Past meeting programs
Here is a llisting of the last few years of Wisconsin Chapter NRHS meetings, in person and online.
Many of our online meetings were recorded; links to the video of those are provided where available. Also see the chapter's YouTube channel.
2024
April 5: Edward M. Koehler Jr presents A Glimpse at the NYO&W
March 1: Tom Hoffmann's 20-Year Lookback: 2003
February 2: The chapter's annual business meeting and Movie Night:
Brian Buchanan - "How I Became a Railfan"
Gordon Smith - "Canadian Alcos in the 1980s"
Matt Brozowski - "Freight in Motion: 2023 in Review, by Season"
January 5: "The Street and Interurban Railways of Sheboygan," presented by James Rindt
2023
December 1: "The Railroad Photography of Linn Westcott," presented by Kevin P. Keefe
November 3: "NRHS Conventions Past and Present," presented by Bob Joyce and Mike Yuhas
October 7: Annual banquet, with keynote presentation by Chris Burger
Setember 8: Members Favorite Slide Night
June 2: Dave Nelson presents "The Photography and Collections of Rod Robinson."
May 5: Keith Schmidt and Dan Grudzielanek present "Get 'em Before They're Gone" - their September 2022 visit to Montana and Wyoming
April 14: Kenny Wright presents "Tracks to TOWN," a look at railroads around Hagerstown, Maryland
March 3: Richard Koenig presents "On the Eve of Staggers" - some midwest railroads in the late 1970s
February 21: Online Slide Show
Jerry Pyfer - Stuff from Little Yellow Boxes
Jerry Krug - Road Trip to Rich Mountain on KCS
Jim Yanke - The Railroading Adventures of a Conductor's Son
January 6: Tom Hoffmann presents "2002 Look Back"
2022
December 20: Online Slide Show
Ron Burkhard - Oregon Trip
Ed Koehler - Combined Tours of the new Grand Central Madison station
Elrond Lawrence - The Central California Coast Line: Union Pacific's time machine between San Luis Obispo and San Jose
Mike Yuhas - I Cover the Waterfront
December 2: Al Baker Presents
November 4: Western Pacific Boogie, by Bill Christopher
October 18: Online Slide Show
Rob Pfeiffer - The Start of Something Good: A Zephyr Honeymoon, 1997
Steve Barry - Northeast Steam
Joe McMillan - Lake Michigan Carferries
October 7: Auction
October 1: Chapter Banquet: keynote presentation by Edward A. Burkhardt, founder of Wisconsin Central
September 9: Members Favorite Slide Night
June 21: Online Slide Show
Marshall W. Beecher - North Central Indiana Rails
Mark Llanuza - Chicago & North Western's Elroy Subdivision
Gordon E. Smith - My Hometown Railroad, The Central Vermont
William M. Beecher Jr. - Mineral Range
June 3: 50 Years of Railroad Photography, by Mike Yuhas
Part 0 - Preliminary announcements
Part 1 - Long Island, Philadelphia, etc., including LIRR, PC, D&H, Conrail, CSX
Part 2 - Sand Patch, Chicagoland, Santa Fe, Wisconsin, The West, The Mississippi
May 6: Two programs presented by Andrew S. Nelson
Part 0 - Announcements
Part 1 - My Green Bay & Western
Part 2 - Up North in Wisconsin with the Nelson Brothers
April 19: Online Slide Show
Dave Nelson - TBA
Gilbert Sebenste - Those Were the Nights
Jerry Krug - Special Schemes and Trains
April 1: The Godfather's 1957 Travels, with John Dziobko and Ray Peacock
Part 0 - Announcements and railroad news
Part 1 - John's trip: NJ, Roanoke, Cincinnati, Chicago, Omaha, Salt Lake, San Francisco etc.
Part 2 - John's trip: Oakland, Portland, St. Paul, Proctor & Duluth, Chicago, etc.
