COALS Announces the Mill Creek Central Railroad 2027 Schedule

Central Ohio Area Live Steamers (COALS) is happy to announce our 2027 schedule. Next year we will be participating in a couple of public runs, participate in the Ohio Ramble as well as the Coshocton County Fall Foliage & Farm Tour.

Something new this year is the addition of downloading the schedule to your phones or computer. This should make it much easier to add our great events and work sessions to your own personal calendar. The download link is here: https://www.millcreekcentral.com/_functions/downloadEvents

Another exciting option is to subscribe to our calendar of events. By subscribing, which is free, your calendar will automatically update on your own personal calendar every time we make a change or add an event. You can always unsubscribe from us on your phones calendar app if you decide you don't like it. You should try it, it works great!! To go to the instruction page that explains to you how to add this option to your calendar, click on the link here: https://www.millcreekcentral.com/calendar-subscription-instructions

You can also find our schedule of our homepage as well as on our Schedule link at the top of the webpage. The schedule page also now includes a calendar, which you can scroll through.

Here is a summary of our Meets/Activities for the remainder of this year and next.

• Turkey Run - 2026                                      Saturday              Nov. 28, 2026

• Operations, Dispatch & Card Order**      Fri. - Sun.            May 21 - 23, 2027

• Memorial Day Weekend Meet                  Fri. - Sun.            May 28 - 30           ​

• COALS Members Only Meet                    Fri. - Sun.            June 18 - 20

• COALS Public Run                                     Saturday              June 26    

• Large Engine Meet                                     Wed. - Sun.          Aug. 4 - 8

• Summer Meet                                             Fri. - Sun.            Aug. 20 - 22

• Labor Day & Card Order Meet                  Fri. - Sun.            Sept. 3 - 5​​

• OHIO RAMBLE - 2027                                                          Sept. 11 - 25

  • Northeast Ohio Live Steamers                         Sat - Sun.                 Sept. 11 - 12​

  • Erie Metro Live Steamers                                  Mon. - Tue.              Sept. 13 - 14

  • Lake Shore Live Steamers                                 Wed. - Thur.            Sept. 15 - 16

  • Blueberry Railroad                                             Fri. - Sat.                  Sept. 17 - 18

  • Central Ohio Area Live Steamers                     Sun. - Mon.             Sept. 19 - 20

  • Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society                   Wed. - Thur.            Sept. 22 - 23

  • Cincinnati Cinder Sniffers                                  Saturday                  Sept. 25

• Fall Blowdown                                              Thur. - Sun.          Oct. 7 - 10​

• Coshocton Fall Foliage & Farm Tour          Sat. - Sun.            Oct. 16 - 17

• Turkey Run - 2027 (weather permitting)      Saturday              Nov. 27

  All Meets are open to all types of trains    

**FRS Radio Required, no signals operating.  Dispatched open running also allowed.

​Work Sessions - 2026/2027

Fall Work & Run:  October 23 - 24, 2026

November 6 - 7, 2026

November 21 - 22, 2026

​​​March 19 - 20, 2027 

April 9 - 10

April 23 - 24

Spring Work & Run:  May 7 - 9

June 11 - 12

June 25

July 9 - 10

July 30 - 31

October 1 - 2

October 15

Fall Work & Run:  October 29 - 31

November 12 - 13

November 19 - 20​​​

(Other times as announced on web and/or Facebook)

We're thrilled that so many of you supported Central Ohio Area Live Steamers through your membership and donations this year. As we move forward with the ownership of the railroad we hope to see even more of our past patrons next calendar year!!