This page was last updated: January 28, 2026
- CALENDAR OF EVENTS -
A listing of all known rail and transit enthusiast events happening in and around theChicago area..(Except where noted, meetings/activites take place in the city of Chicago)
If your organization's meetings/events are not listed -- or if you have any corrections
Jan 24 (Saturday) Chicago Terminal Chapter of the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society meeting.
Location: )
Admission: ) Meeting CANCELLED due to severe cold weather.
Program: )
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Apr 25 (Saturday) Chicago Terminal Chapter of the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society meeting (2:00-5:00 PM)
Location: Historical Pullman District Visitors Center (11141 S. Cottage Grove Ave) in Chicago.
Location is accessible to public transportation using CTA bus #4 , #111A or 115 to/from
111th/Cottage Grove Ave or Metra Electric to/from 111/Pullman station (which is not ADA
accessible) or to/from 115/Kensington (which is ADA accessible).
Admission: Free.
Program: To be announced.
Information: ld_mlc43@comcast.netJan 25
Feb 20 (Friday) Railroad and Shortlines Club of Chicago meeting. (7:30-9:30 PM -- Please do not arrive before 7:15 PM)
Location: Chicago Union Station (500 W. Jackson) -- Room 107A.
Please enter at 500 W Jackson between Clinton and Canal.
Call Adam on 847 215-0180 if there are difficulties.
Admission: Members and their guest are admitted without charge. All other are asked to make a $5.00
contribution.
Program: "My first two railroads - A 1956 Ride on the CB&Q and a Celebration of the PRR," by David
Wilson. This presentation will have two parts:
Part 1 -- Two boys' 1956 Christmastime journey across the CB&Q system. We took six trains
on our round trip between Casper, Wyoming, to Chicago. Two of those trains were humdrum
trains that were aging dowagers - once elegant aristocrats reduced to daily yeoman service.
Part 2 -- The Pennsylvania Railroad - Celebrates the PRR in photographs, in preserved
artifacts, and in art.
Jan 23 (Friday) Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting.
Location: )
Admission: ) Meeting CANCELLED due to severe cold weather.
Program: )
Questions: ceraoffice@gmail.com
Jan 31 (Saturday) Milwaukee Road Historical Association meeting (1:30-3:30 PM -- doors open at 1:00 PM)
Location: Itasca Public Library (500 W Irving Park Rd) in Itasca, IL.
Location is approximately four blocks west of the Itasca Metra station.
Admission: Free.
Program: "From Janesville, WI to Granville, IL on the Rochelle & Southern" by William Shapotkin.
Information: Contact Bob Storozuk at 847-658-7356.
Feb 6 (Friday) Omnibus Society of America meeting. (7:00-9:00 PM -- Please do not arrive before 6:45 PM)
Location: Henry George School of Social Science, Chicago (333 S Wabash Ave -- Suite 2700).
If you are attending a presentation at Omnibus Society of America for the first time, or haven't
attended in a while, please let Adam know that are coming to be added to the building's visitor
registration system. You will need to show the security guard your ID to obtain a pass for access
to the elevator.
There is plenty of public transportation nearby. There are numerous bus routes, Van Buren Street
Station (Metra Electric and South Shore Line), Jackson stations on the Red and Blue lines, and
Adams/Wabash station on the Loop "L". If you must drive, there's public off-street parking in
surface lots and indoor parking at 55 E Jackson Blvd (accessed from theramp on the Wabash
side).
If there are any problems, call Adam on 847 215-0180 (cell phone)
Admission: Free.
Program: "Musings by Muellenbach," a visit to various midwest transit properties over the years, by Mike
Muellenbach.
Feb 27 (Friday) Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting. (7:00 -9:30 PM)
Location: 400 E Randolph St -- Room 700.
Admission: Members and their guest are admitted without charge. All other are asked to make a $5.00
contribution.
