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Back Issues
The following back issues are available from Shore Line. Only a few of the articles in each issue are mentioned in the description of contents. Every issue has additional articles about Chicagoland railroads and a model railroad.
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2018-2021
ORDERING BACK ISSUES
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Spring 2018:
New Fox River Bridge in Elgin, Soo Line 1003 - Trek to Shriners Hospital for Children, The Silverliners, NSL City Car History, Pressed Steel Streetcars of Chicago, and more!
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Summer 2018:
CA&E: The Last Streetcar in Chicago, A Tale of Two Streamliners, Creating the Land of the Burlingtons, The South Chicago Branch, CTA Wraps Things Up, and more!
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Autumn 2018:
The Architecture and Design of Chicago's First Subway, Dining on the North Shore Line, South Shore Freight - The Earliest Years, The Terre Haute Line's Brazil Division, Canal and Clark Streets Grade Separation, and more!
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Winter 2018:
60 Years Ago, the Last Trips on the CA&E, New Depots on the Old Alton, Wilson Lower Yard … A Look Back at a Forgotten "L" Facility, Interurban Through Valparaiso's Lakes, A Caboose for the 21st Century, Insull's Smaller Empire, and more!
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Spring 2019:
Metra's Hiawatha Heritage Locomotive, Streetcars return to Milwaukee, Tower B35 Elgin Junction, and more! |
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Summer 2019:
CA&E during Wendell Dillinger's Tenure, South Shore's Transition, Port Washington Sheboygan Line, and more! |
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Autumn 2019:
The Milwaukee Electric's Watertown Line, Terre Haute and the Interurban System That Grew From There, and more! |
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Winter 2019:
BIG BOY Steams Through Illinois, The Rock Island's Track One Restaurant, The Pioneer Zephyr, Illinois Terminal—Danville, Champaign, St. Louis and Peoria, 6000-Series Cars Return to the "L", and more!
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Spring 2020:
UP's C&NW Twins, Last Ride on NSL, Chicago Streetcars, Happy 100th Dick George, Illinois Traction in Peoria, and more! |
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Summer 2020:
Logan Square, Milwaukee Railroader to Metra, First Trip on the South Shore, CA&E Lost Its "C," Pullman, and more! |
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Autumn 2020:
52 Years with John Appel, Burlington Route Way of the Zephyrs, The Electric, Franklin Street, The 500s in Milwaukee, TM to the Lakes of Muskego, Steam-Powered Passenger Trains, and more! |
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Winter 2020:
Metra 2020, World's Columbian Exposition, Metropolitan's 2756, Snow and Rain Photo Essay, Views of Evanston, CSL: The Streetcar Company That Owned No Streetcars, West Towns, and more!
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Spring 2021:
Metra 2020, World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Illinois Terminal Railroad in Peoria: 19301950, Northwestern Elevated 24 Comes Full Circle, RPM Project Meets Challenges and Milestones, and more! |
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Summer 2021:
On CA&E's Branches: Photography of Stanley T. Bristol, Growing Up Along the North Shore, My Favorite Hometown Railroad, Working on the IC Was a Family Tradition, Last Station Stop in a Street, Branch Line Apprentice, and more! |
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Autumn 2021:
The End Is Approaching: South Shore Line on the Streets of Michigan City, On CA&E's Mainline: Photography of Stanley T. Bristol, Modernized Cars for Skokie Valley Route Service, Auburn Park, Rochelle, TM's 1100-Series Cars, and more! |
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Winter 2021:
South Shore Freight Centennial, Towering Adventures-Part 8: ICG's Commuter Services Office, WC's Suburban Service, Winter 2020-21, C&NW in Evanston During the Early 1930s, CA&E's Steel Trailers, 2021 Metra Special Trains, and more!
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Ordering Back Issues
Did you see a back issue or two that caught your attention? Then order one for your own collection! Just follow these simple steps!
- Print out the back issue brochure located here in PDF format.
(Download Acrobat Reader)
- Complete the order form on the back page of the brochure.
Note: If you wish to order an older issue that is shown above but not listed on the order form, please list the issue date on the order form and enclose $3 per issue plus shipping and handling.
- Fill in your shipping address. Make your check or money order payable to the Shore Line Interurban Historical Society.
- Send your order to:
Shore Line
PO Box 425
Lake Forest IL 60045-0425
Note: Online ordering is not available for back issues of First & Fastest at this time.
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From left: the Spring 2019, Autumn 2020, and Autumn 2021 issues of First & Fastest. |
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