus access to the Online NMRA magazine. Please see NMRA Canada for further information.

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