The Ohio Central Railroad gladly announces a slimmed down Fall/Winter excursion schedule. After repeated discussions with the insurance agent, the Ohio Central has agreed to honor several previous commitments to sponsoring groups, Orrville Railroad Heritage Society, Akron Railroad Club, Goodheart Productions and the Dennison Railroad Museum. There will still be no daily trains leaving from Sugarcreek.

On September 13, 2003 the Orrville Railroad Heritage Society is running their forth-annual triangle trip on the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad and the Ohio Central Railroad

This early fall trip will be our fourth steam/diesel excursion with the Wheeling & Lake Erie and Ohio Central RR. Any excursion into Southeast Ohio is scenic and this one is no exception! Our trip begins with ORHS diesel engine #471 pulling the train. Due to track rehabilitation east of Jewett, our steam locomotive portion of the trip (Locomotive 4-8-4 #6325) will begin at Bowerstown and will take us west of Coshocton to Trinway. We expect one and possibly two photo runbys on the steam portion of the trip. The train will return to Morgan Run and up to Baltic Hill to Sugarcreek pulled by several of the Ohio Central F Units, along with ORHS #471. A rare chance to see all 1950 era engines in road service!
Fares: Coach $95, Child Coach $85, (Call Depot for First Class and Executive Class tickets) First Class $190, Executive Class $245
Tickets must be ordered through the Orrville Railroad Heritage Society
TICKET OFFICE OPEN MON-FRI 1pm -5pm
Call 330-683-2426 or Fax 330-682-2426 or use the ticket order blank from the website!
For More information go to their website www.orrvillerailroad.com

On October 4, 2003 the Akron Railroad Club has their annual outing/fund raiser. They will be leaving from Sugarcreek around 1 pm and going to The Ohio Central RailroadÂ’s main shop facility for a shop tour and photo-run-by. The trip will be pulled by 4-8-4 #6325. Check back to OCSteam.com in the near future for ticket information.

On October 11th and 12th, 2003 the Ohio Central will host a Fall Photo Charter in conjunction with Goodheart Productions. The Ohio Central will recreate the 1940Â’s and 50Â’s transforming 4-8-4 #6325 back to her vintage GTW livery and will pull 40Â’s and 50Â’s era passenger and freight trains for many run-bys in several different locations. Seating is limited to the first 50 photographers per day. To see pictures from past photo charters go to http://www.ocsteam.com/photos.html seats are going quickly, so get your today. Tickets are $200/day and includes lunch, transportation from photo location to photo location and a full day of rare vintage steam photography. To order your tickets today go to: http://www.ocsteam.com/photofestival2003.html

In December, the Ohio Central Railroad will run their annual Polar Express trains sponsored by the Dennison Railroad Museum. Trains will run December 4,5,6,11,12,13 and 20th from 7pm to 9pm leaving from Dreamsville (Dennison) and going to the North Pole. Ticket will go on sale August 15th. You can order yours by calling the Dennison Railroad Museum at (740)-922-6776 or by going to their website at www.dennisondepot.org (info will be posted soon)

As you can see, this is not the schedule of past years, but considering the current insurance crunch, something is better than nothing. We are trying to stay positive and optimistic for 2004, all we can do is wait and hope insurance premiums top off and for the economy to rebound. We hope to see you this year.

The Ohio Central Steam Department


ocsteam.com

jmjohnson@ohiocentral.com

> The Ohio Central Railroad gladly announces a
> slimmed down Fall/Winter excursion schedule.
> After repeated discussions with the
> insurance agent, the Ohio Central has agreed
> to honor several previous commitments to
> sponsoring groups, Orrville Railroad
> Heritage Society, Akron Railroad Club,
> Goodheart Productions and the Dennison
> Railroad Museum. There will still be no
> daily trains leaving from Sugarcreek.

> On September 13, 2003 the Orrville Railroad
> Heritage Society is running their
> forth-annual triangle trip on the Wheeling
> and Lake Erie Railroad and the Ohio Central
> Railroad

> This early fall trip will be our fourth
> steam/diesel excursion with the Wheeling
> & Lake Erie and Ohio Central RR. Any
> excursion into Southeast Ohio is scenic and
> this one is no exception! Our trip begins
> with ORHS diesel engine #471 pulling the
> train. Due to track rehabilitation east of
> Jewett, our steam locomotive portion of the
> trip (Locomotive 4-8-4 #6325) will begin at
> Bowerstown and will take us west of
> Coshocton to Trinway. We expect one and
> possibly two photo runbys on the steam
> portion of the trip. The train will return
> to Morgan Run and up to Baltic Hill to
> Sugarcreek pulled by several of the Ohio
> Central F Units, along with ORHS #471. A
> rare chance to see all 1950 era engines in
> road service!
> Fares: Coach $95, Child Coach $85, (Call
> Depot for First Class and Executive Class
> tickets) First Class $190, Executive Class
> $245
> Tickets must be ordered through the Orrville
> Railroad Heritage Society
> TICKET OFFICE OPEN MON-FRI 1pm -5pm
> Call 330-683-2426 or Fax 330-682-2426 or use
> the ticket order blank from the website!
> For More information go to their website
> www.orrvillerailroad.com

> On October 4, 2003 the Akron Railroad Club
> has their annual outing/fund raiser. They
> will be leaving from Sugarcreek around 1 pm
> and going to The Ohio Central RailroadÂ’s
> main shop facility for a shop tour and
> photo-run-by. The trip will be pulled by
> 4-8-4 #6325. Check back to OCSteam.com in
> the near future for ticket information.

> On October 11th and 12th, 2003 the Ohio
> Central will host a Fall Photo Charter in
> conjunction with Goodheart Productions. The
> Ohio Central will recreate the 1940Â’s and
> 50Â’s transforming 4-8-4 #6325 back to her
> vintage GTW livery and will pull 40Â’s and
> 50Â’s era passenger and freight trains for
> many run-bys in several different locations.
> Seating is limited to the first 50
> photographers per day. To see pictures from
> past photo charters go to
> http://www.ocsteam.com/photos.html seats are
> going quickly, so get your today. Tickets
> are $200/day and includes lunch,
> transportation from photo location to photo
> location and a full day of rare vintage
> steam photography. To order your tickets
> today go to:
> http://www.ocsteam.com/photofestival2003.html

> In December, the Ohio Central Railroad will
> run their annual Polar Express trains
> sponsored by the Dennison Railroad Museum.
> Trains will run December 4,5,6,11,12,13 and
> 20th from 7pm to 9pm leaving from
> Dreamsville (Dennison) and going to the
> North Pole. Ticket will go on sale August
> 15th. You can order yours by calling the
> Dennison Railroad Museum at (740)-922-6776
> or by going to their website at
> www.dennisondepot.org (info will be posted
> soon)

> As you can see, this is not the schedule of
past years, but considering the current
> insurance crunch, something is better than
> nothing. We are trying to stay positive and
> optimistic for 2004, all we can do is wait
> and hope insurance premiums top off and for
> the economy to rebound. We hope to see you
> this year.

> The Ohio Central Steam Department
HURRY!!!!!!!!!!!
Great news guys,way to go.
though 2003 was dead. Never give up.
Your no.1 fan in central,ny says thanks
will try to make one trip (I HOPE)

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Three Cheers for everyone at OC. I'll be there the 11th and 12th with bells on!

TJG

Port Huron Museum
tjgaffney@phmuseum.org