Railroad Club of Chicago  
Calendar of Events  in the metropolitan area        www.RailCC.org

All meetings/events take place in the City of Chicago (except where noted). Any additions, changes or corrections should be directed to William M. Shapotkin at  TrainGG1@aol.com.
The Railroad Club of Chicago takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the programs contained in the events listed, nor for last minute event cancellations or changes.
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This page was last updated: May 2, 2008
           2008
July 26 (Saturday)       PRRTH&S - Chicago Terminal Chapter meeting  2:00-4:00 PM
Location: Pullman Historical Society (N/E corner, 112th/Cottage Grove).
Admission:  Free. Donation requested.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? Contact Marv Cadwell at ld_mlc43@comcast.net
Oct 25 (Saturday)       PRRTH&S - Chicago Terminal Chapter meeting  2:00-4:00 PM
Location: Pullman Historical Society (N/E corner, 112th/Cottage Grove).
Admission:  Free. Donation requested.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? Contact Marv Cadwell at ld_mlc43@comcast.net
May 10 (Saturday)        Kenosha Streetcar Society meeting  7:00-10:00 PM
Location: Mo's Coffee Lounge (5537 Sixth Ave) in Kenosha, WI.
Admission: $5.00 for non-members
Program: "Philadelphia/Pittsburgh Streetcars and Trolleybusses."
Need more information? DOE4145
Sept 12 (Friday)        Kenosha Streetcar Society meeting  7:00-10:00 PM
Location: Mo's Coffee Lounge (5537 Sixth Ave) in Kenosha, WI.
Admission: $5.00 for non-members
Program: Annual Membership Meeting. Anyone attending can bring up to 40 slides for showing.
Need more information? DOE4145
Oct 11 (Saturday)        Kenosha Streetcar Society meeting  6:00-10:00 PM
Location: Mo's Coffee Lounge (5537 Sixth Ave) in Kenosha, WI.
Admission: $5.00 for non-members
Program: October. A slide presentation by Jack Doyle.
Need more information? DOE4145
Nov 8 (Saturday)        Kenosha Streetcar Society meeting  7:00-10:00 PM
Location: Mo's Coffee Lounge (5537 Sixth Ave) in Kenosha, WI.
Admission: $5.00 for non-members
Program: Program to be announced.
Need more information? DOE4145
May 17 (Saturday)  The Milw Elec Rwy & Transit Hist Soc meeting  7:30-10:00 PM  
Location: BANK ONE (4702 S. Packard Ave. (southeast corner of Packard/Layton Aves (about 5 miles east of           the I-94 Layton Exit)) in Cudahy, WI.
Admission: Free (Soda and coffee available at a nominal charge).
Program: "Revisiting  TM's Burlington Line Seventy Years After Abandonment," by Charles Damaske.
Need more information? http://members.tripod.com/~milwaukee_electric/index2.htm
June 21 (Saturday)  The Milw Elec Rwy & Transit Hist Soc meeting  7:30-10:00 PM  
Location: BANK ONE (4702 S. Packard Ave. (southeast corner of Packard/Layton Aves (about 5 miles east of           the I-94 Layton Exit)) in Cudahy, WI.
Admission: Free (Soda and coffee available at a nominal charge).
Program: To be announced.
Need more information? http://members.tripod.com/~milwaukee_electric/index2.htm
July 19 (Saturday)  The Milw Elec Rwy & Transit Hist Soc meeting  7:30-10:00 PM  
Location: BANK ONE (4702 S. Packard Ave. (southeast corner of Packard/Layton Aves (about 5 miles east of           the I-94 Layton Exit)) in Cudahy, WI.
Admission: Free (Soda and coffee available at a nominal charge).
Program: To be announced.
Need more information? http://members.tripod.com/~milwaukee_electric/index2.htm
Aug 16 (Saturday)  The Milw Elec Rwy & Transit Hist Soc meeting  7:30-10:00 PM  
Location: BANK ONE (4702 S. Packard Ave. (southeast corner of Packard/Layton Aves (about 5 miles east of           the I-94 Layton Exit)) in Cudahy, WI.
Admission: Free (Soda and coffee available at a nominal charge).
Program: To be announced.
Need more information? http://members.tripod.com/~milwaukee_electric/index2.htm
Sept 20 (Saturday)  The Milw Elec Rwy & Transit Hist Soc meeting  7:30-10:00 PM  
Location: BANK ONE (4702 S. Packard Ave. (southeast corner of Packard/Layton Aves (about 5 miles east of           the I-94 Layton Exit)) in Cudahy, WI.
