The Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society

also known as the Neenah-Menasha Model Railroad Club

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.

M&N letterhead circa 1873

Latest News

UPDATE – Meeting Nights

We recently changed our regular meeting nights to Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., often later. Previously our meeting nights were Wednesday and Saturday evenings. As always, the public is welcome

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UPDATE – Appleton Branch

A print and photograph of the Appleton M&N depot have been added to the Milwaukee & Northern – Appleton Branch page of our web site. We were thrilled to discover this circa 1930s photograph during

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UPDATE – Train Set Raffle

As stated, our raffle drawing was held at 3:30 p.m. on 7 December. The winning ticket was 3259288, purchased by Trevor M. We contacted him immediately and he said he would call us back to

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