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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Lucida Sans Unicode, sans-serif"><FONT SIZE=5><B>A
Brief History of the 20th Century Railroad Club</B></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Our Club was founded in 1971 by three
Chicago teenagers to enable themselves and others to cultivate an
appreciation for the history, lore and socio-economic importance of
all facets of American passenger railroading.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">They named their Club after the <I>20th
Century Limited</I>, the deluxe, all-sleeping car express train that
operated between Chicago and New York from 1902 through 1967. Billed
by the New York Central System as "The Greatest Train in the
World," the <I>Century</I> was accepted by three generations of
travelers as the epitome of American achievement in speed, safety,
comfort and luxurious on-board service. World travelers compared it
favorably to Europe’s legendary <I>Orient Express. </I>To this
day, artists and decorators use the classic Art Deco styling and
sophisticated grays, blues and silvers chosen by famed industrial
designer Henry Dreyfuss when he styled the <I>Century’s</I>
sleek new streamlined cars and bullet-nosed steam locomotive in 1938.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Something of the <I>Century’s</I>
style rubbed off on our founders, and expressed itself in virtually
every project they undertook for railroad enthusiasts in the Chicago
area. Where most railfan clubs of the time were content to meet once
a month over coffee to look at slides, movies and memorabilia, from
the start the 20th Century Railroad Club combined history and
artifacts with food, fun and railroad-style service.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">The Club’s first public
function, in the spring of 1971, was a tour of the old La Salle
Street Station and the Santa Fe Railway’s Archer Avenue coach
yards. Even then, guests were served a modest but stylish lunch in a
Santa Fe dining car on layover between trips to the West Coast.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">As the 1970s unfolded, the Club’s
annual spring event grew to fill an entire weekend and attracted
railfans from across the nation. Known as "RailFair," it
featured luncheons, guest speakers, films, music and dance –
even a theater party to see (what else?) a revival at the Goodman
Theater of Ben Hecht’s and Charles MacArthur’s classic
musical comedy, "On the <I>20th Century</I>."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Most significant for the future of the
Club, however, was its small but growing travel program. About 40
members and guests took a round trip to Milwaukee as part of RailFair
weekend in 1973. The next year, <A HREF="Railfair%2074.pdf">as part
of Railfair '74,</A> a bigger group rode the Rock Island Lines’
</FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif"><I>Quad Cities Rocket</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">
to Rock Island, Illinois, staying overnight and returning the next
morning. Club managers were beginning to develop experience with
carriers, hotels and restaurants in learning how to move, lodge and
feed substantial numbers of people in comfort and even some degree of
luxury.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">By 1976, the Club was ready to help
celebrate our nation’s Bicentennial with a bold new venture. An
entire eight-car train was rented from the Rock Island Lines,
including a glass-domed dining car in which brunch and dinner were
served to 350 passengers. On the point was Rock Island E-8 diesel
locomotive no. 652, which Club members had painted in a Bicentennial
color scheme as a gift to the bankrupt Rock Island railroad,
following a nationwide contest from which the winning design was
selected. No. 652 continued to operate in its Bicentennial paint
scheme on Rock Island passenger trains until the railroad went out of
business forever, and is now at a railroad museum. <A HREF="railfair76.pdf">A
link to the Railfair '76 program is here.</A> </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">In 1979, the Club brought together
Amtrak and the Santa Fe Railway to produce an abbreviated – but
spectacular – two-day and one-night recreation of the famed
train of the movie stars, the Chicago-Los Angeles <I>Super Chief</I>.
