10th Michigan Railroad History Conference

Jackson, Michigan

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Location:  Cascade Manor House, 1970 Kibby Road, Jackson, Michigan  49203  517-784-1500.  (Directions:  From I-94 and north US-127 interchange:  Take West Avenue south 3 miles to Kibby Road, turn right.  Take Kibby Road 1/2 mile to the Manor House (west side of road).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION SCHEDULE:  ($45 per person before October 1st.  $50 after October 1st.)

8:00 a.m. - Registration:  Pick up your prepaid conference packets and enjoy coffee and conversation.

8:30 a.m. - Introductions by Chairperson Greg Degowski and Honory Chairperson Pat Hackett.

8:50 a.m. - Tribute to Sam Breck by Don Meints.

8:55 a.m. - More introductions by the Chairperson.

9:00 a.m. - Chuck Geletzke:  "Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad - Expressway for Industry"

9:45 a.m. - Rahn Stokes:  "NYC, PC, Conrail & NS Dispatching on the Michigan Division 1958 - 2006"

10:25 a.m. - Break.

10:40 a.m. - Mike Delaney:  "Michigan Coal and the Rails that moved it".

11:25 a.m. - Norm Krentel:  "Lansing - Jackson Interurban Railway"

12:15 p.m. - Buffet Luncheon (with poster presentations)

12:30 p.m. - Poster Session A:  Gaylord Gill:  "Deckerville Pere Marquette Depot Project"

12:40 p.m. - Poster Session B:  Dale Berry:  "MichiganRailroads.com"

12:50 p.m. - Keynote Presentation:  Nicholas Marsh:  "Runaway Research on the Michigan Central"

1:30 p.m. - Dave Kindem:  "The Spring Lake Iron Company, the Railroads and Charcoal Production in West Michigan"

2:15 p.m. - Sandy Duffy:  "A Brief History of the Port Huron and Detroit Railroad"

2:55 p.m. - Break.

3:10 p.m. - Mark Worrall:  "A Day in the Life of the Michigan Central's Airline"

3:50 p.m. - Tom Klug:  "Railroad Freight Car Manufacturing and Social Conflicts in Gilded Age Detroit"

4:35 p.m. - Henry Burger:  "Ann Arbor Railroad:  Ann Arbor to Durand"

5:15 p.m. - Closing Remarks.

5:30 p.m. - End of the formal conference program.  Drive to the former Michigan Central Railroad shops complex, now Miller Trucking and Storage.

6:00 p.m. - Tour of former MCRR shops.  (Please display the MRHC name tag/pass).

7:30 p.m. - Afterglow at the former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern freight house (now Wendy's Restaurant) with an informal panel discussion about Michigan railroad history questions and concerns.

IMPORTANT:  Click here for the registration form.

*************************

Conference updates and registration forms will be posted at www.MichiganRailroadHistory.org and in the Calendar of Events of www.MichiganRailroads.com.  For more information and registration forms, send by mail to the 10th Michigan Railroad History Conference, P. O. Box 852, Royal Oak, Michigan  48068-0852, or contact Greg Degowski, MRHC chairperson, at gjdegowski@yahoo.com or at 248-547-4783.  Feel free to bring appropriate organization information brochures from other rail or history related organizations to share with other attendees.  A limited number of attendee vendor tables will be available at $10 each for railroad history items only.  See our website for vendor registration forms.

*************************