Program: "Smaller Streetcar/Interurbans near Chicago," by William M. Shapotkin. We will visit the
streetcar operations of:
"The Belle City" (Racine, WI) and Kenosha, WI,
as well as the interurban/streetcar lines of the Sterling Dixon & Eastern, as well a visit to a
private electric railroad known as "The Rock River Valley Traction," located near Ashton, IL.
Questions: ceraoffice@gmail.com
Mar 6 (Friday) Omnibus Society of America meeting. (7:00-9:00 PM -- Please do not arrive before 6:45 PM)
Location: Henry George School of Social Science, Chicago (333 S Wabash Ave -- Suite 2700).
If you are attending a presentation at Omnibus Society of America for the first time, or haven't
attended in a while, please let Adam know that are coming to be added to the building's visitor
registration system. You will need to show the security guard your ID to obtain a pass for access
to the elevator.
There is plenty of public transportation nearby. There are numerous bus routes, Van Buren Street
Station (Metra Electric and South Shore Line), Jackson stations on the Red and Blue lines, and
Adams/Wabash station on the Loop "L". If you must drive, there's public off-street parking in
surface lots and indoor parking at 55 E Jackson Blvd (accessed from theramp on the Wabash
side).
If there are any problems, call Adam on 847 215-0180 (cell phone)
Admission: Free.
Program: "Buses from the John Le Beau Collection," by Paul Johnsen.
Contact Info: Call Adam Kerman at 847 215-0180.
Mar 27 (Friday) Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting. (7:00 -9:30 PM)
Location: 400 E Randolph St -- Room 700.
Admission: Members and their guest are admitted without charge. All other are asked to make a $5.00
contribution.
Program: To be announced.
Questions: ceraoffice@gmail.com
Mar 20 (Friday) Railroad and Shortlines Club of Chicago meeting. (7:30-9:30 PM -- Please do not arrive before 7:15 PM)
Location: Chicago Union Station (500 W. Jackson) -- Room 107A.
Please enter at 500 W Jackson between Clinton and Canal.
Call Adam on 847 215-0180 if there are difficulties.
Admission: Members and their guest are admitted without charge. All other are asked to make a $5.00
contribution.
Program: To be announced.
Contact Info: Call Adam Kerman at 847 215-0180.
Apr 3 (Friday) Omnibus Society of America meeting. (7:00-9:00 PM -- Please do not arrive before 6:45 PM)
Location: Henry George School of Social Science, Chicago (333 S Wabash Ave -- Suite 2700).
If you are attending a presentation at Omnibus Society of America for the first time, or haven't
attended in a while, please let Adam know that are coming to be added to the building's visitor
registration system. You will need to show the security guard your ID to obtain a pass for access
to the elevator.
There is plenty of public transportation nearby. There are numerous bus routes, Van Buren Street
Station (Metra Electric and South Shore Line), Jackson stations on the Red and Blue lines, and
Adams/Wabash station on the Loop "L". If you must drive, there's public off-street parking in
surface lots and indoor parking at 55 E Jackson Blvd (accessed from theramp on the Wabash
side).
If there are any problems, call Adam on 847 215-0180 (cell phone)
Admission: Free.
Program: To be announced.
Contact Info: Call Adam Kerman at 847 215-0180.
Apr 17 (Friday) Railroad and Shortlines Club of Chicago meeting. (7:30-9:30 PM -- Please do not arrive before 7:15 PM)
Location: Chicago Union Station (500 W. Jackson) -- Room 107A.
Please enter at 500 W Jackson between Clinton and Canal.
Call Adam on 847 215-0180 if there are difficulties.
Admission: Members and their guest are admitted without charge. All other are asked to make a $5.00
contribution.
Program: To be announced.
Contact Info: Call Adam Kerman at 847 215-0180.
Apr 24 (Friday) Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting. (7:00 -9:30 PM)
Location: 400 E Randolph St -- Room 700.
Admission: Members and their guest are admitted without charge. All other are asked to make a $5.00
contribution.
Program: "Midwest Interurban Freight," by Norman Krental.
Questions: ceraoffice@gmail.com
