What is the Milwaukee Road?
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2019 CONVENTION
You may book your hotel room for the 2019 Convention now. But book early as space is limited. Click on the Convention icon for details. Online and Postal mail registration will begin March 1, 2019. See you in South St. Paul June 20-23, 2019!!
New or Renewal Memberships
If you are looking to join MRHA or renew your membership for 2019,
CLICK HERE
and it will take you to our registration page. From here, we can take care of your membership request quickly. If you are RENEWING please check your 4Q magazine label to see when your membership expires - a number of members have renewed TWICE for 2018!! Don't wait to join or renew as membership dues will increase to $40 after February 28, 2019 due to postage increases!
FOR YOUR INFORMATION: The Milwaukee Road Archives at the Milwaukee Public Library has a number of duplicate blueprints and drawings for sale. Go to the Milwaukee Public Library at the link below to see what materials are available.
https://mpl.org/finding_tools/milwaukee_road_drawings.php
MILWAUKEE ROAD STEAM SEARCH
How many of the Milwaukee Road's 3,000 plus steam locomotives are still viewable in photographs? Seeking to answer this question is what the MRHA STEAM SEARCH is all about. In pursuit of this goal; We SEARCH for rare or previously unseen photos of Milwaukee Road steam locomotives. We ARCHIVE and RECORD the historic photos we find. We SERVE as a clearing house for information about sources of steam locomotive photos. We RESPECT the copyright of persons and institutions holding the rights to the materials. We NEED YOUR HELP in the increasingly difficult work of finding, authenticating and obtaining the photos we are seeking. We have found many but there are still 600 never seen photos of Milwaukee steam engines. Here is a list of our "10 Most Wanted" missing engines:
Class Road Numbers Comment
J2-a 409-84-26-1025 First engine from new Milwaukee Shops, retired 1910
G8 2601-1001 Only unseen G8, worked until the end of steam
C5-a 7242-1242 Only unseen C5 of 45 rostered
B3-x 253-300-1600-4200 Experimental Vauclain Compound 4-6-0, scrapped 1927
B3 301-1601-4201 First engine of the class of 25
B4 367-1717-4317 First of 66, "wide firebox" class en
A2-a 939-3126 Only unseen Atlantic, built 1903, retired 1928
G1 192 Ex Milwaukee & Superior No. 4
L2 1800-8000-662 First engine of the class of 180
4-4-0 1 Former LaCrosse & Milw. No. 1, named Winneconne
We are seeking these and other Milwaukee Road steam locomotives and photo collections. For more information, contact Ted Douglas, Steam Search Coordinator at: tinated71@yahoo.com
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Membership Renewal Time is Here! But we forgot to put the form in the 3rd Quarter!!
However, you can print the form below and mail it in. If you want to renew on line, use the link above to get to the registration site.
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Address ________________________________
City ____________________ State _____ Zip + 4 __________
Phone __________________ Email _____________________
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Expiration Date ____________ Security Number _________
You may also send a check if you prefer not to use a credit card.
Regular Membership $35 _______
Sustaining Membership $70 _______
Regular - Non-USA $52 _______
Sustaining - Non-USA $87 _______
Spousal Membership $5 _______
Skok Preservation & Restoration Fund (Tax Deductible)$ _______
Jim Scribbins Memorial Library Fund (Tax Deductible) $ _______
IRM Equipment Restoration Fund (Tax Deductible) $ _______
MRHA IRM Museum Fund (Tax Deductible) $ _______
Skytop Restoration Fun (Tax Deductible) $ _______
TOTAL REMITTED $ _______
Mail this form to MRHA MEMBERSHIP, P. O. BOX 307, ANTIOCH, IL 60002-0307
Renew Your Membership Today!
LOOKING FOR MRHA AT TRAIN SHOWS
Do you want to talk to someone from MRHA? Would you like to see something that MRHA offers? Each year MRHA representatives attend a number of shows in various parts of the country. If you are near one of these sites, stop by and say Hello! and ask your questions, or look at our materials (though not all our items are at every show)! Here is a list of the shows that MRHA usually attends. Show hours are generally 9 or 10 to 4PM.
JANUARY - None
FEBRUARY - Mad City Train Show - Alliant Center- Madison, Wisconsin (2nd or 3rd weekend)
MARCH - Rock Valley Train Show - Belvidere High Sch. - Belvidere, IL (Mar 24-25, 2018)
APRIL - Livingston Rail Show - Depot Center -Livingston, Montana (last Saturday in April)
MAY - Davenport Train Show - 2815 Locust St. - Davenport, Iowa (May 5, 2018)
JUNE - None
JULY - LaCrosse Train Show -Copeland Park - LaCrosse, Wisconsin (date TBA)
AUGUST - Elkader Train Show - Johnson Reception Hall - Elkader, Iowa (August 18, 2018)
SEPTEMBER - Missoula Train Show - Big Sky H.S. - Missoula, Montana (2nd Sunday in Sept.)
OCTOBER - Fall 2016 Train Show - County Fairgrounds - Spokane, Wash. (2nd Sunday in Oct.)
NOVEMBER - Trainfest - State Fair Park - West Allis, Wisconsin (2nd weekend of Nov.) plus
Dubuque Train Show - Dubuque Fairgrounds -Dubuque, Iowa - (1st weekend)
DECEMBER - None