This page was last updated: September 15, 2025
- 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
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Sept 19 (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: "Chicago to St Louis on the Illinois Central -- Route of the GREEN DIAMOND," by William
Shapotkin.
Oct 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: "Railroads and Interurbans of De Kalb County, IL," a presentation by William Shapotkin.
Oct 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: Members and their guest are admitted without charge. All other are asked to make a $5.00
contribution.
Program: "Trolley buses of Eastern Europe," by Kyle Engstrom. Kyle will present trolley bus systems in
various cities in eastern Europe.
Questions? Call Adam Kerman at 847 215-0180.
Oct 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
Sept 20 (Saturday) Illinois Division meeting -- Milwaukee Road Historical Association. (7:30-9:30 PM --
door opens at 1:00 PM)
Location: Itasca Public Library, (500 W Irving Park Rd) in Itasca, IL.
Admission: Free
Program: To be announced.
Questions: office@mrha.com
Sept 26 (Friday) Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting. (7:00-9:00 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: "Chicago's North Side 'L", by Bruce Moffat.
Questions: ceraoffice@gmail.com
Sept 27 (Saturday) Omnibus Society of America bus trip to Illinois Railway Museum for "Bus Day."
(9:30AM-6:30 PM)
Location: 9:30 AM Lv Cumberland 'L' station, returning 6:30 PM.
Admission: $20.00 donation per adult. This covers round trip bus to and from Illinois Railway Museum.
Admission to and meals/beverages at the museum on individual settlement.
Questions: Contact Bill Shapotkin at 847-987-9676.
Oct 24 (Friday) Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting. (7:00-9:00 PM)
Location: To be announced.
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
Nov 7 (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: Members and their guest are admitted without charge. All other are asked to make a $5.00
contribution.
Program: "From the estate of John LeBeau," by Paul Johnsen. Paul will present a potpouri of photographs
either taken by or collected by our late friend, John LeBeau.
Questions? Call Adam Kerman at 847 215-0180.
Nov 21 (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.
Questions: Call 312 725-0432.
Nov 28 (Friday) Central Electric Railfans' Association meeting. (7:00-9:00 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: "Chicago's North Side 'L", by Bruce Moffat.
Questions: ceraoffice@gmail.com
Dec 5 (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: Members and their guest are admitted without charge. All other are asked to make a $5.00
contribution.
Program: "Program to be Announced," by Bruce Moffat.
