Since 1964, the Milwaukee and Northern Railway Historical Society (MNRHS) has been dedicated to promoting the hobby of model railroading, especially O-scale, 2-rail. We also endeavor to preserve and share the history of one of Eastern Wisconsin’s and Upper Michigan’s historic railroads.
Housed in the Milwaukee & Northern’s 1882 Neenah, Wis., depot, it includes the Neenah-Menasha Model Railroad Club.
The Club loosely models the Milwaukee & Northern in O Scale, primarily the Menasha Branch.
The Menasha Branch, which runs from Hilbert Junction, Wis., to Menasha, Wis., was completed in 1872. The branch was extended to Appleton in 1880 and Neenah in 1881.
Ten new contemporary photographs have been added to the Menasha Branch, Neenah Branch, and Appleton Branch pages of the Reminders of the Milwaukee & Northern section of our web site. A CN train passes our
The first of three 2026 open house events will be held on Saturday, 24 October, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, 25 October, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Additional information and any
We have added this donation button to our Support page, and several other key pages, of our web site. Please Donate This will enable our supporters to offer monetary donations electronically via our Square account.
We were thrilled to be able to add the authentic Milwaukee & Northern herald to our web site on 29 September 2026. We wish we could have included it when we started this web site
