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Rowlesburg, WV On-Trac Community since 2009

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Labor Day Weekend Festival
Friday 2 - Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 and Monday 5 September 2011

SPONSORED BY TOWN OF ROWLESBURG, TOURISM COMMISSION, VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AMBULANCE SERVICE AND COMMUNITY PARK

For additional information call: 304-454-9217

Events scheduled all three days in the Park, Szilagyi Center, Railroad Depot, Community Building, Ambulance Building, Fire Station.

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ACTIVITIES AND TIMES FOR 2011

We have not yet received a schedule.

Below is the 2010 schedule which is similar.

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FREE BUS SERVICE AROUND TOWN MONDAY

Friday, September 3

Rowlesburg Fire Station

Teen Dance 8-11 PM Admission $5

Arcade & Kitchen Open 8-11 PM
Community Park
Vendors 9 AM-9 PM Everyday
Concession Open Everyday

Saturday, September 4

Szilaygi Center:

World War II Museum, River City Cafe, B&O Bridges & The Emporium Shops 10 AM - 6 PM. Everyday
Homecoming Dance Music By "Pure Magic" Band 8-12 PM.

Ambulance Builiding:

Railroad Day & Model Train Exhibit Opens 12: Noon (10:00-5:00 Sunday And Monday)

Depot:

Van Rides To Cannon Hill 10 A.M.-3 P.M. Everyday.
B&O Caboose And Train Depot Museum Open 10:00 A.M.-4:00 P.M. Everyday.

Rowlesburg Fire Station:

Atv Dirt Drags *Pro Quad Wars By East Coast Extreme From New York! $10.00 12-2 PM (Reg. 12-2 PM)
Admission For Spectators $10 Children Under 5 Free

Community Park:

Cartoon Headquarters Games 6-10 PM
Fireman's Parade 7 P.M.
Tom & Carol Wriston-"The Right Combination" 8 P.M.

Sunday, September 6

Community Park:

Church Services On Sundeck Thomas Mitter 10am
Bicycle Road Tour Sign Up At 7-8:30am Start 9:00 A.M.
Family And Class Reunions 11am-3:00pm

Rowlesburg Fire Station:

Pool Tournament 12p.M.
Atv Mud Bog *Pro Quad Wars By East Coast Extreme (Reg. 12-2 $10.00) 2:00pm Behind The New Fire Hall Admission For Spectators $10 Children Under 5 Free

Community Park:

Cartoon Headquarters Games 1 P.M.-9 P.M.
Chicken Dinners Noon
"Confederat Country" 3pm Sundeck
"Itt Bitty Band"-Rob & Brenda Cline 5:30pm Sundeck

Monday September 7

Community Park:

Ultimate Drawings Start@ 12 On 1/2 Hr
Rowlesburg Revitalization Com. Welcome Tent On Catherine St. 10am-6pm
Ox Roast Dinners: Noon-6pm
Cartoon Headquarters Games Noon-9:00 P.M.
Musical Entertainment 11:30pm-8:30 P.M. Sundeck
Funnel Cakes. Fireman's Pavilion 12:00-6:00 P.M
Classic Car Show (Reg. 9-12) 12:00-4:00 P.M.
Bingo 4-9pm Fireman's Pavilion
50/50 Drawing 8:30 P.M.
Fireworks 9 P.M.

Rowlesburg Area Historical Society Library & Museum:

Tours Odd Fellows Building 1:00-4:00 P.M.

Rowlesburg Fire Station:

Atv Time Trial/Obstacle Course *Pro Quad Wars By East Coast Extreme (Reg. 12-2 $10.00) Fire Station 2:Oo P.M. Admission For Spectators $10 Children Under 5 Free

2011 PRESS RELEASE

ROWLESBURG PLANNING ITS HUGE ANNUAL MODEL TRAIN SHOW

The Rowlesburg Model Train Show has a new name: The Northern WV Model Train Show! The Tourism Commission announces that the Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society of WV will be a new partner and co-sponsor of the train show. This is by far the biggest model train display in Northern West Virginia! The show this year runs all three days of Labor Day Weekend, starting September 3rd!

There is enough at this show to satisfy every fan of model trains, young and old: Huge layouts, thousands of model train pieces, dozens of working trains from antiques to modern locomotives all running at once, kids time and free ice cream! That’s right, free ice cream! For the first 50 kids each day, 12 and under, an ice cream bar or push-up creamsicle will be given away free. During Kid’s Hour each day at 2:00 pm the model train clubs allow kids to “run the railroad.” To top things off Mark Phillips of Frederick, MD is bringing his newly acquired road caboose to take the “big” and little kids for rides around town!

Awaiting visitors at this year’s show will be two buildings chuck full of trains, trains, trains and more trains--from vintage pre-war tin layouts to detailed replicas of the local working railroads.

Nationally recognized author, Fran Cannon Slayton, is returning as the kick-off speaker. She will be back to talk about writing the book that put Rowlesburg into the hearts and minds of thousands of young readers-- “When the Whistle Blows." She is planning to read from her wonderful book and sign copies. The book was written specifically for juvenile readers, but read by just as many adults. It has been praised highly from coast to coast and is now out in affordable paperback. Books will be available for purchase. Slayton’s presentation and book signing will be held in the Ambulance Building at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 3^rd.

Enjoy spending time with the largest model railroad bridge collection in the United States, now on loan from the Baltimore and Ohio Museum! The 10 bridges originally were created for the 1927 Centenary in Baltimore to celebrate the B&O’s 100^th Anniversary. These beautiful works of art have not been seen together as a collection since 1927. The display is housed at the Szilagyi Center in Rowlesburg and is open all three days.

This show is for kids, adults, casual model train fans, serious hobbyists and the public at large. Hobbyists can buy, sell and trade. Vendors’ tables will be set up inside and out at the Ambulance Building, depending on weather. We invite serious hobbyists to bring static displays and photos to be included this year in our Show. Also on display at the Ambulance Building will be a collection of locomotives made by famous model maker, Mel Thornburg, especially for the B&O Railroad to display in depots and department stores at Christmas.

There will be something for everyone! Lots of food, live entertainment, tours of Cannon Hill and the Civil War battle sites in and around Rowlesburg.

For railroad fans and photographers there is much to do, see and photograph in the Rowlesburg area, including Tray Run Viaduct, the M&K shops, the Kingwood Tunnel, stone arch bridge over Salt Lick Creek, the Irish Railroad Workers Cemetery, the 180-degree Graveyard Curve, the old B&O's version of Horseshoe Curve, and helpers still working the mountain grades. Then, there is Cannon Hill from which to take pictures of the entire town and railroad 600 feet below. This is a major WV Civil War Battle site. Rides available all three days from the Rowlesburg Depot Museum (next to the caboose).

For more information, contact Tim Weaver, Rowlesburg Tourism Commissioner at wtcweaver@yahoo.com, or Rich Henderson of the Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society at trainman430@comcast.net. Weaver’s phone number is 978-270-3847.