Front Cover: On February 29, 1956, Shore Line member Ray DeGroote photographed former
South Side “Westinghouse” car 373 on the head end of a southbound Ravenswood “B” train at
Western Avenue. The 300/400 series cars which dated back to 1905 would soon be retired. Note
that the destination sign or run board still indicated that Ravenswood trains were now operating
via the all-elevated route to the Loop even though service via the State Street subway had ended
in 1949.
—Raymond DeGroote 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 Autumn 2022 issue of First & Fastest includes:
Pullman Railroad Days 2022 by Shore Line Staff Premium Memberships 2022 South Shore Line’s West Lake Corridor: 40 Years in the Making by Joseph M. Crnkovich. Captions by Norman Carlson CTA’s All-Express Service: Transforming “L” Service in Chicagoland by Bruce G. Moffat “Want to Come Up?” Train-Watching in Glen Ellyn: 1936-58 by Dann Chamberlin Photos by Frank Krejcik from the W. R. Keevil Archive Unless Otherwise Noted North Shore Line’s Last Summer Lee Hastman Photos, Except as Noted. All Photos W. R. Keevil Archive. Captions by Norman Carlson They Called It the “Dinky Line:” The History of the North Shore Line’s Milwaukee City Streetcar Line by Larry A. Sakar Wendell’s West Towns by Norman Carlson Working on the CB&Q During the 1940s and 1950s by Wendell Dillinger. All Photos Taken by F. W. Lehmann, Company Photographer CB&Q. Courtesy of Burlington Route Historical Society C&NW North Line Circa 1933 Company Photos Courtesy of the C&NW Historical Society. Captions by Norman Carlson The Addison Man by Norman Carlson. A. W. Johnson Photos, Krambles-Peterson Archive Rock Island Tidbits by Norman Carlson Milwaukee Road Memories by Norman Carlson Double Track Project Progress in Michigan City by Norman Carlson Insull’s Smaller Empire conducted by Eric Bronsky |
