Great News for Ohio Central Railroad Excursions

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From: oc6325

Great News for Ohio Central Railroad Excursions

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

<from their web site>
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 Railroad'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 1940's and 50's transforming 4-8-4 #6325
back to her vintage GTW livery and will pull 40's and 50'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
www.ocsteam.com
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From the OC Steam Department List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ohiocentral6325