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Trainfest started in 1971 as a one-day show in a Milwaukee Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. [1] Today, Trainfest is a two-day event sponsored by the Wisconsin Southeastern (WISE) division of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) and takes over 200,000 square feet (19,000 m 2) of the Wisconsin Exposition Center during the second weekend of November. [2]
Another thing Model Railroader had was their own model railroad layout, the Milwaukee, Racine and Troy, which was located on the second floor of the Kalmbach Media offices in Waukesha (the original was located on the 3rd floor of the old offices at 1027 N. 7th Street which was in operation from 1975 to 1989 [6]).
Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., was officially founded in Milwaukee in 1932—though it started years earlier when seven-year-old William K. (Bill) Walthers got his first taste of the hobby with a small, wind-up toy train for Christmas. He continued with the hobby and eventually had an attic layout composed primarily of his scratch-built creations.
The Zoo Line, the miniature railroad at the Milwaukee County Zoo, is shown beginning its daily operating schedule June 21, 1959. The steam-engine train was donated to the zoo by The Journal Company.
The latest initiative: Thursday's launch of a Vendor Directory to help local businesses connect with organizations and others headed to Milwaukee for the big political show that runs July 15-18.
re:Craft and Relic brings more than 160 vendors of vintage and handmade wares to the Milwaukee County Sports Complex, 6000 W. Ryan Road in Franklin, for a winter market from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan ...
Build date Builder Former operators Retire date Disposition and location Notes References Denver and Rio Grande Western 5371 August 1975 Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad; Union Pacific Railroad; December 5, 2008 On static display at the Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden, Utah [10] Denver and Rio Grande ...
Milwaukee Repertory Theater will perform a full schedule of 12 productions in 2024-'25. But construction means some shows will be in new places.