The Milwaukee & Northern Railway Historical Society
also known as the Neenah-Menasha Model Railroad Club
The 18 August 2023 edition of Neenah News included a nice article about us. We made the front page! A local journalist compiled the article after a recent conversation with Wally Rogers. You can check out the article at https://neenahnewsnow.com/2023/08/17/august-18-2023-neenah-news/.
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.
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 Saturdays, 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.
The Latest MNRHS News
UPDATE – Main Line – Menominee River to Ontonagon
Two new photographs and additional information have been added to the Main Line – Menominee River to Ontonagon page. MILW 314 (GP9) leads a 140-car taconite
UPDATE – Reminders of the Appleton Branch and Neenah Branch
Four new photographs of Menasha, Fox Crossing, and Neenah, Wis., have been added to the Reminders of the Milwaukee & Northern – Appleton Branch and
UPDATE – Reminders of the Champion Branch
Four new photographs of Floodwood, Mich., have been added to the Reminders of the Milwaukee & Northern – Champion Branch page of our web site.
UPDATE – Reminders of the Champion Branch
Three new photographs of Republic, Mich., have been added to the Reminders of the Milwaukee & Northern – Champion Branch page of our web site.
UPDATE – Reminders of the Main Line – Fort Howard to the Menominee River
Five new photographs and information regarding Pound, Wis., and Oconto Junction, Wis., have been added to the Reminders of the M&N – Fort Howard to
UPDATE – Reminders of the Champion Branch
Three new photographs of Witbeck, Mich., have been added to the Reminders of the Milwaukee & Northern – Champion Branch page of our web site.