Who is going to Train Expo 2014? 1225 & 765 will be running!

I'm going as well. Should be a good time as I was there in 2009 and it absolutely rocked then!!

Any one else?  Just 3 of us?

I will be there on Friday with my family.

Hope to see you guys on Friday and Saturday.

Will bring the kids.

We've been hoping to go, but it's entirely dependent on the weather and the stuff going on at husband's job. As of now, it looks like a no-go, which is too bad because Owosso is a really neat place.

Daniel and I will be there both Friday and Saturday.  Will be on the 1225 Friday as well.  Hope to see you there.

I will be at all the night photo sessions.   Laura and I will be on the 765 Friday morning! 

I will be there Friday. I gave up my spot for night photo sessions. Anybody interested please contact Pete Lerro.

Can somebody tell me when the trains are leaving for their morning run on Friday?

Thanks

J Daddy, on my ticket the 765 leaves at 8 am.

Ralph

I can't be there. I'll be doing a little traveling this weekend in a King Air 90 and a King Air 200. 9 legs over 3 flights and 3 days. Now you can try to figure out what days and in what order! 

Here's my route for the weekend:

Since I'm coming down from Up North I won't get there until about 11 am.  Charlie and John, I have your cell numbers so we can hook up sometime while there.  I've got a ticket for one of the short train rides and also will head over to check out the B-25 & B-17.   I've got a special interest in the B-25 as my Dad flew on those in the Pacific (Air Apaches).

Dang, supposed to rain Friday.  Oh well, it rained in 2009 too.

I was talking to my work colleagues, and they have lived here in Michigan for many years, and they have never heard of this event.

I agreed that the advertisement and scheduling is very poorly done.

Nobody could find a schedule of events in one area of the internet. Locations of the exhibits are non existent. Can anyone suggest a website that gives a calendar events for the following:

Car show location and time?

Air show location and time?

Restaurants, BBQ, etc.?

Kids attractions and rides?

Camping areas?

Hotels?

I can find details on some of the train rides and purchase tickets in advance, but that is it.

Can anyone recommend a website with maps, times and locations I can print out at work here and post?

Thanks....

The link posted in the first post tells you everything you need to know.

Here's a map of the venue itself...taken right from their web site. The image is larger on their web site.

Thanks so much Rich.  I will forward on the group here at the office.

Like I say the trainfest is covered well, but the airshow and car show?

Looks like there will be sooo much to see.

Jdaddy, I googled hotels & campgrounds, there are 3 motels and 2 campgrounds there - probably filled.  Otherwise they might need to look at Flint, Frankenmuth, or Lansing.

Too bad we don't have some sort of OGR forum button so we can identify each other.  Oh well.

Getting ready to head back to Owosso to ride with the 765 for the first time.  The photo session last night was great. Here is the 1225. 

I had a great time at the night shoot also.   Unfortunately I am on a very slow connection up here at my parents cottage so pictures will have to wait until I get home on Monday.  

It was an overcast day today, but the crowds were light. Got to see everything and even the kids enjoyed the carnival rides.

Was really surprised at the used Metca cars the state of Michigan purchased and the opening of a new passenger line between Howell Michigan and Ann Arbor by 2015.

Was a fun day in Owosso today.  Thoroughly enjoyed being there with my family and all the forum members I bumped into.  Having the WWII air power overhead was an added bonus.  Especially liked when the P51 was buzzing the SRI property.

I would need to drive for almost 2 Hours one way to get to Owosso.

It would be better if there was a passenger train on the CN/GTW that could take me there and back.

Andrew

Seems pretty minimal for the experience that can be had.

I could drive a 2 hour trip with my eyes closed.

When traveling in our motor home, I often drive 8-10 hours a day.

I drove over 3 hours each way and it was definitely worth it!!!  Spent 7 hours there.

However, yeah - it would be nice to take a train to the show.

Had a great time!  Rode on the one hour train trip with Little River RR Pacific 110, watched 765 coming in (blowing perfect smoke rings!), and saw it hand off its train to 1225. watched two double headed tank engines pull another train out of the way, plus the beautiful Levithan in steam and much other railroad activity. Sometimes you didn't know which way to look!  (7 standard gauge locos in steam at once!)  The B-17 and the P-51B made several flybys along with an antique biplane. Talked with a lot of interesting people, plus met up with MichRR714 & family and Jdaddy and most of his family.  Later in the day went to the airport and got close & personal with the WW2 aircraft (thanks to my travelling buddy GTW and his press pass - thanks Neil!)... including a thorough tour of the B-25 Mitchell, given by its rather attractive female pilot (she is a 737 captain for Southwest).  My Dad flew combat missions on B-25's in the Pacific theater, and I can't wait to show him the photo of this Mitchell pilot!  Afterwards we went to the Wrought Iron Grill for supper, it's located right on the active tracks and arrived just in time to see 1225 returning from its excursion.  Appropriately they had 1225 IPA beer on tap, plus great food.

Would have been nine hours each way for us and I still wish we could have made it.