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 Main Line – Hilbert Junction to Green Bay
Three new photographs and information have been added to the Reminders of the Main Line – Hilbert Junction to Green Bay page. The former MILW
UPDATE – Main Line – Fort Howard to Menominee River and Reminders of Same
Six new photographs and information have been added to The Milwaukee & Northern Main Line – Fort Howard to the Menominee River page and the
UPDATE – Reminders of the Neenah Branch
Four new photographs have been added to the Reminders of the Milwaukee & Northern – Neenah Branch page of our web site. A CN local switches U.S.
NEW – Reminders of the Main Line – Hilbert Junction to Green Bay
A new page has been added to the Reminders of the M&N section of the web site: Reminders of the Milwaukee & Northern Main Line
UPDATE – Main Line – Menominee River to Ontonagon
Three new photographs and additional information have been added to the Main Line – Menominee River to Ontonagon page. The former CM&StP, or MILW, depot at Randville,
NEW – Our 2022 Open House
We have set the dates! Our 2022 open house will be held 3 and 4 December 2022. Additional details will be posted to our Open