Sixty-five passengers paid $200 each for an overnight ride to Kansas
City and return in three deluxe sleeping cars, a lounge car and a
diner. All porters and waiters were former <I>Super Chief</I>
employees, and all three meals cooked on board featured the same
dishes served to the film stars, sports figures and gossip columnists
who had made the <I>Super Chief</I> their rolling hotel between
Chicago and Hollywood during the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">By 1981, the Club had gained
sufficient expertise in group rail travel to become a sponsor of
chartered trains to the general public. Instead of soliciting
railfans as riders, the Club put them to work as volunteer planners,
managers and tour guides, using their expertise to make it easier for
the traveling public to return to the rails after an absence of
decades. The Club’s unique approach solved two problems at
once: it channeled the railfans’ enthusiasm and energy into a
productive, businesslike and service-oriented activity; and it made
possible a series of pre-packaged, one-day rail excursions, under
which a hesitant traveling public could experiment with the nation’s
reviving train system without committing itself to long or expensive
trips.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">This program, which began in 1981 with
the first of several runs of our <I>Tulip Train</I> to Holland,
Michigan, was made possible largely by Amtrak, which had just
completed its initial ten-year program to acquire new locomotives and
passenger cars. For the first time in history, American travelers
could be guaranteed a national fleet of state-of-the-art rail
equipment, including all-electric heating and air-conditioning,
air-spring suspension, and interiors which were fully carpeted and
soundproofed.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Equally important, the railroads over
which Amtrak’s trains operate were in the midst of the biggest
track and roadbed improvement program in their history. Train speeds,
ride quality and on-time performance all rose steadily throughout the
late ’70s and early ’80s.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Pleased with the public response to
the first <I>Tulip Train,</I> which carried 884 passengers; and to a
second train, the <I>Popcorn Flyer,</I> which operated in September
of 1981 to Valparaiso, Indiana; the Club spent the winter of 1981-82
planning a year-round program of one-day excursion trains designed to
help Chicago-area residents spend a pleasant Saturday or Sunday away
from the city without using an automobile. The process involved these
steps:</FONT></P>
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• <FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Popular fairs, festivals and
special events within 200 miles of Chicago were identified, and their
organizers worked with us to provide our passengers as pleasurable an
experience as possible.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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• <FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Amtrak sales and operating
personnel were contacted, and train consists and schedules were
designed to meet the needs of Chicago-area riders (early-morning
departures, suburban stops, high speeds, arrival as close as possible
to the special event, and a return to the city in time to connect
with outbound commuter trains.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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• <FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Club members were trained to
perform on-board service as Car Hosts. White uniform jackets were
purchased for their use, and breast and shoulder patches reading
"20th Century Railroad Club" and </FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif"><I>20th
Century Limited</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif"> were applied.
The practice of having all Car Hosts and Club officers wear a pink
carnation on board our trains was begun.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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• <FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Privately-owned luxury railcars
were leased in order to provide a deluxe class of service on selected
trains.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Six special trains were operated in
1982. The <I>Tulip Train</I> ran in May; a train to Galesburg,
Illinois’ "Railroad Days" festival operated in June;
and the first special trains in more than a decade traveled to the
Illinois State Fair, Wisconsin Dells and the Illinois-Michigan
football game at Champaign. The season concluded in December with the
longest excursion to date: a 1,056-mile round trip to the Liberty
Bowl football game in Memphis. This specially-scheduled and routed
train enabled nearly 400 Illini fans to see the last game coached by
the late Paul "Bear" Bryant of Alabama. This trip was
topped in 1986, when we operated the <I>Super Bowl Shuttle</I> to New
Orleans for Chicago Bears fans.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">A special chapter in our Club’s
history began in the spring of 1985, when we joined with Chicago’s
Commons Theater company to present "Murder on the <I>20th
Century</I>." Fifty passengers boarded luxurious vintage
railcars at Chicago Union Station on Saturday afternoon, bound for
Indianapolis. When they returned the next day, there were only 49…
These "murder mystery trips" proved so popular we ran 25 of
them over the next 18 months, plus 12 one-evening trips via chartered
CTA trains. In the process, our Club received national attention,
including a feature article in <I>The Wall Street Journal</I> and
extensive coverage by the local news media.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">In succeeding years, the Club
continued its basic program of chartering trains from Amtrak to
travel to the destinations mentioned above, while adding such new
destinations as Galena, Illinois, for "Fall Colors" trains;
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, via the <I>Train to the Planes</I>™ at the
Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual Fly-In Convention;
Burlington, Iowa, for "Steamboat Days" and Hannibal,
Missouri, for a Mark Twain Festival.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">From time to time, our Club has
operated steam-powered excursion trains – to Sterling and
Decatur, Illinois; Fort Wayne and Lafayette, Indiana; Janesville and
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Detroit. These trains were powered by
Norfolk & Western class J no. 611 (on its first visit to Chicago)
(<A HREF="July1983TFM.pdf">July 1983 Fast Mail featuring the 611 here</A>
) and by Nickel Plate no. 765. In August of 1988, we brought together
the St. Louis Steam Train Association and a new regional railroad,
Wisconsin Central Ltd., to run two trips "Up the Track to Fond
Du Lac," Wisconsin, using a newly-restored steam locomotive,
Frisco no. 1522, and vintage passenger cars. While steam-powered
trains are especially challenging to operate, they are an exciting
way to bring back to life a major part of railroad history.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">In November of 1990, Club headquarters
was relocated from the headhouse of the former Soo Line freight
terminal to what one member dubbed our </FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif"><I>Skybox
for Railfans</I></FONT>™<FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">, a
2,500-square-foot office and meeting space. From 100 feet above track
level, our Skybox overlooks the hub of passenger railroading in
Chicago, and offers a panoramic view of nearly all Amtrak and Metra
movements through a wall of windows 40 feet wide by 8 feet high.
