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Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago

7:30 pm Central Standard Time
Friday, January 17, 2025

Please do not arrive before 7:15 pm. Also, if you are participating on Zoom, please do not join before 7:15 pm on the day of the meeting.

Zoom meeting codes are at the end of this message.

Our next meeting will be both an in-person meeting and a Zoom meeting. If enough people from outside the Chicago area attending Zoom meetings become Club members, this will encourage the Club to make hybrid meetings a permanent feature. Dues are $20 which includes four glossy newsletters sent by mail. The dues renewal is sent with the fourth newsletter. We still have slide shows which will not be presented via Zoom.

Here are details about joining Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago:


In-person meeting location
Chicago Union Station
Room 107A
500 W Jackson Blvd (enter between Clinton and Canal)
Chicago, Illinois

The Rise and Fall of Chicago Cable Cars by Greg Borzo, author of Chicago Cable Cars

When most people hear the words "cable car" they think of San Francisco. Yet for one-quarter of a century Chicago boasted the largest cable car system the world has ever seen that transported more than one billion riders.

This monumental system filled residents with pride--and filled robber barons' pockets with money. It also sparked a cable-car building-boom that spread to 26 other U.S. cities.

Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago meets at 7:30 pm Central Time on the third Friday of the month except in July and August. The in-person meeting location is Chicago Union Station Room 107A. Enter at 500 W Jackson Blvd, which is between Clinton and Canal.

Upcoming programs

February 21, 2025: Prague & Munich by Mike Lehman
March 21, 2025: TP&W by Bill Shapotkin; this will be a slide presentation, in-person meeting only
April 18, 2025: to be announced
May 16, 2025: Layover in Savanna by Leo Phillipp

For program announcements, please subscribe to our groups.io mailing list. Send a blank email message
To: [email protected]

To obtain Zoom meeting codes for future programs given by Zoom, the best way is to subscribe to our groups.io mailing list.

Web site:
Email: shortlinechicagoHS@...
Facebook:

Phone number answered during the program: 312 725-0432. At other times, leave message with your name and telephone number to receive a call back.

Zoom meeting invitation

Railroad & Shortlines Club of Chicago is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: The Rise and Fall of Chicago Cable Cars
Time: 7:30 pm Central Standard Time, Friday, January 17, 2025
Join Zoom Meeting


Meeting ID: 810 8968 7625
Passcode: 997503

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