Meeting Information

The North Western Illinois Chapter holds a meeting on the fourth Saturday of each month, except June, July and December. We meet at St. Marks Lutheran Church at 675 North Mulford Road in Rockford, IL. Regular meetings begin with the doors open by 6:30PM, a short business meeting starting at 7PM and the main program to follow. There will usually be time for members in attendance to share any railroad news, news slides, or or participate in a mini-feature. Details on those events will be provided. For a detailed description of the featured show at the meeting, see below.

We offer sales tables prior to Chapter meetings. Table reservations must be made one month in advance at $5.00 per table, payable at the meeting to our (TBA) table manager. Availability is first reserved-first served.

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Meeting Dates & Events for - 2024
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January 27, 2024 - Program - Completed
February 24, 2024 - Program - Completed
March 23, 2024 - Program - Completed
April 27, 2024 - Program - Completed
May, 2024 - Program - No Meeting
June, 2024 - Program - No Meeting
July, 2024 - Program - No Meeting
August 24, 2024 - Program - Completed
September 28, 2024 - meeting will be on the road.
We have been invited and will take part in a joint meeting with the Iowa Chapter in Clinton, Iowa. See "September President's Report" for full information.
October 26, 2024 - Program - Robert Schmidt continuing with passenger trains of the south.

N&W Powhatan Arrow: N&W Train #26 is preparing to depart Cincinnati Union Terminal for Norfolk, Virginia. The tavern-lounge-observation car was built by Pullman in 1949. Photo on November 3, 1956. (Photo)

SR Southern Crescent: SR Train #1 is paused at Peachtree Station in Atlanta, on its way from New York City to New Orleans on December 19, 1970. (Photo)

SCL Champion Naples section: SCL Train #92 has arrived in Lakeland from Naples, Florida, to deliver a through coach and sleeper to the northbound "Champion" heading to New York City. Power is a doodlebug built by St. Louis Car Company in 1936 for the Seaboard Air Line. Photo on December 31, 1969 (Photo)
November 30, 2024 (note date change)- Program - .We will have an evening of multi-media shows.
December, 2024 - No Meeting

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