Muskegon Railroad Historical Society: News

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 the MRHS Treasurer or the Secretary before the end of the next General Meeting on January 5, 2013. Get your application in now and save $5.00!!!!

Membership application PDF

2013 MRHS Membership Application web d/l

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

New Rail Scanner Links Added

We've added a Rail Scanner Feed Links section to the Useful Links Page. If you have a favorite scanner feed that is not listed please contact the MRHS webmaster.

:: Posted by: trnwatcher on Saturday 07 April 2012 - 13:14:14

Spring 2013 Model Train and Toy Show

Mark your calendar! Tell your friends!

The Spring 2013 MRHS Model Train and Toy show will take place on April 7, 2013
at a new location the Golden Token Hall
1300 E. Laketon Ave
Muskegon MI 49442
From 10:00am - 3:00pm
Donation is $4.00 at the door. Children under 13 are Free!
New Venue!
Free parking!
Refreshments Available onsite!
Operating layouts at the show!

New Nylon Tables are $20.00 a piece, 2 for $30.00, 3 for $45.00 etc.

Contact Mike Wood at (231)670-0751 for table reservations and additional information.

Click Link for Vendor Sign Up Form

Spring 2013 Show Flyer vDealer

Listen for our PSA's on the following Cumulus Radio Stations!
WWSN 97.5 fm "Sunny FM"
WLCS 98.3 fm "Classic Hits"
WVIB 100.1 fm "V100"
WKLQ 1490 am "The Big Talk"

:: Posted by: trnwatcher on Monday 13 February 2012 - 22:39:43

2013 Membership Payments Reminder

If you have not paid your 2013 MRHS dues please get them in quickly. Membership cards and name badges will be printed and available for the new general meeting so please get your membership applications in now!

A single membership dues are $35.00!! Still one the best bargins around for a club like ours! Support your club! Pay your dues!

2013 MRHS Membership Application web d/l

:: Posted by: gtmark on Wednesday 07 December 2011 - 20:48:09

Muskegon Railroad Historical Society Board approves N-Scale Layout

In a unanimous vote, the Board of Directors overwhelmingly approved the proposal bought forward by N Scale chairman Mark Kelley. The board had many questions in their deliberations but in the end came together to make the approval for the members of the N Scale group to move forward in the tear down and then re-build of a more updated representation of Muskegon Michigan area rail traffic in N Scale
Members will pay $100.00/year or $10.00/month surcharge to be a participating member of the N Scale group. This surcharge and any monies from the sale of N Scale donations or existing N Scale equipment not pertinant to the time period being modeled will go to fund the new layout.

The N Scale group has chosen to model the Grand Trunk Railroad from Muskegon to Grand Rapids, via Revenna and Conklin then down through Penn Junction.

The layout will be double decked around the perimeter of the layout room, Control system will be DCC (Digitrax).

12/15/12 - New bench work construction continues. All usable track that has been taken off the exisitng layout has been cleaned and prepped for track laying to begin on the new layout.

2/05/13- Track work has started on the new N-Scale layout and bench work will continue just as soon as the rest of the old layout is removed. Track, buildings and all other usable items have been removed. Benchwork will be done soon.

3/15/13 - Old layout has been dismantled, New benchwork construction continues.

3/19/13 - Henry Street Yard tracks are in place on the layout.

4/10/13 - Power drops from the tracks in Henry St. Yard are being installed. The Railroad Car Ferry dock area of the layout is being formed and built up.

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

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