Covers: As morning dawns over the city of Chicago, the downtown skyline provides a dramatic backdrop for CTA's newest section of rail infrastructure and first new section of main line trackage in 28 years, which had opened for service a few hours earlier. This aerial view on November 19, 2021 is looking southeast at Clark Junction, where the Red and Brown lines split just north of Belmont station. It shows the Red-Purple Bypass track newly in service and demonstrating its intended purpose—a Kimball-bound Brown Line train is passing over a Howard-bound Red Line train on the main line without either train conflicting with the other. Meanwhile, a Brown Line train toward the Loop is coming off the original 1907 Ravenswood branch elevated trackage onto the main line. —Keenan McCarthy photo
When Will My Next Issue of First & Fastest Arrive?
Shore Line strives to have issues of First & Fastest to members by the first day of each season. International delivery of print issues may take longer. Here is our schedule for the upcoming year: Issue Will Arrive by: Winter Edition December 21 Spring Edition March 20 Summer Edition June 21 Autumn Edition September 22 |
The Spring 2022 issue of First & Fastest includes:
Pullman Railroad Days: People, Progress & Innovation, May 14-15, 2022 by Mike Matejka CTA News by Shore Line Staff Recollections of the Old CA&E by Stanley T. Bristol Richard H. (Dick) George: January 16, 1920 – October 24, 2021 by Walter R. Keevil Dick George's Favorite Interurban: The Indiana Railroad System Photography of Richard T. Loane, W. R. Keevil Archive, Captions by Norman Carlson North Shore Line Cars in Orange and Maroon: A Photo Feature edited by Norman Carlson Illinois Central Tidbits by Norman Carlson Loops Not in the Loop by Richard F. Begley Guards: A Forgotten Work Classification on the "L" by Bruce G. Moffat. All Photos from the Author's Collection South Shore Line's E Units by Norman Carlson Construction Begins in 2022: West Lake and Double Track by Norman Carlson Metra News 54 Years of Seniority: The Railroad Career of J.J. Keigley by Norman Carlson, Bon French and Mark Llanuza Insull's Smaller Empire conducted by Eric Bronsky |
