  Bob_cosgrove Member Username: Bob_cosgrove Post Number: 581 Registered: 03-2005 |
The 9th Michigan Railroad History Conference takes place Saturday, November 10th at the Memorial Hospital Auditorium, 826 King Street, Owosso, Michigan 48867. For reservations and more information go to www.michiganrailroadhistory.or g or the calendar of events at www.michiganrailroads.com or contact MRHC Chair Greg Degowski at (248) 547-4783 or gjdegowski@comast.net Advance reservations are required; the cost of the conference is $45 and the Afterglow at the Steam Research Institute (Project 1225) Museum and engine facility is $10. Conference day registration opens at 8:00 a.m. and the program begins at 8:40 a.m. lasting until 5:00 p.m. with a buffet lunch at noon. For those who choose, from 5:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., there will be an Afterglow at the Steam Railroading Institute Museum and tour of SRI engine facility housing former Pere Marquette 2-8-4 Berkshire type Number 1225. Papers to be Presented "Copper Country Railroads" George Anderson "Ann Arbor Railroad Yards" T. J. Gaffney & Andy Vander Molen "Development of the U.S. Standard Boxcar" Vince Robinson "Railroads in the Thumb of Michigan" Darwin Simonaitis "Preservation of Michigan Depots" Ron Campbell & Jackie Hoist "Railroads of Milwaukee Junction" Bob Cosgrove "Northern Division of the Michigan Rwy.” Norm Krentel "Building the Detroit & Pontiac" Paul Trap "History of Amtrak" John DeLora "Pere Marquette N-1 Class 2-8-4’s" Rod Crawford |
