The Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society
also known as the Neenah-Menasha Model Railroad Club
The Milwaukee and Northern Railway Historical Society (MNRHS) was founded in 1964, to perpetuate 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 (NMMRRC).
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 1871. The branch was extended to Appleton in 1880 and Neenah in 1881.
The scene near the Menasha depot on the MNRHS’s model railroad on 9 December 2019. Photograph by Richard Hopfensperger.
Meetings
The former M&N Neenah depot, now the home of the Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society (MNRHS), a.k.a. the Neenah-Menasha Model Railroad Club (NMMRRC), as it appeared in December of 1961 when it was still owned by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (CMStP&P), or Milwaukee Road (MILW). Photograph by Larry Easton, co-founder of the MNRHS.
Members meet at our depot at 323 W. Forest Ave., Neenah, WI, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The public is welcome to stop by and check us out. We hope that some visitors will consider joining our Society.
Be advised that meetings may be cancelled with little or no notice, due to weather conditions or other, unforeseen circumstances.
A scene from the annual open house of the MNRHS on 15 December 2019. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The Latest MNRHS News
UPDATE – Reminders of the Appleton Branch
The Reminders of the Appleton Branch page of our web site has been updated. Ten new photographs and related information regarding the former Appleton swing
UPDATE – Our 2022 Open House
We have added a new page to our web site to highlight our 2022 Open House. Wally is interviewed by WFRV during our open house
UPDATE – Our 2022 Open House
Our 2022 open house is in the record books. We had a great time entertaining at least 100 visitors over the weekend of 3 and
UPDATE – Our 2022 Open House
Our annual open house was just featured on the WFRV 10 o’clock news. Wally and two of our visitors were interviewed. Check out their web
UPDATE – Main Line – Fort Howard to Menominee River and Reminders of Same
Three new photographs and information have been added to The Milwaukee & Northern Main Line – Fort Howard to the Menominee River page and the
UPDATE – Our 2022 Open House
The hours of our open house, at our historic railroad depot, 323 W. Forest Ave., Neenah, WI, have been set. Saturday, 3 December, from 9:00