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 – Fort Howard to the Menominee River
Fifteen new photographs and additional information have been added to the Reminders of the Milwaukee & Northern Main Line – Fort Howard to the Menominee
UPDATE – Main Line – Schwartzburg to Hilbert, and Main Line – Fort Howard to Menominee River
Five new photographs and information about the Kiel and Fort Howard depots have been added to the Main Line – Schwartzburg to Hilbert page, the
UPDATE – Appleton Branch
Five new photographs and information about the swing bridge over the Fox River have been added to The Milwaukee & Northern – Appleton Branch page. “The
UPDATE – Main Line – Schwartzburg to Hilbert
I have added some new information regarding the former Milwaukee Road (MILW) depot at Hilbert, Wis., to the Main Line – Schwartzburg Junction to Hilbert
NEW – Krueger & Lachmann Milling Co.
A new page has been added for information and photographs regarding the Krueger & Lachmann Milling Co., a customer on the Milwaukee & Northern Neenah
UPDATE – Prototype Railroad Information
Some cursory information regarding the Wausaukee Branch has been added to our Prototype Railroad page. We had not included any mention of it before, because