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The Green Bay & Western Historical Society, Inc.

You and your family and friends are cordially invited to the

GBWHS 2025
Annual Meeting and Banquet

Green Bay, Wisconsin ~ 5:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3, 2025
$30 GBWHS members ~ $35 non-members

Best Western Green Bay Inn Conference Center

780 Armed Forces Drive
Green Bay, WI 54304-4528
Phone: 920-499-3161

Download and print an Annual Meeting Form

We will serve a family-style dinner including baked chicken, beef tips, potatoes, vegetables, rolls, and milk, upon request. The banquet is open to all.

We will have a meet and greet at 5 p.m. when the Titletown Train Show concludes. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. The banquet is a great opportunity to talk with people who worked for the GBW and hear about their days on this fascinating railroad. After holding the GBWHS Board of Directors election and announcing the results, we will present our main program.

Our program will be

Green Bay Switch Jobs on the GBW

by Dan Luedke

Dan Luedke, retired Green Bay & Western conductor, shares his experiences working the various switch jobs in the Green Bay area. If you’ve ever been curious about how the GBW serviced its hometown customers, you won’t want to miss Dan’s fascinating, first-hand accounts of this work.

You can download an Annual Meeting Form here. Watch this page for up to date information. See you there!

GBWHS 2025 Summer Meeting

GBWHS 2012 meeting at Plover

GBWHS 2012 meeting at Plover's Heritage Park, June 2, 2012. Bill Christopher photo

Heritage Park, GBW Milepost 81.4, Plover, Wisconsin

11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 7, 2025 ~ $15 per person


View the beautifully restored GBW 617 caboose and the Soo Line Bancroft depot!

Download and print a Summer Meeting Form (includes map)

Schedule of Events

11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Social: Meet and Greet with fellow GBWHS members, along with an open house of the GBW 617 caboose and Bancroft depot

12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch: BBQ pulled chicken, sides of pasta salad and potato salad along with soda, and water will be served. (Additional dishes are welcome!)

This picnic is open to anybody interested in the Green Bay & Western Railroad. Employees and retirees of the GBW and its connecting railroads, and their spouses, attend and eat for FREE as a Thank You for your many years of safely working for the railroad, and for continuing to share your memories of the GBW with the organization and others.

Click here to download and print a meeting application form, which includes a map. We hope to see you there!

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