FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 -
7:30 PM
In conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the Lockport station,
our regular monthly meeting will feature a look at the history of the Alton
Route in Will County, including the Chicago & Alton, Gulf Mobile &
Ohio, Illinois Central Gulf and more. |  |
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
18 - 10 AM
The Blackhawk Chapter, in conjunction with the City of Lockport
and Metra will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Lockport
station at 13th and State Streets. Ceremonies
will recognize the historic station along with the completion of a $1.3 million
project to rebuild and expand the platforms, lighting and fencing. |  | | Noted
transportation expert Joseph
P. Schwieterman of DePaul University will be our keynote speaker. |
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
25 & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 - 10 AM to 5 PM
The Blackhawk Chapter and
their Microsoft Locomotive Simulator will be at the: Southland Model Railroad
Show
H.L. Richards High School, 10601 S. Central Avenue, Oak Lawn,
Illinois. This
show includes over 20 operating layouts along with vendors and hobby shops. Also
featured will be a special Scout program, Operation Lifesaver and CN's Little
Obie. |
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
25 - 10 AM to 5 PM
The Blackhawk Chapter will be at the Griffith Railroad
Fair at Griffith Historical Park, 201 S. Broad Street, Griffith, Indiana. Along
with the swap meet, the museum, tower and railcars will be open, food will be
available (including hobo stew) and kids games. For information, contact the Griffith
Historical Society, PO Box 678, Griffith, Indiana, 46319 or call 219-923-2436. |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 - 7:30 PM
Our regular monthly meeting features Steve
Cigolle presenting “The Santa Fe In Arizona” - a pre-BNSF collection
of slides from the 1980's and 1990's taken by Steve in the Grand Canyon State. |  |
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 - 1 to 6 PM
Fall
Railroad Swap Meet and Program at a NEW, BIGGER LOCATION!.
Griffith
American Legion Post 66, 132 N. Wiggs Street, Griffith, Indiana. Swap
meet begins at 1 PM. Program at 3:30 PM. Program will be more reels
of our EJ&E movies, beginning at Waukegan, and going
through North Chicago, Rondout, Leithon, Diamond Lake, Gilmer and Lake Zurich
to Barrington. FREE parking and admission. Vendor tables for the
swap meet are $15.00 each or FREE to current Blackhawk Chapter members.
To purchase a table or for more information, e-mail
us, call Bill Molony at 815-834-0835 or write us at:
Blackhawk Chapter
NRHS, 2009 Boehme Street, Lockport, Illinois, 60441 |
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 - 7:30 PM
Our regular monthly meeting will feature noted
our very own
Joe Petric with the results of his chase earlier this
year of
Union Pacific's #3985 from Cheyenne, Wyoming to St. Louis,
Missouri, along with side trips to the Hawkeye State for the
Boone &
Scenic Valley tourist railway and America's last electrically-powered freight
railroad, the Iowa Terminal. |  |
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 - 7:30 PM
Our annual business meeting and Holiday Party
-- program will be the DVD from our collection of the Santa Fe's Chillicothe
Division just days before the BNSF merger. |  |
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5
- 9 AM to 3 PM
The Blackhawk Chapter will be at the Will County Model
Railroad Association's Annual Model Railroad Train & Collectibles Swap
Meet at VFW Hall Post #5788, 1026 East 9th Street, Lockport, Illinois. For
more information, E-mail the WCMRA at WillCtyModelRR@yahoo.com |
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2011
Meetings and Events
APRIL 14-17, 2011
The Blackhawk Chapter is hosting the Spring 2011 NRHS
Conference at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center, 1001 Killarney
Street in Urbana, Illinois. Featured will be a private tour of the Monticello
Railway Museum on Saturday, April 16. More details as they become available. | |
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SATURDAYS from 1 to 6 PM -- 2011 dates: JANUARY 8, APRIL 8, JULY 9 and
OCTOBER 8
Railroad Swap Meet and Program at a NEW, BIGGER LOCATION!.
Griffith
American Legion Post 66, 132 N. Wiggs Street, Griffith, Indiana. Swap
meet begins at 1 PM. Program begins at 3:30 PM. FREE
parking and admission. Vendor tables for the swap meet are $15.00 each
or FREE to current Blackhawk Chapter members. To purchase a table or for
more information, e-mail us,
call Bill Molony at 815-834-0835 or write us at:
Blackhawk Chapter
NRHS, 2009 Boehme Street, Lockport, Illinois, 60441 |
Keep coming back to this page to find out about more great programs & events!
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| About
Our Meetings We
hold regular meetings at 7:30 PM on the first Friday of the month (except
July and August), at the Gladys Fox Museum on the southwest corner of 9th
Street (Illinois Route 7) and Washington Street in the historic downtown district
of Lockport, Illinois. Click here for maps to our
meeting place. Doors
open at 7:00 PM and there is plenty of free parking on Washington Street.
If there is no wake scheduled, additional parking is available in the lot of the
adjacent Goodale Memorial Chapel, in the 900 block of Hamilton Street.
Admission to all meetings is FREE and open to the public. Attendees
are invited to participate in our monthly raffle of rare and interesting railroad
memorabilia and models. Refreshments are available.
Meetings
include a presentation on railroads by noted railfans, authors, photographers,
historians, railroad professionals and advocates. Past
presenters have included: Mike
Blaszak, Paul Burgess, Norm Carlson, Ed
DeRouin, Gene Glendenning, Rick
Harnish, Steve Hyett, Roy Jackson, Joe Petric, Joel
Schweiterman, Nick Suydam and many others. See
what you are missing -- attend the next Blackhawk Chapter meeting! |
| Giving
a Program We
are always looking for quality programs from railfans, railroad professionals,
advocates, scholars and historians. We can supply a large screen, projection equipment
(slides, 16mm movies, video or computer) and an appreciative and enthusiastic
audience. If
you have a program to share, please E-mail
us or talk to us at one of our monthly meetings. |
| Programs
for Your Group The
Blackhawk Chapter can present programs on local railroad history for your organization.
There are many possibilities -- a discussion of local railroad history, historic
railroad movies and photographs, or even a visit from a 19th-century station agent!
For
more information, please send us an E-mail
or talk to us at one of our monthly meetings. |
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