March 23: Hello FOXY! With Stefan Loeb and Brian Buchanan
Part 1 - Stefan Loeb
Part 2 - Brian Buchanan and Q&A
March 4: Last Ride on the Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension with Alan Freed
Part 1
Part 2
February 11: Online Slide Show
Jerry Pyfer - Illinois Central Gulf Freeport District
Jeff Wojciechowski - "Working" Out West
Erik Lindgren - Winter on the Front Range
Dan Grudzielanek - SD40-2 Tribute
Erik Shicotte - Concrete Cowboy: October on the High Plains
February 4: 20 Years Ago with Tom Hoffmann
Annual business meeting
Tom Hoffmann's presentation
January 7: Bob Baker’s Milwaukee Road
Part 1
Part 2
2021
December 21: Online Slide Show
Mark Lynn - Santa Fe, 1968-2001
Brian Hechel - 20 Years of Digital Photography
Matt Brozowski - A Week on the Rio Grande
Bon French - A Day at Rochelle with Dick Neumiller
Mike Yuhas - 1991
December 3: David P. Morgan’s Milwaukee, by Kevin P. Keefe
Part 1
Part 2
November 5: Where Nature Smiles 300 Miles, by Bryan Howell
Part 1
Part 2
October 19: Online Slide Show
Alan Baker - Amtrak's Acela in Connecticut
Rich Peters - Twenty Years of Railfanning
Jim Rindt - Chicago & North Western Lakeshore Division: Interesting Angles and Oddities
Mike Slater - Milwaukee Road Aerial Photographs
October 1: Railroad Mayhem Night, presentations by Chris Barney and Dave Nelson
Part 1 - Chris Barney
Part 2 - Dave Nelson
September 10: Members Favorite Slide Night
June 15: Online Slide Show
Ron Burkhard - A Few from My Past - Slides 1959-2018
Edward M. Koehler - A Visit to the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Mike Sosalla - Passenger Memories, Part 1
Rob Pfeiffer - Butler and Beyond: Recollections of C&NW's Last Decade
Mike Del Vecchio - Norfolk Southern 1700 - Authentic Heritage
June 4: Communications and Signals Then and Now, by Brian Sykes
Part 1
Part 2
May 8: Photography of “Godfather” John Dziobko, presented by Eric Rasmussen and Ray Peacock (joint meeting with North Western Illinois Chapter)
Part 1
Part 2
April 20: Online Slide Show
Keith Schmidt - Steamed Rice, Diamond Facets, and 261 Special
Marshall W. Beecher - Calumet Rails
Steve Glischinski - Midwest Railroads in the 1970s
Tom Danneman - Off the Beaten Path: BNSF's Casper and Cody Subdivisions
Gary Pancavage - Amtrak - From the Inside Out, A New Look on the Reading & Northern, and Delmarva Central - Service with Pride!
April 2: Taking Trips the Second Time, by Bob Gallegos
March 5: Rail Lines of Otto Mears, by Edward M. Koehler
Part 1 (introduction)
Part 2
Part 3
February 16: Online Slide Show
Steve Miazga - Duplainville Diamond Cutover
Dan Munson - Blades along the route of the Southwest Chief
Dean Sauvola - Wisconsin Central's White Pine line
Jerry Pyfer - Wisconsin short lines - beyond the Cheddar Curtain
Mike Yuhas - More adventures in aerial railroad photography
February 5: Soo Line Photos by Bill Raia and Soo Line 1003, presented by Mike Raia
Part 1 - Bill Raia's Soo Line photos
Part 2 - Mike Raia's 1003 photos
January 8: Wisconsin Branchlines, presented by Arlyn Colby
Part 1
Part 2
2020
December 15: Online Slide Show
Scott Lothes
Matt Krause
Norm Carlson
Apurva Bahadur
Jim Sponholz
December 4: Montreal to the Maritimes, presented by R. L. Eastwood Jr.
