In Middletown, NY:

Middletown Railroad Day 2007

The Ontario & Western Historical Society

PRESENTS

Middletown Railroad Day

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Middletown Senior Center
62-70 West Main Street
Middletown, New York

9:00 A.M – 4:00 P.M.

Admission Is FREE But Donations are Most Appreciated.

Celebrating the fifty years of enthusiastic remembrance of the
Middletown based New York Ontario & Western Railway since it ceased
operation on March 29, 1957, the Ontario & Western Historical Society
will hold its second annual "Middletown Day," as above scheduled:

There will be displays of historical significance and the opportunity
for discussion with noted NYO&W Ry. authorities and authors:

Marv Cohen – Author and Historian From The Middletown Historical
Society.

Robert E. Mohowski – Associate Editor of Railroad Model Craftsman.

John Taibi – author of numerous books and articles about the O&W.

Ron Vassallo – O&W Historical Society Webmaster.

Former O&W employees………as in attendance.

Sales tables for hardware and historical artifacts to be sold by:

Ontario & Western Railway Historical Society.

Middletown & New Jersey Railway Historical Society.

New York Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society

Private vendors – models, artifacts, new & used books and
periodicals.

Collectors of Ontario & Western Artifacts.

Drawings and original artwork by Carl Ohlson, longtime railroad
artist, scholar and teacher.

Books and scale models and modeling materials by Alan F. Seebach –
proprietor of "Old & Weary Car Shops" and manufacturer of Ontario &
Western scale models

Scale model diorama displays by:

Joseph Bux – including his stunning diorama of the Wickham Avenue
Depot.

Mal Houck – author and modeling contributor to the Ontario & Western
Historical Society Website – displaying a scale diorama of the
Monticello Depot and railroad yards.

Charles Breiner – displaying Garden Railroad "G-Scale" O&W models and
an O&W milk train.

Displays of Ontario & Western artifacts, hardware and collectables by
noted collectors Carl Ohlson and George Shammas (President of the
Ontario & Western Historical Society).

Rich Cobb; Master Model Builder. Rich's scale models grace many a
layout and diorama around the country.


*On The Big Screen*

Power Point presentation by author and historian John Taibi on "Fifty
Years of Remembering the O&W"."

Power Point presentation by Doug Barberio, educator and historian on
the "Middletown Branch of the O&W".

Presentation of the DVD "NYO&W On Film" by Ron Vassallo. This is the
just released DVD "The NYO&W On Film" by the O&WRHS and it is roughly
3 hours of rare O&W Film, Employee Interviews and Music. Ron will be
showing about an hour of this DVD.

Refreshments will be available for sale outside of the Senior Center.

The Middletown Senior Center is located at 62-70 West Main Street,
Middletown NY 10940.

For updates, directions and information please visit our website at
http://www.nyow.org or e-mail owrhs@...