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Model Railroad
O-scale, 2-rail Layout
Prototype Railroad
Historic M&N
Main Line-Schwartzburg-Hilbert
Menasha Branch
High Cliff Spur
Appleton Branch
Atlas Paper Company
Neenah Branch
Krueger & Lachmann
Whiting Paper
Main Line-Hilbert Junction-Green Bay
Main Line-Fort Howard-Menominee River
Main Line-Menominee River-Ontonagon
Iron Mountain Iron Ore
Champion Branch
Rolling Stock
Reminders of the M&N
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Reminders-Menasha Branch
Reminders-Appleton Branch
Reminders-Neenah Branch
Reminders-High Cliff Spur
Reminders-Hilbert Junction-Green Bay
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Reminders-Menominee Branch
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Looking northwest along the former M&N, currently E&LS, rails at Cedarville, Wis., on 1 October 2014. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
HC 101 at St. John in October 2021. Photograph by Richard Hopfensperger.
SOO RS1 at Sherwood in October 2021. Photograph by Richard Hopfensperger.
The former M&N enginehouse at Menasha, Wis., circa the 1960s. Photograph by Larry Easton, co-founder of the MNRHS.
The former M&N depot at Menasha, Wis., circa the 1970s. Photograph courtesy of the Menasha Public Library.
The former M&N depot at Menasha, Wis., circa the 1960s. Photograph by Larry Easton, co-founder of the MNRHS.
Model of GD 89 at Neenah in October 2021. Photograph by Richard Hopfensperger.
The M&N depot at Appleton, Wis., circa the 1960s. Photograph by Larry Easton.
The former MILW depot at Hilbert Junction, Wis., on 30 May 2020. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The M&N depot and yard at Hilbert Junction, Wis. Photograph Courtesy of the Oshkosh Public Museum.
The former MILW depot at Hilbert Junction, Wis., circa the 1960s. Photograph by Larry Easton, co-founder of the MNRHS.
A CN local passes near the former MILW depot at Sherwood, Wis., on 8 January 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The circa 1899 MILW depot at Sherwood, Wis. Photograph Courtesy of the Oshkosh Public Museum.
The Cook & Brown lime kilns at High Cliff, Wis., circa the 1890s. Photograph courtesy of Neenah Historical Society.
Riverside Paper at Appleton, Wis., ca. 1915. Photograph courtesy of Neenah Historical Society.
The M&N depot at Elkhart Lake, Wis., circa the 1870s. Photograph courtesy of the Neenah Historical Society.
The former M&N main line at Cedarburg, Wis., on 11 February 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
A WSOR train passes the former MILW and C&NW depots at Plymouth, Wis., on 13 March 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
A CN local passes the former M&N Neenah depot on 17 June 2018. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The former M&N Neenah depot in December of 1961. Photograph by Larry Easton, co-founder of the MNRHS.
Whiting & Gilbert Paper Co., a M&N customer on the Menasha Branch, at Menasha, Wis., ca. 1882 or 1885. Photograph courtesy of the Neenah Historical Society.
A CN local passes the idled Whiting Paper mill, a former M&N customer on the Menasha Branch, at Menasha, Wis., on 13 January 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The former M&N/C&NW union depot at Stiles Junction, Wis., ca. the 1960s. Photograph by Larry Easton.
The former M&N depot at Channing, Mich., ca. 1912. Photograph courtesy of the Dickinson County Library and the Upper Peninsula Regional Digitization Center.
Scene at St. John in October 2021. Photograph by Richard Hopfensperger.
The former M&N depot at Amberg, Wis., ca. the 1960s. Photograph by Larry Easton, co-founder of the MNRHS.
The former M&N depot and railroad customers at Amberg, Wis., ca. 1912. Photograph from The History of Amberg by Carol Allen, et al., Local History Collection, Stephenson Public Library.
The former M&N depot at Amberg, Wis., on 1 October 2014. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
An E&LS train heads southeast via the former M&N main line at Amberg, Wis., on 27 November 2020. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The former M&N/C&NW union depot at Stiles Junction, Wis., on 18 June 2013. Photograph by Richard Hopfensperger.
The former M&N depot at Crivitz, Wis., on 28 May 2015. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Looking southwest along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 27 February 2020. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Looking southwest along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 27 February 2020. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The end of the M&N main line on Lake Superior at Ontonagon, Mich., in 1887. Uncredited photograph from Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Bulletin No. 121, October 1969.
An E&LS train crosses the former C&NW right-of-way via the former M&N main line at Antoine, Mich., on 19 October 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The former M&N depot at Amasa, Mich., on 17 October 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Looking northwest along the former M&N main line from Blaine St. at Sidnaw, Mich., on 17 October 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The former CM&StP, or MILW, depot at Ontonagon, Mich., on 17 October 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
A CN train passes the union depot at Pembine, Wis., on 30 Sep. 2014. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The former M&N depot at Channing, Mich., on 26 June 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The M&N depot at Wausaukee, Wis., circa the 1960s. Photograph by Larry Easton.
Scene at St. John in October 2021. Photograph by Richard Hopfensperger.
Scene near the Menasha depot on our model railroad on 9 December 2019. Photograph by Richard Hopfensperger.
Our annual open house on 15 December 2019. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The former MILW depot at Hilbert, Wis., on 11 December 2013. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
An E&LS train crosses the Oconto River as it heads north via the former M&N main line at Stiles, Wis., on 16 January 2014. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
A WSOR train heads north via the former M&N main line at Random Lake, Wis., on 13 March 2021. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The former M&N yard at Appleton, Wis., circa 1898. Photograph courtesy of Neenah Historical Society.
A CN ore train passes our depot as it heads northeast via the former M&N Neenah Branch at Neenah, Wis., on 8 January 2015. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
A CN ore train passes our depot as it heads northeast via the former M&N Neenah Branch at Neenah, Wis., on 8 January 2015. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The former MILW depot at Hilbert, Wis., on 11 December 2013. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
A CN local services RR Donnelley along the former M&N Appleton Branch at Menasha, Wis., on 27 January 2014. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
A CN local approaches the depot along the former M&N main line at Chilton, Wis., on 26 July 2015. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
The M&N depot at Elkhart Lake, Wis., on 30 May 2020. Photograph by Tom Bruss.