FAQ Category: Membership

No, our company store only sells one-year subscriptions. If you select a quantity of two, you are actually purchasing two one-year subscriptions that run concurrently.

If you are purchasing a new membership (i.e. you are not currently a member) and would like to pay for more than one year in advance, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your account.
  2. Visit Become A Member and purchase a membership.
  3. Visit My Account and click the “My Subscription” button.
  4. Your next payment date (the date your subscription expires) is shown. Click the “Renew now” button and you will be shown what your new expiration date will be.
  5. Click “Pay now” to complete your early renewal.

If you are an existing member and would like to pay for an additional year in advance, follow steps 1, 3, 4, and 5 above. You can repeat steps 2, 3, 4, and 5 as many times as you would like.

Our system considers each membership level to be a subscription, so renewals only extend the existing membership level.

If you want to change your membership level, you must purchase a new memberships subscription at the desired level. To avoid the memberships overlapping, you will, of course, want to do this near the end of your existing subscription.

For example, let’s assume you are a Regular member, your membership is set to renew on 2/1/2025, and you would like to renew as a Sustaining member.

To do this, prior to 2/1/2025 (for example, on 1/31/2025) you would visit My Account > Subscriptions, select your Regular membership subscription, and turn off “Auto Renew.” Then purchase a new Sustaining membership at MPHS Membership.

Our system handles this for you by treating memberships as subscriptions. If you are a current member and you are logged in, purchase of a membership is treated as a renewal and begins upon expiration of your current membership subscription. If you are not a current member your purchase is considered a new membership which begins immediately.

Therefore, if you are a current member it is imperative that you are logged in to get a renewal. Please login and visit My Account to verify that you are recognized as a member before renewing your membership.

As soon as you have purchased your membership via the company store (or, if you pay by check, once we have received your dues payment), we will mail the current issue of The Eagle magazine.

Visit Subscriptions in My Account. This will tell you whether you have an active subscription and when it will expire (or did expire).

If you do not renew your membership before it expires, you should renew it as soon as possible.

If you renew within thirty (30) days of expiration, you will not miss any issues of The Eagle or the annual calendar.

If you renew more than thirty (30) days of expiration, your renewal will be treated as a new membership.  This means that you might miss an issue of The Eagle and/or annual calendar. We suggest you opt for an automatically renewing membership in order to avoid such a situation.

Yes, we do! Documentation is required. Contact membership services to submit information and begin subscription.

Yes, memberships last for one year and thus must be renewed annually.  You can check the status of your membership anytime by visiting the Memberships area in My Account.

The Eagle is produced quarterly, with a Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter issue.

Become a Member Today!

Your membership supports production of our quarterly magazine, The Eagle, our annual calendar, and our continuing efforts to digitize and present our archives.

We are a non-profit, all volunteer group. All monies collected through dues and purchases from the Company Store go towards the effort to preserve the history of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and its predecessors. Come join us in that effort.

Regular Member

Regular Members receive 4 issues of the Eagle, MPHS Calendar, member discounts at the Company Store, full access to the MPHS Archives, and access to participate on the MPHS Forums.

$

50

00

per Year

Based on 12-month period beginning with receipt of dues

Includes a subscription to our quarterly magazine, The Eagle

New members will receive the current issue of  The Eagle  upon receipt of dues

Includes a full-color calendar for the following year (issued with 3rd quarter The Eagle)

Includes a 5% discount on many items in the company store

Access to the online MPHS Forums

Available anywhere in the world

Sustaining Member

Sustaining Members receive all the benefits of Regular Members, plus donate $25 toward MPHS Operating Expenses.  

Recognition in The Eagle.

$

75

00

per Year

Based on 12-month period beginning with receipt of dues

Includes a subscription to our quarterly magazine, The Eagle

New members will receive the current issue of  The Eagle  upon receipt of dues

Includes a full-color calendar for the following year (issued with 3rd quarter The Eagle)

Includes a 7.5% discount on many items in the company store

Access to the online MPHS Forums

Available anywhere in the world

Your name listed in The Eagle

$25 of your dues are tax deductible

Eagle Member

Eagle Members receive all the benefits of Regular and Sustaining Members, plus donate $50 toward MPHS Operating Expenses.  

Recognition in The Eagle.

$

100

00

per Year

Based on 12-month period beginning with receipt of dues

Includes a subscription to our quarterly magazine, The Eagle

New members will receive the current issue of  The Eagle  upon receipt of dues

Includes a full-color calendar for the following year (issued with 3rd quarter The Eagle)

Includes a 10% discount on many items in the company store

Access to the online MPHS Forums

Available anywhere in the world

John Bromley print (new members, not renewals)

Your name listed in The Eagle

$50 of your dues are tax deductible