Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Open House in Janesville July 9

[jeaton]

The WSOR will have an open house at the Janesville (WI) Roundhouse from 10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. More information at http://www.wsorrailroad.com .

Good chance to meet and greet at least three other forum members. Post a reply if you decide to come over. We could set up a specific point for a check in and maybe have some "Hi, I'm _______ " labels for those who don't have any outstanding warrants for taking "illegal" pictures of trains.[}:)][:D][:D]

Thanks to talbanese (Tom) and Kathi Kube for bringing this up.

Jay

[fuzzybroken]

I'll be there, and in Mad-town on the 24th. See you there!

-Mark
www.fuzzyworld3.com

[dknelson]

The roundhouse is really interesting as is the little yard they have there in Janesville
The steam locomotive that will be present is the Soo Line 1003, a 2-8-2 usually kept in the auto museum in Hartford WI. This is a really nice locomotive.
Dave Nelson

[Anonymous]

I'll be there during nap time around noon!!!

I'm 6-2 with muscles the size of an E9!!! Plus I drive a Ferrari. Is RED!

I hope they let us see the inside of the business cars.

[Noah Hofrichter]

Oh I'll definately be there. I wouldn't miss it for the world. As well as the Madison one too, Especially since there will be rides on the Reedsburg Sub.

Noah

[zardoz]

I shall be there also. Hopefully when it opens.

[jeaton]

Just bringing this back up in case anyone interested missed the topic earlier.

Kathi Kube will be man..., no, perso..., no, IN CHARGE of the Trains Magazine booth on the grounds. Suggest that as the meeting spot for Forum members. Stop by on the hour.

Jay

[Anonymous]

I will be there as well for the day. Wouldnt mind meeting and swapping stories with everyone. I will have a black ball cap on if anyone sees me by the Trains booth if everyone follows the on the hour meeting times. Does anyone know if the 1003 pulling any trips to Milton Jct? I had a buddy tell me it might. Where exactly is the round house at in town? Can I follow the Milwakee line into town and come across it or is it alittle harder to find? Again I hope to meet some of you there, we will see you Saturday! Long live The Rock.
Scott

[zardoz]

RI4310,
Just go to the link provided by the original poster, and print the page; there is a map provided by the WS.

[eolafan]

Hopefully I will be there on Saturday along with my bride. Hope to see you all there.

[dknelson]

These posts don't last long so don;t blame me if this is a dead link but the Journal Sentinel website today (friday) had a photo of the steam locomotive leaving Hartford

http://www.jsonline.com/photo/

Dave Nelson

[kschmidt]

Greetings,

I also plan to be there on Saturday in Janesville. Be nice to get into the roundhouse and see #1003 on the turntable. Hope to meet a couple of the other forum people.

Keith

[zardoz]

Gee, maybe we should wear some of those tags that say, "Hello, I'm _______".

[Noah Hofrichter]

Scott, as far as I know they aren't doing any excursions at the Janesville one this weekend. The Madison celebration will include rides though.

Noah

[jeaton]

RI4310

If you are coming up I-39/90 Exit 175A puts you west on Racine Ave. Stay on Racine, cross the Rock River and go on about 10 short blocks further to Center Ave.

Turn Right on Center Av to Court St. (major intersection w/ rr tracks crossing on diagonal)

Left on Court St

Turn left on the first street on the left into the WSOR property.

See you there.

[jeaton]

QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz

Gee, maybe we should wear some of those tags that say, "Hello, I'm _______".

I'll bring some and leave them with Kathi at the Trains Magazine booth.