This page was last updated: January 15, 2026
- CALENDAR OF EVENTS -
A listing of all known rail and transit enthusiast events happening in and around the
Chicago 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
to be made to your event, contact Bill Shapotkin at traingg1@aol.com.
Jan 24 (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:      Our speaker for the meeting will be Craig Berndt. Craig lives in Ft. Wayne and has previously
                       presented two presentations to our Chapter, and was also one of the presenters at the
                       2009 Annual PRRT&HS Meeting hosted by our Chapter and held in Merrillville, Indiana. Craig will                             focus primarily on the following lines:
                       (1) PFW&C,
                       (2) GR&I north of Ft. Wayne, 
                       (3) Cincinnati, Richmond & Ft. Wayne south of Ft. Wayne (mistakenly called GR&I), and 
                       (4) the Eel River/Vandalia's Logansport-Butler line.

                       The PFW&C is still largely intact, and part of GR&I and CR&FW lines are now operated as
                         industrial spurs out of Ft. Wayne.
Information:   ld_mlc43@comcast.netJan 25

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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
Jan 16 (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.
Jan 23 (Friday) Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting.
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:        "Geoffrey Baer's WTTW Presentation: Chicago by "L" 
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.