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• CERA's 4th Friday, January 24, 2025 Annual meeting In Person and zoom: Remembering the North Shore Line, Part 2: Beyond the Mainline; Presented by John Nicholson

  • When
    Friday, January 24, 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • Location
    400 E. Randolph St., 7th Floor Hospitality Room and Virtual zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84039965430?pwd=NjVaWU1iaGs2bXpXRVRVbzdpQ3Yydz09 Meeting ID 840 3996 5430 Passcode 572661

  
  

  CERA ANNUAL MEETING and In Person and Zoom Program for January 24, 2025 4th Friday, January 24, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. CT John Nicholson: Remembering the North Shore Line, Part 2: Beyond the Mainline Live: In Person and Zoom 400 E. Randolph St., 7th Floor Hospitality Room Chicago, IL https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84039965430?pwd=NjVaWU1iaGs2bXpXRVRVbzdpQ3Yydz09  or http://tinyurl.com/CERA4thFriday Zoom meeting Number 840 3996 5430    Passcode  572661 In a reprise of last year’s Zoom program, we’ll go beyond the hourly Limiteds and Electroliners on the Skokie valley Route to Milwaukee and instead focus on the other sections of the system. We’ll begin with a quick trip over the “L” in order to travel over the North Shore’s original line on the Shore Line Route. Heavy riding, short trips, and frequent stops best described the passenger service on this route. We’ll also travel over the North Shore’s only branch line, the route to Mundelein, where passenger service consisted of expresses to and from Chicago mixed in with a few lonely runs of the Lake Bluff-Mundelein shuttle. There was significant freight traffic over the line as the North Shore maintained carload freight connections with the EJ&E at Rondout and the Soo Line at Mundelein. This program will also be presented on Zoom (CERA members only) for those members unable to attend the meeting in person. If you have not yet paid your 2025 CERA Membership dues please do soon or contact me for more information: Elmer Haneberg elmer@corpevent.com (773) 972-0470

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• CERA's FAN TRIP to ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

  • Start
    Thursday, June 26, 2025
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    7:00 PM
  • End
    Monday, June 30, 2025
  • Location
    400 E. Randolph St., 7th Floor Hospitality Room and Virtual zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84039965430?pwd=NjVaWU1iaGs2bXpXRVRVbzdpQ3Yydz09 Meeting ID 840 3996 5430 Passcode 572661

  
  

  CERA'S FAN TRIP TO ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA Thursday, June 26, 2025 to Monday, June 30, 2025 Join us as we travel from Chicago or your city of choice to St. Paul, Minnesota Itinerary (in development) Train Depart Chicago Amtrak to St. Paul Thursday or Friday, June 26 th or 27th Borealis departs Chicago 11:05 AM arrives St. Paul  6:29 PM or Empire Builder Depart Chicago 3:05 PM arrive St. Paul 10:56 PM Stay at the St. Paul Hyatt House  180 Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN  651-647-5000 King or 2 Queen Beds Thursday  Friday  Saturday  Sunday  $129.00  $155.00  $155.00 $155.00 Saturday Coach Bus Tour  $50.00 to CERA Departs St. Paul Hyatt Place 9:00 AM  Banquet Dinner and CERA Meeting 6:30 PM  $50.00 to CERA Guest Speaker and Business Meeting St. Paul Hyatt Place  Thick Slices of Slow Cooked Pot Roast     or      Chicken Breast with Steamed Vegetables                                              Mushrooms, sundried tomatoes Crisp Green Salad                                                   Herbed Pasta Freshly Baked Bread                                               Caesar Salad *Pick 1 Item (3 choices): Steamed Vegetables Choice of Mashed Potatos, Baked Potatoes, or Rice Pilaf                                                                 Sourdough Bread Train departs St. Paul Amtrak to Chicago Sunday or Monday, June 29th or 30th Empire Builder departs St. Paul 8:50 AM arrives Chicago 4:45 PM or Borealis depart St. Paul 11:50 AM arrive Chicago 7:14 PM for more information: Elmer Haneberg elmer@corpevent.com (773) 972-0470

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