This photo of an eastbound South Bend Limited making a station stop in 1954 in East
Chicago is truly representative of the interurban experience. A train capable of doing 80 mph on
open track is trundling down a city street observing the traffic signals at major intersections.
While vehicle traffic remains stopped in the distance the baggage agent moves the shipments he
has received from the motorman to the curb. The train is on Chicago Avenue, the main east-west
street through downtown East Chicago just west of Indianapolis Boulevard.
—William C.
Janssen 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 2023 issue of First & Fastest includes:
Metra to Operate Chicago-Rockford Service Premium Memberships 2023 From an Interurban to an Electrified Railroad: The South Shore Line 1955–1967 by Norman Carlson All Photos from the Norman Carlson Collection Except as Noted Bridge Over Deerpath Road by Norman Carlson The North Shore Line’s Bus Operations: Part 1 – Adapting to the “Rubber Tire” Era by Bruce G. Moffat North Western and Rock Island Steam: A Photo Essay from the Bill Raia Collection curated by Mike Raia C&NW Caption Research by Jim Lewnard Illinois Central Freight Trains Under Wire by Norman Carlson All Photos by John F. Humiston, Richard Humiston Collection Unless Otherwise Noted Cruising Alongside the Mississippi River at 80 mph by Jim Singer and Al Kamm III All Images from the Burlington Route Historical Society Archives A Day for the Archives by Jim Singer and Paul Swanson The Ubiquitous 600s: The Milwaukee Streetcar Used in City, Suburban, and Interurban Service by Larry A. Sakar The Mystique of the North Shore Line: Part 1 by Eric Bronsky Captions by Norman Carlson All Photos by Lee Hastman from the Walter R. Keevil Archive Metra Office Car Special to Joliet by Gary R. Clark Hammond, Miller & Bailly: Construction Continues on South Shore Line Projects by Norman Carlson CA&E in the 1950s: The Photography of James J. Buckley Insull’s Smaller Empire conducted by Eric Bronsky |
