LIVING / DINING / RAILROADING

SUNDAY  MAY  20   2012

CURRENT  CHICAGO  WEATHER

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BREAKING NEWS

 

METRA NATO RESTRICTIONS

May 18-21  --  CLOSED stations are the the 47th Street, 27th Street, McCormick Place, 18th Street and 11th Street/Museum Campus stations.

Monday May 21, the entire Blue Island branch of Metra Electric line on the Far South Side will be closed

Riders on all Metra lines will be subject to screening and baggage checks

Metra Electric riders should arrive at stations at least 15 minutes before departure to allow for extra screening.

All Metra riders will be allowed to carry only one bag and it cannot exceed 15 inches square and 4 inches deep.

Riders will not be able to carry boxes, parcels, luggage, backpacks and bicycles

Liquid and food will be prohibited on all trains.

Tools, including pipes and stakes, as well as pocket knives and pepper spray will be prohibited

All law enforcement personnel must identify themselves and present their credentials and any weapons to Metra.

Security guards will not be allowed to carry weapons.

If going to Homewood Railroad Days - I would find a different form of transportation - NOT METRA from Downtown


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MAY  18   19   20   21

 

MAY  19  20  21  @  Wrigley Field

 

HOMEWOOD RAILROAD DAYS

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Slide show and Photography Exhibition

7:00 PM - 8:30PM

St. Joseph’s School Gymnasium

17951 Dixie Highway

Sunday, May 20, 2012

9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Village Hall / Auditorium

2010-2020 Chestnut Road

(Good Luck getting there on METRA)

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Railroad Daze -Village of Franklin Park

Thursday, June 7 thru June 10

Railroad Show  June 09

 

Chicago Blues Festival

Grant Park - June 8 - 10

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Taste of Chicago 2012

July 11 - 15

Jennifer Hudson  July 11

Seats at the bandshell pavilion - $25

Thursday, July 12 Death Cab For Cutie
Friday, July 13 TBA
Saturday, July 14 Chaka Khan with opening act Raphael Saadiq
Sunday, July 15 Dierks Bentley with opening act Lindi Ortega

 

BLU 2012

Purchase Tickets  ($120.00 - $170.00)

Save the date for BLU – Saturday, July 28
7 p.m. until midnight
Shedd Aquarium

 

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Lollapalooza 2012

August 3-5 - Grant Park

 

JAZZ FEST

Cultural Center, Millennium Park, Grant Park August 30 -  September 2


                  

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Yet To Come

 

  • Monongahela Railway (ES44AC)

  • Central Railroad of New Jersey (SD70ACe)

  • Delaware, Lackawanna and Western (SD70ACe)

  • Erie Railroad (SD70ACe)

  • Illinois Terminal Railroad (SD70ACe)

  • Monongahela Railway
  • New York Central Railroad (SD70ACe)

  • PennCentral (SD70ACe)

  • Reading Company (SD70ACe)

  • Virginian Railway (SD70ACe)

  • Wabash Railroad  (SD70ACe)


NEMO

He will always be part of the RAILChicago family


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RAILChicago Will NOT Be At

Homewood Rail Days - Much safer In Chicago

RAILChicago Will Be Closed Today

Dennis Will Be At NATO FEST All Weekend

WATCH FOR NATO UPDATES

 

Game 3 at Wrigley Field

WGN & Comcast - 1:15pm

 



MAY  19  2012

LIFE w/ RAILChicago

Leaving Home on a smoggy day

Gas Prices Going Down at the BP Station )Wabash/Roosevelt Rd)

Man, I could have used some today

one of the many "caravans" heading for McCormiick Plsce

ALL KINDS OF NATO Banners

RAILChicago @ Nato Fest:

I got screamed at, cursed at, called white boy

by some fat afro-american female Chicago cop for taking these pix. . .

Told her to get FUCKED and walked away

LUNCH w/ RAILChicago

Lunch at the PATIO AT PARK GRILL

Don't know who or what he is - but not my kind

RAILChicago on the CTA Orange Line:

Had to buy my 2012 CTA Sox/Cubs Fare Card for $3 . . .decided to get best of it

Rode to Ashland and back and found CN1652 (paint on cab says 5652). . .

rosters say it is a GP38-2 - I say SD40-2

RAILChicago Will Be Closed Today

Dennis Will Be At NATO FEST All Weekend

WATCH FOR NATO UPDATES

NOT PLANNING On Going To HOMEWOOD RAIL DAYS

Game 2 at Wrigley Field

6:10pm - FOX