Membership
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Join Shore Line or Renew Your Membership
Are you interested in joining the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society, renewing your Shore Line membership, or giving a gift membership? All are easy to do through our online store! All memberships are for the calendar year and include a copy of all four issues of our premier quarterly publication First & Fastest, beginning with the Spring issue of the calendar year for which you join. You may join or renew your membership online and pay by credit card. Prefer to pay by check? Please use our printable membership form and see our instructions below: |
Interested in Shore Line's plans for 2026? Read our membership letter.
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Membership Types
There are five types of memberships and three delivery options available (print, digital, or both) from Shore Line. We also offer gift memberships.
Our rates for 2026 memberships are as follows:
When Will My First Issue Arrive?
We strive to have issues of First & Fastest to members by the first day of each season. Please see our publication schedule on our Current Issue page.
If you join Shore Line anytime during the year, Shore Line will promptly mail to you a copy of all issues published to date for the year in which you are joining.
How to Pay by Check
To join Shore Line and receive First & Fastest, follow these easy steps:
Questions? Please contact us if you have any questions about memberships.
There are five types of memberships and three delivery options available (print, digital, or both) from Shore Line. We also offer gift memberships.
Our rates for 2026 memberships are as follows:
- Regular: $39 print or digital ($44 after 1/31/26), $49 both print and digital ($54 after 1/31/26)
- International: $39 digital ($44 after 1/31/26)
(Note: Print format is no longer available for international members.) - Contributing: $57 print or digital, $67 both print and digital
- Sustaining: $90 print or digital, $100 both print and digital
- Page Sponsor: $250 print, digital, or both print and digital
Page Sponsors may give one free membership to a new member per page sponsored.
When Will My First Issue Arrive?
We strive to have issues of First & Fastest to members by the first day of each season. Please see our publication schedule on our Current Issue page.
If you join Shore Line anytime during the year, Shore Line will promptly mail to you a copy of all issues published to date for the year in which you are joining.
How to Pay by Check
To join Shore Line and receive First & Fastest, follow these easy steps:
- Print out a membership application form:
2026 Shore Line membership application form – print format of First & Fastest only
This form is available in PDF format. Download Acrobat Reader - Check the box in front of the membership category you're interested in.
- Fill in your name, mailing address, and phone number.
- Make your check or money order payable in U.S. funds to the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society.
- Send your order to:
Shore Line
P.O. Box 425
Lake Forest IL 60045-0425
Questions? Please contact us if you have any questions about memberships.
