On November 15, 1959, the westbound Rocky Mountain Rocket is stopped at the Englewood station. At Limon, Colorado, the train will be broken into two sections. One section will serve Denver while the other section will terminate in Colorado Springs.—Richard Neumiller photo, Bon French Collection

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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
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Autumn Edition September 22
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The Winter 2025 issue of First & Fastest includes:

Englewood Station 1959 and 1961
Photography by Richard Neumiller, Bon French Collection

Metra’s Interface With Freight Trains
All Photos by David Zeman Except As Noted

CA&E in Batavia
By Norman Carlson

Chicago Union Station — The First 100 Years, and the Next
By Jeff Hirsh, All Photos by Jeff Hirsh Except As Noted

Advertising the Big 3 Insull Interurbans
Advertisements Courtesy of the Leigh Morris Collection, Text by Norman Carlson

Another Relatively Mild Winter
By Norman Carlson

The Conductor’s Watch: An Anecdote on the Reign, Reputation, and Rightness of Samuel Insull
By Larry Lavery

Main Lines of Mid-America
By Jeff Darbee and Gene Harmon

The Harvard Line
By James E. Lewnard

Metra and NICTD News
By Norman Carlson

Insull’s Smaller Empire: Santa Fe Illinois Division in 1⁄4 Scale Circa 1947
By Tom Hoback. Conducted by Eric Bronsky