Admission: Free (Soda and coffee available at a nominal charge).
Program: To be announced.
Need more information? http://members.tripod.com/~milwaukee_electric/index2.htm
Oct 18 (Saturday)  The Milw Elec Rwy & Transit Hist Soc meeting  7:30-10:00 PM  
Location: BANK ONE (4702 S. Packard Ave. (southeast corner of Packard/Layton Aves (about 5 miles east of           the I-94 Layton Exit)) in Cudahy, WI.
Admission: Free (Soda and coffee available at a nominal charge).
Program: To be announced.
Need more information? http://members.tripod.com/~milwaukee_electric/index2.htm
Nov 15 (Saturday)  The Milw Elec Rwy & Transit Hist Soc meeting  7:30-10:00 PM  
Location: BANK ONE (4702 S. Packard Ave. (southeast corner of Packard/Layton Aves (about 5 miles east of           the I-94 Layton Exit)) in Cudahy, WI.
Admission: Free (Soda and coffee available at a nominal charge).
Program: To be announced.
Need more information? http://members.tripod.com/~milwaukee_electric/index2.htm
Dec 20 (Saturday)  The Milw Elec Rwy & Transit Hist Soc meeting  7:30-10:00 PM  
Location: BANK ONE (4702 S. Packard Ave. (southeast corner of Packard/Layton Aves (about 5 miles east of           the I-94 Layton Exit)) in Cudahy, WI.
Admission: Free (Soda and coffee available at a nominal charge).
Program: To be announced.
Need more information? http://members.tripod.com/~milwaukee_electric/index2.htm
May 24 (Saturday)  NRHS - Northwest Illinois Chapter meeting  7:00-9:00 PM
Location: St. Marks Lutheran Church (675 N. Mulford Rd) in Rockford.
Admission: Free.
Program:  A slide presentation by Terry Norton.
Need more information? http://nwinrhs.com/meetings.html
Aug 23 (Saturday)  NRHS - Northwest Illinois Chapter meeting  7:00-9:00 PM
Location: St. Marks Lutheran Church (675 N. Mulford Rd) in Rockford.
Admission: Free.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? http://nwinrhs.com/meetings.html
Sept 27 (Saturday)  NRHS - Northwest Illinois Chapter meeting  7:00-9:00 PM
Location: St. Marks Lutheran Church (675 N. Mulford Rd) in Rockford.
Admission: Free.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? http://nwinrhs.com/meetings.html
Oct 25 (Saturday)  NRHS - Northwest Illinois Chapter meeting  7:00-9:00 PM
Location: St. Marks Lutheran Church (675 N. Mulford Rd) in Rockford.
Admission: Free.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? http://nwinrhs.com/meetings.html
Nov 22 (Saturday)  NRHS - Northwest Illinois Chapter meeting  7:00-9:00 PM
Location: St. Marks Lutheran Church (675 N. Mulford Rd) in Rockford.
Admission: Free.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? http://nwinrhs.com/meetings.html
May 2 (Friday) The Omnibus Society of America meeting  7:30-10:00 PM (doors close at 8:00 PM)
Location:  Swedish Covenant Hospital -- Anderson Pavilion (2751 W. Winona Ave). (S/E corner,
Winona/California -- 1 block south of intersection of Foster/California)
Admission: $4.00 for non-members.
Program: "North American Trackless Trolleys," a slide presentation by John LeBeau.
Need more information? www.osabus.com
May 2 (Friday) NRHS - Blackhawk Chapter meeting  7:30-10:00 PM (doors open at 7:00 PM)
Location: Gladys Fox Museum (S/W corner of 9th St (Ill Rt 7)/Washington St in Lockport.
Admission: Free
Program: The rebuilding of the BNSF viaduct at Joliet Union Station in 2006 and a trip out west at           on the Union Pacific and Rio Grande in the late 70s, a slide presentation by Ed Merzlock.
Need more information? blackhawk.artsalive.org
May 3 (Saturday)        NRHS - Wisconsin Chapter Annual Banquet  7:00PM
Location: South Woods of Cudahy Restaurant in Cudahy, Wisconsin.
