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modelers and the Wisconsin
Valley Model Railroad Club,
the library was intentionally
conceived as a browsing li-
brary rather than an archival
research library. Books cover
the gamut of railroad histo-
ries, locomotives, rolling
stock, depots, biographies,
etc. Periodicals such as Offi-
cial Guides, Official Railway
Equipment Registers, and
others date back to 1895.

Bound volumes of most his-
Official Guides and Official Railway
tory and modeling titles date
Equipment Registers.
back to beginning issues of
most titles. Kalmbach Pub-
lishing Company, beginning
in October, on a weekly basis
has donated boxes of dupli-
cate books from its David P.
Morgan Library. Various
items of ephemera such as
maps, timetables, blueprints
and railroad art supplement.
All are housed in an attrac-
tive reading room with work
table and reading chairs, sur-
rounded by the MHS collec-
tion of lamps, lanterns and Antique cabinet once belonging to local CMStP&P
artifacts. Reasonably priced section foreman (originally from a local law office)
copy service of any articles is contains timetables, maps, artwork and blueprints.
available. Here is the blueprint for the diamond at Heafford
Junction, WI.

Docents familiar with the collection must be present. Regular docent hours are Fridays 9-12,
but appointments can be made for special times needed.
Regular MHS winter hours are 9-1 Monday through Friday; open until 3:00 on Wednesdays,
and other times by appointment.
The Merrill History and Culture Center is located at
100 East Third Street,
Merrill, WI 54452
1-715-536-5652)
www.merrillhistory.org

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