Part 1 - intro
Part 2
Part 3 - Q&A and closing remarks
November 6: CSX Honor Locomotives and Other Cool CSX Things, by Eric T. Hendrickson
Part 1
Part 2
October 20: Online Slide Show
Steven Chen - Railroad Photography in Atlanta
Don Marson - 45 Years of Winter Photography
Andy Wehrle - 2020: Lemonade
Erik Lindgren - Exploring Colorado Rail Photography in the Fall
Bill Christopher - Just Too Cool: The Green Bay & Western, Then and Now
October 2: Wisconsin Great Northern, presented by Greg Vreeland and Robert Tabern
Part 1 - History
Part 2 - Passenger service
Part 3 - Mark Twain Zephyr trainset
Part 4 - Q&A
September 11: Members Favorite Slide Night
June 5: A Night at the Museum, with representatives from National Railroad Museum, East Troy Railroad Museum, and Mid-Continent Railroad Museum
May 1: Short presentations by,
Keith Schmidt - What If in 2020
Jerry Krug - Iowa Interstate
Dan Grudzielanek - Chicago
Bob Gallegos - Following CP 470 & 471
Mike Yuhas - BNSF in California and Arizona in January 2020 (etc.)
March 6: Milwaukee Road - East from Aberdeen, by Fred Hyde
February 7: Canst Thou Send Lightning, by James Wades
January 3: Railfanning in 1969 with Tom Hoffmann
2019
December 6: Green Bay & Western and Tour of the Twin Ports by Jerry Krug
November 1: The Hop at One Year, with Terry Mulcahy, Alisha Adaway, and Alderman Bob Bauman
October 4: After Promontory, presented by Scott Lothes
September 6: Members Favorite Slide Night
June 7: Soo Line, South Shore and More, by Lou Gerard
May 4: Chapter Banquet: keynote presentation by Norman Carlson, Chairman of Metra
April 5: Wallace W. Abbey Photography, presented by Kevin P. Keefe
March 1: Fond du Lac - Not Gone but Not Forgotten, presented by Brian Siegl
February 1: Dave Nelson presents WC and WSOR 1980 to 2008
January 4: Coal is Still King, by Keith Schmidt
2018
December 7: Mesabi Range, Great Northern, Milwaukee Road and More in Rare Photos, presented by Jim Rindt
November 2: East Troy Past and Present, with Evan Richards
October 5: 20 Years Ago - 1998, recalled by Tom Hoffmann
September 7: Members Favorite Slide Night
June 1: Mike Patrick presents Kenosha from the 1960 to the early 1990s
May 5: Chapter Banquet: keynote presentation by Dave Leider discussing Chicago Stockyards
April 6: Reading in the 1960s and More, by Rob McGonigal
March 2: Gary Rumler’s Northwestern
February 2: Midwest Railroads in 1989 and 2001, with Al Baker
February 5: Santa Fe with Jerry Krug
2017
December 1: Where the Heck Am I, asked (and answered) by Dave Nelson
November 3: Today’s Aerial Railroad Photography, presented by Mike Yuhas
October 6: 20 Years Ago - 1997, recalled by Tom Hoffmann
September 8: Members Favorite Slide Night
June 2: UP Historian and Photographer Bill Kratville, presented by Cate Kratville-Wrinn
May 6: Chapter Banquet: keynote presentation by Peter Wolff and John Woodcock of TTX
April 7: Railfan events of 2015 and 65th Anniversary of the Wisconsin Chapter, presented by Keith Schmidt
March 3: Northwest Ohio Railroads in the 1970s and 1980s photographed by John Uckley, presented by Brian Schmidt
February 3: Soo Line in the 1970s & 80s, presented by Jerry Krug
January 6: Burlington Northern in Illinois, presented by Dave Nelson
2016
December 2: Railroad Trivia Night, with Jim Wrinn
November 4: Union Pacific Overland Route, presented by Dan Grudzielanek
October 7: The Roy Campbell Collection, presented by Tom Burg
September 9: Members Favorite Slide Night
June 3: An Hour of Slides Taken by Cyril “Cy” Mennen, presented by Matt Planning
May 7: Chapter Banquet: keynote presentation by Rick Grossman of Wells Fargo
April 1: Soo Line in Transition, presented by Bob Baker
March 4: Montana in the Digital Age, presented by Tom Danneman
February 5: Bucyrus-Erie Factory and its Railroad, presented by Dave Nelson
January 8: 20 Years Ago, presented by Tom Hoffmann