Admission: $20.00 (see http://www.nrhswis.org/ )
Program: Norm Carlson, Vice President and Curator of the East Troy Electric Railroad Museum
Need more information? http://www.nrhswis.org/
May 9 (Friday)        R&LHS _ Chicago Chapter  meeting 7:00-10:00 PM
Location: The Chicago Temple (77 W. Washington -- 3rd Floor). (S/E corner, Washington/Clark)
Admission: Free.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? www.RRSociety.org
May 9 (Friday)       NRHS - Chicago Chapter meeting  8:00-10:00 PM
Location: Lincoln Center (935 Maple Ave) in Downers Grove. (2 blocks south of Downers Grove
Main St Metra/BNSF Station)
Admission: Free
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? www.chicagonrhs.com
May 16 (Friday)       The Railroad Club of Chicago meeting  7:30-10:00 PM
Location: The Chicago Temple (77 W. Washington -- 3rd Floor). (S/E corner, Washington/Clark)
Admission:  $3.00 donation requested from non-members.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? www.railcc.org
May 23 (Friday)      Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting  7:00-9:00 PM
Location: University Center (525 S. State St -- 2nd Floor).
Admission: Free.
Program:  "A Century of Service on America's Last Interurban," a slide presentation by noted rail                     historian William M. Shapotkin on the occasion of the Centennial of the South Shore Line.
Need more information? www.cera-chicago.org
May 11 (Sunday)Festival of Railroads  2:00 PM
Location:  Oak Park Public Library (834 Lake St).
Admission: Free
Program: A showing of the movie, "The Train."
Need more information? Phone 708-383-8200
May 17 (Saturday)  Homewood Railroad Heritage Day Slide Show 7:00-10:00 PM  
Location: St. Paul Community Church (Dixie Hwy betw 183rd St and Ridge Rd Homewood, Illinois.
Admission: Free.
Program: An all-EJ&E program, along with programs from some of the area's finest contemporary railfan
photographers
Need more information? blackhawk.artsalive.org
May 18 (Sunday)  Homewood Railroad Heritage Day   9:00 AM-3:00 PM  
Location: Municipal Center Park District Auditorium (2020 Chestnut Rd (Corner Of Chestnut & Dixie         Highway)) In Homewood, Illinois
Admission: Free.
Need more information? blackhawk.artsalive.org
June 6 (Friday) The Omnibus Society of America meeting  7:30-10:00 PM (doors close at 8:00 PM)
Location:  Swedish Covenant Hospital -- Anderson Pavilion (2751 W. Winona Ave). (S/E corner,
Winona/California -- 1 block south of intersection of Foster/California)
Admission: $4.00 for non-members.
Program: "Un classified," a potpourri of transit slides by long-time transit photographer Charles Tauscher.
Need more information? www.osabus.com
June 6 (Friday) NRHS - Blackhawk Chapter meeting  7:30-10:00 PM (doors open at 7:00 PM)
Location: Gladys Fox Museum (S/W corner of 9th St (Ill Rt 7)/Washington St in Lockport.
Admission: Free
Program:  "A history of IC suburban service in Chicago," a presentation by Norman Carlson.
Need more information? blackhawk.artsalive.org
June 6 (Friday)NRHS - Wisconsin Chapter meeting  7:30-10:00 PM (doors close at 8:00 PM)
Location:   North Shore Congregational Church (7330 N. Santa Monica Blvd) in Fox Point, Wisconsin.
Admission: Free
Program:  "All Aboard" by Rich Misunas
Need more information? http://www.nrhswis.org/
June 27 (Friday)      Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting  7:00-9:00 PM
Location: University Center (525 S. State St -- 2nd Floor).
Admission: Free.
Program:  "Chicago Streetcar Memories," a presentation by Jeffrey Wien.
Need more information? www.cera-chicago.org
May 3 (Saturday)      Friends of the Rock Island Chicagoland meeting  6:30-9:00 PM
Location: Grace United Methodist Church-Lower Level (enter at rear), 12739 Maple Ave in Blue Island, IL.
Admission: Free will donation to pay for flyers, mailing and a donation to the church for the          use of their facilities
Program:  6:30 PM -"Mini" Swap Meet/Display - Bring items you want to trade, sell or show. 
Limited number of free tables.  One table per dealer limit. First reserved first served.
7:30 PM-a potpourri of slides taken in the Chicago area.
Need more information?Swap Tables: Paul Hunnell <phunnell@yahoo.com> or phone 630-649-5334.  General Information Tom Mitoraj 630-416-1866
June 26-29 (Thurs-Sun)  Chessie System Historical Society Convention
Location: Amerihost Hotel (7813 Indianapolis Blvd) in Hammond, IN.
Admission: See http://www.trainweb.org/CSHS/convention.html
Programs: Thurs:     0800 hrs. Railfanning on Your Own.
