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Chicago and North Western Historical Society Notice for Annual Membership Meeting

11:00 A.M. CDT Saturday, May 22, 2021

NOTICE OF MEETING:

In accordance with the bylaws of the Chicago & North Western Historical Society, an Illinois not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation, the next Annual Membership Meeting will be held via Conference Call at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 22, 2021.  

To be held using the GoToMeeting on-line conference program, we will be able to have 120 members join in on the meeting by computer or phone.  Please click below to signup for access to the annual meeting.  Your membership status will be confirmed, and a link to the meeting information will be emailed back to you.  Access will be granted in the order of receipt, up to the first 120 confirmed members.

Tim Coyle

President, Chicago & North Western Historical Society

With great pride the C&NWHS would like to announce that the agreement to locate our permanent archives building at Illinois Railway Museum (IRM) has been completed and signed! 

This project has been years in the making and is the first step in completing the new home of the C&NWHS Archives that will provide a great future for the educational activities and preservation of the C&NW and associated roads.

Construction of the building is the next step and while we don’t have a timeframe for that yet, we will provide updates as activities get underway.

Thank you for your continued support of the largest project the society has undertaken!

With the release of issue 2020:4 of North Western Lines, the first installment of 75 Years Ago – North Western Newsliner, has been added online, starting with the November and December 1945 issues of the employee magazine. As upcoming issues of North Western Lines are published, the corresponding employee magazines from 75 years prior will be available for view on our website.

We have added some surplus timetables and track charts to the CNWHS Store. The timetables are a mix of Employee, Passenger, System, & Suburban from various years. The track charts are all from April 3, 1995 and the final printing the by the CNW. All are originals, unless noted, some of the timetable covers have marks or stains. If you are looking to add to your collection, maybe we have something you are looking for!

If you purchase $35 worth of timetables, you’ll get $5 off. Purchase $100, get $10 off.

https://cnwhs.org/wp1/product-category/archives-documents/documents-for-sale/

Additionally we have added a few models that had been going to train shows.

https://cnwhs.org/wp1/product-category/models/

This HO scale car, specifically produced by Kadee for the Chicago & North Western Historical Society, represents a 50 ft Pullman Standard PS-1 boxcar delivered to the C&NW September 30, 1955. This car remained on the roster, in this paint scheme, until its retirement on August 23, 1989. Only 1 number available.