2018 Schedule
SUNDAY, APRIL 29 - 10 AM to 5 PM
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Spring Railroad Swap Meet and Program
“It's not just another toy train show!” Griffith American Legion Post 66 132 N. Wiggs Street, Griffith, Indiana Swap meet begins at 10 AM. Program at 2 PM, by John Eagan on Shortline and Terminal Railroads of Chicago and Northwest Indiana. FREE parking and admission. ($2.00 donation suggested.) Vendor tables $15.00 each or one FREE table to current members. Hurry, tables sell out quickly! To purchase a table or for more information:
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FRIDAY, MAY 4 - 7:30 PM
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Our regular monthly meeting at the Gladys Fox Museum in Lockport, Illinois.
The program will be by long-time Blackhawk member and railroad-industry expert and author Mike Blasak with more "Tales of the Santa Fe" from his time working on one of America's largest and most famous railroads. Public invited. FREE admission. Visit our Meetings page for more information. |
FRIDAY, JUNE 1 - 7:30 PM
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Our regular monthly meeting at the Gladys Fox Museum in Lockport, Illinois.
The program will be by Tim Flaherty and will cover Amtrak in the 90s. Public invited. FREE admission. Visit our Meetings page for more information. |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 - 7:30 PM
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Our regular monthly meeting at the Gladys Fox Museum in Lockport, Illinois.
We will have our annual What Did You Do Last Summer? program. In our constant effort to make the experience enjoyable for everyone, we are implementing some new protocols:
Public invited. FREE admission. Visit our Meetings page for more information. |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 - 7:30 PM
Our regular monthly meeting at the Gladys Fox Museum in Lockport, Illinois.
The program will be by Mitch Markovitz on Railroad Art, famous for his contemporary "South Shore" railroad posters and scenes of Northwest Indiana.
Public invited. FREE admission.
Visit our Meetings page for more information.
The program will be by Mitch Markovitz on Railroad Art, famous for his contemporary "South Shore" railroad posters and scenes of Northwest Indiana.
Public invited. FREE admission.
Visit our Meetings page for more information.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER (exact date TBA) - 10 AM to 5 PM
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Fall Railroad Swap Meet and Program
“It's not just another toy train show!” Griffith American Legion Post 66 132 N. Wiggs Street, Griffith, Indiana Swap meet begins at 10 AM. Program at 2 PM - subject TBA. FREE parking and admission. ($2.00 donation suggested.) Vendor tables $15.00 each or one FREE table to current members. Hurry, tables sell out quickly! To purchase a table or for more information:
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 - 7:30 PM
Our regular monthly meeting at the Gladys Fox Museum in Lockport, Illinois.
The program will be by long-time Blackhawk member and world-traveler and photographer Joe Petric. Subject TBA.
Public invited. FREE admission.
Visit our Meetings page for more information.
The program will be by long-time Blackhawk member and world-traveler and photographer Joe Petric. Subject TBA.
Public invited. FREE admission.
Visit our Meetings page for more information.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 - 7:30 PM
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Our annual business meeting and holiday party at the Gladys Fox Museum in Lockport, Illinois.
After we cover Blackhawk business and elect officers, this month's program will be our first-ever Blackhawk Movie Night - A collection of short railroad films and TV programs...with some surprises. Blackhawk members are asked to bring food to share. Public invited. FREE admission. Visit our Meetings page for more information. |
NOTE: All events subject to cancellation for unforeseen circumstances.
Blackhawk Railway Historical Society is not responsible for events shown here that it does not sponsor.
Blackhawk Railway Historical Society is not responsible for events shown here that it does not sponsor.
About Our Meetings
We hold regular meetings at 7:30 PM on the first Friday of the month (except July and August), at the Gladys Fox Museum on the southwest corner of 9th Street (Illinois Route 7) and Washington Street in the historic downtown district of Lockport, Illinois. Visit our Meetings page for more information.
Doors open at 7:00 PM and there is plenty of free parking on Washington Street. If there is no wake scheduled, additional parking is available in the lot of the adjacent Goodale Memorial Chapel, in the 900 block of Hamilton Street.
Admission to all meetings is FREE and open to the public. Attendees are invited to participate in our monthly raffle of rare and interesting railroad memorabilia and models. Refreshments are also available.
Meetings include a presentation on railroads, past and present, by well-known railfans, authors, photographers, historians, railroad professionals and railroad advocates.
Doors open at 7:00 PM and there is plenty of free parking on Washington Street. If there is no wake scheduled, additional parking is available in the lot of the adjacent Goodale Memorial Chapel, in the 900 block of Hamilton Street.
Admission to all meetings is FREE and open to the public. Attendees are invited to participate in our monthly raffle of rare and interesting railroad memorabilia and models. Refreshments are also available.
Meetings include a presentation on railroads, past and present, by well-known railfans, authors, photographers, historians, railroad professionals and railroad advocates.
Giving A Program/Programs For Your Group
We are always looking for quality programs from railfans, railroad professionals, advocates, scholars and historians. We can supply a large screen, projection equipment (slides, 16mm movies, video or computer) and an appreciative and enthusiastic audience. If you have a program you would like to present, or know of a presenter that has a program to off, E-mail our Program Director.
The Blackhawk can present programs on local railroad history for your organization. There are many possibilities: a discussion of local railroad history, historic railroad movies and photographs, or even a visit from a 19th-century station agent! Blackhawk members have given presentations to local historical societies, civic groups, government organizations, and lectured at the Chicago History Museum.
For more information, please send us an E-mail or talk to us at one of our monthly meetings.
The Blackhawk can present programs on local railroad history for your organization. There are many possibilities: a discussion of local railroad history, historic railroad movies and photographs, or even a visit from a 19th-century station agent! Blackhawk members have given presentations to local historical societies, civic groups, government organizations, and lectured at the Chicago History Museum.
For more information, please send us an E-mail or talk to us at one of our monthly meetings.
