 The GNRHS Virtual Annual Convention is this Saturday and Sunday, November 7-8! It is free to members and non-members alike, but please note the Zoom link HAS CHANGED from what was published in the Goat. CLICK HERE to access the link, and please spread the word. Speakers include Ray Djuff, Bob Kelly, Scott Tanner, Jon Snyder and Bill Lundgren, with further details here. Among the highlights will be Jon’s Sunday afternoon presentation, where he will demonstrate the Great Northern System Map project he announced in November of 2024. Jon’s project is an invaluable resource for historians and modelers alike, including ways the planning process for a GN based layout can be enhanced.    We’ve built in break periods to encourage ad hoc discussions, with Board Directors serving as moderators. Again, just CLICK HERE for full convention details and the Zoom link! |
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Online Convention This Saturday!
Posted on November 5, 2026, by admin
NOW TAKING RESERVATIONS!
Never before offered in plastic, developed with close cooperation between GNRHS and Rapido, these cars represented 35% of GN’s boxcar fleet at one point. 6 different schemes offered including 2 GNRHS EXCLUSIVE schemes. Click Here to learn more…
Posted on October 14, 2026, by admin
New in the Company Store
Now available are the GN 35000 series cars by Moloco in HO scale. These are models of 50’ 6” inside length St. Cloud built steel double sliding door box cars with a 15-foot clear opening. During 1956 Great Northern’s St. Cloud shops began a multiple year project to build these 50-ton capacity cars, with wide side doors.
The model has the signature diagonal reinforcing panels on each side of the doors. The body is an accurate match for 50 cars 35000 to 35049 built in 1956 equipped with permanent auto stowage devices tor automobile transport service, and 350 cars 35050 to 35399 also built in 1956, used to haul lumber, plywood, wood pulp, and paper.
We even have a small number of the special “750,000th Car Over Hump” at Gavin Yard car from 1958.
Click here to view and purchase these fine models.
Posted on July 3, 2026, by admin