1500 hrs. Possible visit to Barr Yard (B&OCT).
1600 hrs. Registration.
1800 hrs. IHB Operations
1900 hrs. B&OCT Operations (Eric Hendrickson.
2000 hrs. Members' Slides
Fri:  0830 hrs. Optional do-it-yourself ride on the South Shore Line.
1730 hrs. Registration.
1900 hrs. Car pool to Model Railroad Club in Michigan City, IN.
Sat: 0830 hrs. Car pool for CSS Shop Tour, NIPSO Power Rotary Dump.
1800 hrs. Dinner and Program on The South Shore Line by Wm Shapotkin.
2000 hrs. Members' Slides.
Sun:0900 hrs. Annual Business Meeting.
1100 hrs. Closing Remarks.
Need more information? http://www.trainweb.org/CSHS/convention.html
June 26-28 (Thurs-Sat)  South Shore Line Centennial Conference
Location: Michigan Regional Airport in South Bend, IN.
Admission: $45 (for registration form, see http://indianahistory.org/SSLRegistration.pdf
Programs: Thurs:     1900 -2100 hrs. Reception.
Fri:  0830 hrs. Registration.
0900 hrs. Sand, Steel, and Rail: The Northwest Indiana Historical Context of the                                                       South Shore Line, Steve McShane, Archivist-Curator, Calumet                                                                 Regional Archives.
1030 hrs. The Development of Railroads in the Region including the South Shore                                                     Line, Bill Middleton, Railroad Historian.
1130 hrs. Buffet Lunch – Served by the South Bend Cafe at the airport.
                                                   (Cost of lunch payable to the restaurant)
1300 hrs. The Creation of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District                                      (NICTD), George Smerk, Prof. Emeritus of Trans., Indiana Univ.
1415 hrs. The Present and Future of Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation                                                      District (NICTD), Jerry Hanas, General Manager NICTD
1530 hrs. South Shore Freight Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Richard D.                                                             Bunton, retired Vice President of CSS&SB, Peter Gilbertson,                                                                 Chairman of South Shore Freight and Henry Lampe, President of                                                             South Shore Freight -- Moderated by Norm Carlson, Member, Indiana                                                       Hist. Society’s Midwest Rail Research Center Advisory Committee.
Sat:0900-1330 hrs.  A round-trip train ride between South Bend and Michigan City                                                         with a visit at the Shops. A box lunch will be served on the train.                                                              Closed toe, hard sole shoes are required. No open toes, sandals, “flip                                                      flops,” sneakers, heeled shoes, etc. are permitted at the Shops. This                                                       is an active railroad facility. SAFETY FIRST IS REQUIRED!
Need more information? http://indianahistory.org/southshoreline.htm
May 14 (Wednesday) Twentieth Century Railroad Club meeting 7:00-9:00 PM (doors open 6:30 PM)
Location: Electricians Union Hall (600 W. Washington Blvd)
Admission: $3.00 for non-members.
Program:  "Chicago Great Western Remembered," a slide presentation by noted rail photographer                    William M. Shapotkin on the fortieth anniversary of the demise of the CGW.
Need more information? http://www.20thcentury.org/
June 11 (Wed) Twentieth Century Railroad Club meeting 7:00-9:00 PM (doors open 6:30 PM)
Location: Electricians Union Hall (600 W. Washington Blvd)
Admission: $3.00 for non-members.
Program:  "Chicago Streetcars Remembered," a slide presentation by noted rail and transit photographer           Walter D. Collins on the fiftieth anniversary of the demise of streetcar service in Chicago.
Need more information? http://www.20thcentury.org/
June 13 (Friday)        R&LHS - Chicago Chapter  meeting 7:00-10:00 PM
Location: The Chicago Temple (77 W. Washington -- 3rd Floor). (S/E corner, Washington/Clark)
Admission: Free.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? www.RRSociety.org
June 13 (Friday)       NRHS - Chicago Chapter meeting  8:00-10:00 PM
Location: Lincoln Center (935 Maple Ave) in Downers Grove. (2 blocks south of Downers Grove
Main St Metra/BNSF Station)
Admission: Free
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? www.chicagonrhs.com
June 20 (Friday)       The Railroad Club of Chicago meeting  7:30-10:00 PM
Location: The Chicago Temple (77 W. Washington -- 3rd Floor). (S/E corner, Washington/Clark)
Admission:  $3.00 donation requested from non-members.
Program:  To be announced.
Need more information? www.railcc.org