January 18th - 20th - International Small Scale Steamup
For additional information visit:
http://www.diamondhead.org/
For pictures from 2008 and previous years visit:
Diamondhead Steamup Coverage |
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January 22th - The 4th Annual Troy Model Train Show & Sale -
(Confirmed Steamup)
Free parking, 150+ vendors, operating layouts and more. Admission is
$3 and children under 12 are free.
4333 John R, Troy, MI. Contact Frank Lams at
flams2@troy.k12.mi.us or call
248-823-4070
A PDF copy of flyer is available here. |
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March 2nd - Gratiot Valley Train Show & Sale,
Warren, MI.
- (Confirmed Steamup)
For information regarding the Gratiot Valley club and their shows, visit
their web site:
http://chives.michvhf.com/~gvrr/
A flyer with additional information can be found here:
http://chives.michvhf.com/~gvrr/3-08f.pdf |
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April 6th - Mid Michigan Model Train Show and Flea
Market - (Confirmed Steamup)
11am - 4pm - Finch Fieldhouse on the campus of Central Michigan
University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Free parking, layouts and food concessions. Contact Larry Lewis @ 989-386-6987 for additional information. |
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April 19th & 20th - 19th Annual Model Engineering
Expo - North American Model Engineering Society (NAMES) - (Informational)
50,000 square feet of exhibits. Model gasoline and
hot air engines will also be operating. Many suppliers of model
engineering items will be present. Bring the whole family for a
wonderful day enjoying the model engineering hobby.
For additional information. |
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May 17th & 18th - Durand Union Station,
Durand
Railroad Days - Durand, MI - (Confirmed Steamup)
This
steamup is a great time at a wonderful old station and an event not to be
missed.
For a schedule of events please visit:
http://www.durandrailroaddays.com/schedule.html
The MSSLS group will be running on Saturday and Sunday from 10am
- 4pm.
Map of Durand (pdf)
Images from
2005 event |
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May 31st & June 1st - Canterbury Village Steamup, Lake
Orion, MI - (Confirmed Steamup)
This is a great event at a wonderful location with good shopping and
food in an Old World Village like location. This event has now become
a bi-annual event for us and we look forward to it every year. We will
have both of our portable tracks setup in a large tent for all weather
running. If you can't make it to this one, mark the September event on
your calendar.
Canterbury is located in Lake Orion, Michigan. Just a few miles off of
I-75 and just North of Great Lakes Crossing.
For more information on the Village visit:
http://www.thexmasshop.com |
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June 14th - Pine Ridge Lumber Company - Jenison,
MI
- (members in attendance)
Annual steamup at Robb & Cheryl Devries' home.
Permanent raised layout with steamup area and a portable raised track with 2
loops. Contact Robb for additional details @
robbandcheryl@sbcglobal.net
See pictures from past years event at:
http://www.johnsgardenrailway.com/Steamups/prl_2003.htm |
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June 28th & 29th - Login Cabin Days - Waterford
Historical Society Park - Waterford, MI - (Confirmed Steamup)
Each day we will have 4 tracks of live steam engines running from 10am
to 5pm.
Event
Flyer Photos of the park.
Parks web site:
http://www.waterfordhistoricalsociety.org/ |
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July -
Shay Days - Harbor Springs, MI
- (Members in Attendance)
Great 3 day event celebrating the invention of the SHAY Locomotive on the
property of the inventor. If your into geared locomotives then you don't
want to miss this steamup. All Gauge One geared locomotives are
welcome. You can expect to see Shay, Heisler and Climax locomotives as
well as many one of a kind, hand built engines. Harbor Springs is a
beautiful location and a wonderful place to spend a long weekend. |
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July 16th thru 20th - National Summer Steamup - Suburban
Sacramento, CA - (Informational)
5 days and 4 nights, hundreds of feet of track, multiple layouts, workshops,
exhibits and lots of other fun stuff. Visit
http://www.summersteamup.com for additional details. |
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July 31st thru August 3rd - MSSLS Steamup &
Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad's Railfans Weekend - Flint, MI
- (Confirmed Steamup)
This is the big one!! This is the premier event
of the year for the MSSLS. Four days of running live steam locomotives
in 3 great locations. Thursday the 31st, Bob & Mary Weltyk will host a steamup
at his home in Waterford. Friday the 1st, John & Bev Fuller will host
a steamup at there home in Swartz Creek. Then Saturday and Sunday our
club will be hosting a steamup at Crossroads Village and Huckleberry
Railroad. Crossroads Village features a steam powered saw mill, cider mill and
many other attractions. Included in our event (for steamers) is an after hours ride,
with photo drive bys of their live steam locomotives and a pot luck dinner
in the round house. If you want to make it up to Michigan for one of
our events, this is definitely the event you want to be at! This year
will feature #464, one of the last running Mudhens, don't miss the ride!!
We will have a flyer posted soon for this great 4 weekend!
Maps to the
village - Pictures from
the 2004 event |
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August 15th thru 17th & 22nd thru 24th - Day Out With
Thomas - Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroad - Flint, MI -
(Informational)
A weekend of riding the rails with a full size Thomas the Tank Engine.
For additional information and to purchase tickets, visit
Crossroads Village and Huckleberry Railroads web site. |
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September - Tiny Train Days -
Steam Railroading Institute, Owosso, MI -
(Informational)
A weekend celebration to close the Steam Railroading Institute's Summer
Season featuring various model railroad layouts and live steam equipment.
For additional information visit their web site at:
http://www.mstrp.com/ |
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September 13th & 14th - Canterbury Village Steamup -
(Confirmed Steamup)
This is a great event at a wonderful location with good shopping and food in
a village like location. This is the second time we will be at this
location this year and it will be a great time for everyone!
For more information on the Village visit:
http://www.canterburyvillage.com/home.htm
Images from past events
at Canterbury. |
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November 2nd - Gratiot Valley Railroad Swap Meet -
(To Be Determined)
Sunday 10am to 4pm.
For information regarding the Gratiot Valley club and their shows, visit
their web site:
http://chives.michvhf.com/~gvrr/
A flyer with additional information can be found here:
November 2nd 2008
Flyer
Images from the spring event 2008. |
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