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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]
The company's first publication was The Model Railroader, which began publication in the summer of 1933 at 545 S. 84th Street in Milwaukee (now site of a car wash), with a cover date of January 1934. A press release announcing the magazine appeared in August 1933, but did not receive much interest.
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]).
Also on tap this weekend: another Family Free Day at Milwaukee County Zoo, a candlelight hike in Havenwoods State Forest and more. Mitten Fest, Domes train show, Unicorn World, other things to do ...
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.
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. Milwaukee Repertory Theater will perform a full ...