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 |
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 |
