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  • About Us
    • Our Home
    • Annual Open House
  • Membership
  • Model Railroad
    • O-scale, 2-rail Layout
  • Prototype Railroad
    • Historic M&N
      • Main Line-Schwartzburg-Hilbert
      • Menasha Branch
        • High Cliff Spur
        • Appleton Branch
          • “Colossus” Whale Exhibit
          • Atlas Paper Company
        • Neenah Branch
          • Krueger & Lachmann
        • Whiting Paper
      • Main Line-Hilbert Junction-Green Bay
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      • Main Line-Menominee River-Ontonagon
        • Iron Mountain Iron Ore
      • Champion Branch
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The Milwaukee & Northern is 154 Years Old!

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:February 24, 2024
  • Post category:administrative/railroad/reminders/society

On 24 February 1870, the Milwaukee & Northern was granted a charter by the Wisconsin Legislature. Happy Birthday to the Milwaukee & Northern! M&N 2, 0-4-2, at Menasha, Wis., ca.…

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NEW – Support Us, Please

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:November 27, 2023
  • Post category:administrative/railroad/reminders/society

Will you please consider supporting our cause with a donation?That is the reason for adding a new Support Page to our web site.We hope to convince you to offer a…

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NEW – Our 2023 Open House

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:October 29, 2023
  • Post category:administrative/railroad/reminders/society

We have set the dates! Our 2023 open house will be held on Saturday, 2 December, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, 3 December, from 10:00 a.m. to…

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UPDATE – Reminders of the Main Line – Fort Howard to the Menominee River

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:July 15, 2023
  • Post category:administrative/reminders

Ten new photographs and information regarding Brown’s Spur, Summit Station, and Anderson’s Siding have been added to the Reminders of the M&N – Fort Howard to the Menominee River page…

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UPDATE – Reminders of the Main Line – Menominee River to Ontonagon

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:June 18, 2023
  • Post category:administrative/reminders

Seventeen new photographs and information regarding Merriman, Granite Bluff, Sagola, Channing, Frost, and Ontonagon have been added to the Reminders of the M&N – Menominee River to Ontonagon page of…

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NEW – Lime Industry on M&N

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:May 28, 2023
  • Post category:administrative/railroad/reminders

A new page has been added to our web site to highlight the Lime Industry on the M&N. Four photographs of lime kiln ruins at Grafton, Rhine Mills, Hayton, and…

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UPDATE – Reminders of the Main Line – Hilbert Junction to Green Bay

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:April 23, 2023
  • Post category:administrative/reminders

Five new photographs and information regarding Lathams Station and Greenleaf have been added to the Reminders of the Main Line – Hilbert Junction to Green Bay page. Looking southwest along…

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Reminders of the M&N – Schwartzburg Junction to Hilbert Junction

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:March 6, 2023
  • Post category:administrative/reminders

Seven of Richard Hopfensperger's Chilton photographs have been added to the Reminders of the M&N - Schwartzburg Junction to Hilbert Junction page of our web site.   The southeast wall…

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Happy Birthday to the Milwaukee & Northern!

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:February 24, 2023
  • Post category:administrative/railroad/reminders/society

The Milwaukee & Northern was incorporated 153 years ago. It was granted a charter from the Wisconsin Legislature on 24 February 1870. M&N 2, 0-4-2, at Menasha, Wis., ca. 1882…

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UPDATE – Reminders of the Appleton Branch

  • Post author:Tom Bruss
  • Post published:January 15, 2023
  • Post category:administrative/reminders

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 bridge have been added. Looking…

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