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Custom car made to commemorate Jerry by
one of the members

gineer Jerry’s character and the kids loved
him for it. Storytime with Thomas the Tank
and Engineer Jerry would move to three other
hobby shops over the years, the kids and par-
ents following with him allowing them to
grow up being friends with a ‘real’ train engi-
neer.
Being President of the Association of
Model Railroad Clubs, founder of the All Star
Railroad Night at MSOE, founder of five Lio-
nel clubs across the United States and giving
life to Engineer Jerry, Jerry’s compassion for
his fellow man (and woman) goes even fur-
ther. He is involved in programs for home- Milwaukee Lionel Club car for this year
less and injured veterans as well as being
Trustee for the local AmVets Post 60 in Mil-
waukee and President of the Milwaukee
Chapter of the Association of The United
States Army.
The countless volunteer hours of prepping,
planning, organizing, coordinating, marketing
and displaying to grow the model railroad
hobby and to help out his fellow veterans has
not gone unnoticed by the lives that he has
made a difference in. What had begun as a
simple club created from a handful of neigh-
borhood boys engrossed in watching the
trains go ‘round the track, manifested itself
into an empire that touched thousands of
lives, enriching them beyond anything Jerry
could have imagined. *

With Jerry’s signature and the club year
Jerry Brettschneider 1941-2021

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