Since a two-page, full-color spread illustrating our view appeared in
</FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif"><I>Trains</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">
magazine, our Skybox has hosted visitors from all over the United
States, Canada, Europe, and even Australia!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">In September of 1994, 20th Century
joined forces with Great Lakes Western Rail Tours and the Wisconsin
Central Railroad to operate the <I>Train to Save the Trolleys.</I>
This cooperative effort carried a total of 1,250 passengers on two
130-mile round trips, and raised over $30,000 to help the East Troy
Electric Railroad Museum purchase the operations and right-of-way of
the last electric-traction line in Wisconsin. In April of 1997, our
Club again operated <I>The Train to the Trolleys</I>™, this
time utilizing a Metra "commuter streamliner" for the
first-ever "off-line" excursion use of that carrier’s
equipment.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">In 1996, we capped the celebration of
our Club’s 25th anniversary by resuming operation of chartered
Amtrak trains with a pair of day trips to the Country Fair in Galena,
Illinois, on October 12 and 13. Still as popular as ever, our <I>Galena
Limited</I>™ carried 1,900 passengers to Illinois’
favorite small town in comfort and style aboard 14 Amtrak Superliners
and four luxurious, privately-owned railcars. We operated the <I>Galena
Limited</I> again in 1997, ’98,’99 and 2000, with similar
success.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">In 1998, we also marked the 150th
anniversary of the first passenger train to operate in Chicago by
sponsoring the <I>Pioneer Limited</I>, the first public excursion
train to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, using a "commuter
streamliner" trainset chartered from Metra. And in 1999 and
2000, we operated chartered Metra trains to the East Troy Electric
Railroad Museum in East Troy, WI, and to the Illinois Railway Museum
in Union.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">In 2003, we moved our club meetings to
600 W. Washington. From there the Club has moved meetings to the
Founders Room in the Legacy Lounge at Chicago Union Station. Years
ago this area was the station barber shop. </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif"><B>The Club is alive and well and
growing!</B></FONT> <FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Our extensive
group-travel program for our members and the public is more popular
than ever. Throughout the year, we offer weekend getaways by rail, as
well as low-cost day trips on weekends for train-watching and/or
special events accessible by rail. We also offer </FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif"><I>Vacations
with the Century</I></FONT><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif"> – four-
to seven-day trips by train and/or deluxe motorcoach to destinations
all over North America. All of our trips feature visits to historical
attractions and/or railroad-related activities. For example, on our
"7 Trains in 7 Days" trip, passengers rode a different
excursion or dinner train every day as their deluxe motorcoach
traveled through Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">We invite the public to sample our
trips, members meetings and other activities before deciding to join
our Club. All they need do is telephone our office at <B>(312)
829-4500</B> (or visit our Web site at <B>www.20thcentury.org</B>)
and request information. We’ll mail a membership brochure and
such trip information as may be current, free of cost or obligation.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Georgia, serif">Since 1971, the 20th Century Railroad
Club has introduced or reacquainted nearly a hundred thousand people
to the advantages and special pleasures of train travel. Many of our
passengers have gone on to plan and enjoy their own trips on Amtrak
and the many tourist and scenic railroads around the United States.
We are very proud that the spirit of our namesake passenger train,
the <I>20th Century Limited</I>, lives on in the 20th Century
Railroad Club’s total dedication to passenger satisfaction
aboard the most civilized from of land transportation ever invented.</FONT></P>
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