Muskegon Railroad Historical Society: News

Michigan Railroad History Conference

The 11th Michigan Railroad History Conference will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at the Fetzer Center, Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The program includes ten historical presentations and historical paper presentations. Lunch will be served. At the completion of the program, an informal panel discussion will be held at the afterglow.

For more information click here:http://www.michiganrailroads.com/MRHC/MRHC-Home.htm

To contact the MRHC about details click here:
http://www.michiganrailroads.com/MRHC/Programs/MRHC-ContactUs.htm

:: Posted by: trnwatcher on Saturday 24 September 2011 - 19:07:10

Membership Application

Help support the preservation of Muskegon, MI railroad history. Become a member of the MRHS for only $30 a year. In order for the MRHS to remain a fixture in downtown Muskegon and for our extensive library and archive collection to remain available to YOU the MRHS needs to be able to pay the bills. Your membership means the MRHS will continue to exist and expand.

$30 a year... that is less than a dime a day.

Attention: The $5.00 discount has been extended to all new or renewal applications that are in the hand of Treasurer Andy Bussard before the end of the next General Meeting on January 4, 2011. Get your application in now and save $5.00!!!!

Membership application PDF

Membership Application

:: Posted by: Joseph on Saturday 29 May 2010 - 15:13:18

Area and Regional Train Shows

Southwest Michigan train Show and Sale
Sunday October 30. 2011
10:00AM to 3:00PM
Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds-Expo Center
Administion $5.00
Children under 10 Free when accompanied by an adult.
More info at http://www.kmrhs.org

Gratiot Valley Railroad Train Show & Sale
Sunday November 6, 2011
10:00AM to 4:00pm
Gilbraltar Trade Center
237 North River Rd Mt Clements MI 49043
Admission $6.00
Children under 12 FREE
More info at http://wwwgvrr.org
or call 586-468-4877

Lansing Model Railroad Club
Train Show and Sale 2011
Michigan State University Pavillion
East Lansing, MI
Sunday November 20, 2011
10:00AM to 4:00PM
Admission: $6.00
Children under 12 and scouts in uniform FREE.
More info: http://www.lmrc.org
or contact: Ron St Laurent 517-347-1831 nd5a©arrl.net
Michael Frezell 517-281-2544 (evenings) frezellm©sbcglobal.net

:: Posted by: trnwatcher on Monday 10 October 2011 - 23:20:06

Muskegon Railroad Historical Society Board approves the tear down and re-build of the "HO" scale layout

In a unanimous vote, the Board of Directors overwhelmingly approved the proposal bought forward by HO chairman Timothy Suckow. The board had many questions in their deliberations but in the end came together to make the approval for the members of the HO group to move forward in the tear down and then re-build of a more updated "Operations" oriented layout.
Members will be charged an additional $10.00 per month surcharge to be a participating member of the HO group. This surcharge will be used to payback a $1200.00 "Loan" to the group within a three year time period.
Further details will be released as they become available.

September 2011 Update - work is progressing on finishing the repairs to the HO room before construction of the new benchwork will begin. Plans are to have benchwork started sometime in October 2011 and at least a section of the layout will have running trains by the 2011 Holiday Open Houses scheduled for the beginning of December 2011. Come on down and check out the work the HO Gauge group has done!

:: Posted by: gtmark on Tuesday 05 July 2011 - 18:00:26

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:: Posted by: Joseph on Thursday 23 December 2010 - 23:38:49

A chronicle of the efforts to create a new model railroad basement layout.

Check out Tim's blog. He plans to chronicle the creation of his HO scale layout. So far it is a great read and I am sure it will get even better once he starts the build process. Great pictures, track plan, and some history.

I highly recommend reading his blog and coming to meet Tim at the MRHS building. On most Saturdays he can be found in the HO room or the back work room.

http://peremarquette.blogspot.com/

Also, for those interested in a website to display their work blogspot.com is a great, easy to use and free, alternative to requesting space on the MRHS website.

http://www.blogspot.com/

:: Posted by: Joseph on Saturday 16 October 2010 - 00:35:17

A nice little source on some of Michigan's earliest railroads.

Found this website the other day. It contains a large amount of data and vintage photography of Michigan's early railroads. I highly suggest you take a look.

http://www.merrittscharnweber.com/TableContents-2.html

:: Posted by: Joseph on Sunday 01 August 2010 - 13:55:56