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Front Cover: Soo Line 1003 is stopped alongside Nippersink Lake, one of the Chain-of-Lakes that surround Fox Lake, Illinois, on Friday, August 5, 2022. The train is stopped where the ownership of the railroad changes for the trains used by the Wisconsin and Southern and Metra.—Lou Gerard 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
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The Winter 2022 issue of First & Fastest includes:

Metra Provides Helper Service
by Mark Llanuza

Soo Line 1003 Comes to Chicago: A Photo Journal of Its Visit
by Louis Gerard, Mark Llanuza and Michael Raia

50 to 70 Years Ago on 11th Street, Michigan City
by Shore Line Staff

Office Car Special
by Shore Line Staff

Double Track Project Construction Extends to Gary
A Photo Tour by Gary R. Clark, Michael W. Franke and Bruce Stahl
Captions by Norman Carlson

It Has Been 65 Years Since the CA&E Suspended Passenger Service

Illinois Prairie Path: Creating One of the First Rail-to-Trail Paths in the Country
by Peter J. Weller. All Photographs by Peter Weller

Winter Through the Decades
by Norman Carlson. Funded by a Grant from George S. Kush

Highland Park in the 1950s
by Shore Line Staff. All Photos from the W. R. Keevil Archive

TM’s MRK Line Revisited
by Shore Line Staff

CSL/CTA Streetcar Car Routes 1945-1958
by Richard F. Begley

Rock Island Southern: One Company, Two Very Different Divisions
The Railway That Couldn’t Thrive But Wouldn’t Die
by Richmond S. Bates and Bruce D. Williams

Chicago & North Jersey
by Bruce C. Nelson

Metra BNSF at Salt Creek
by C. P. Hall

Shore Line at 40: A Message From the Founder
by Eric Bronsky

Insull’s Smaller Empire
conducted by Eric Bronsky
Shore Line Interurban Historical Society
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Lake Forest IL, 60045-0425
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