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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"'>A Brief History of the 20th
Century Railroad Club</span></b></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Our Club was founded in 1971 by
three <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>�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 <span class=SpellE>Dreyfuss</span> when he
styled the <i>Century�s</i> sleek new streamlined cars and bullet-nosed steam
locomotive in 1938.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> area. Where most <span class=SpellE>railfan</span>
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Archer
Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street> coach yards. Even then, guests were served
a modest but stylish lunch in a <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Santa
Fe</st1:place></st1:City> dining car on layover between trips to the West
Coast.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>As the 1970s unfolded, the
Club�s annual spring event grew to fill an entire weekend and attracted <span
class=SpellE>railfans</span> from across the nation. Known as "<span
class=SpellE>RailFair</span>," 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>."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Milwaukee</st1:place></st1:City>
as part of <span class=SpellE>RailFair</span> weekend in 1973. The next year, <a
href="Railfair%2074.pdf">as part of <span class=SpellE>Railfair</span> '74,</a>
a bigger group rode the Rock Island Lines� <i>Quad Cities Rocket</i> to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Rock Island</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State></st1:place>,
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Rock Island</st1:place></st1:City> railroad,
following a nationwide contest from which the winning design was selected. No.
652 continued to operate in its Bicentennial paint scheme on <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Rock Island</st1:place></st1:City> passenger trains until the
railroad went out of business forever, and is now at a railroad museum.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>� </span><a href="railfair76.pdf">A link to the <span
class=SpellE>Railfair</span> '76 program is here.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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-<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:City></st1:place>
<i>Super Chief</i>. Sixty-five passengers paid $200 each for an overnight ride
to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kansas City</st1:place></st1: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 <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:place></st1:City> during the 1930s, �40s and �50s.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <span class=SpellE>railfans</span>
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 <span class=SpellE>railfans</span>�
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>This program, which began in
1981 with the first of several runs of our <i>Tulip Train</i> to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Holland</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Michigan</st1:State></st1:place>,
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>� Popular fairs, festivals and
special events within 200 miles of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>
were identified, and their organizers worked with us to provide our passengers
as pleasurable an experience as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <i>20th Century Limited</i> were applied. The practice of having
all Car Hosts and Club officers wear a pink carnation on board our trains was
begun.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>� Privately-owned luxury
railcars were leased in order to provide a deluxe class of service on selected
trains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Six special trains were operated
in 1982. The <i>Tulip Train</i> ran in May; a train to <st1:City w:st="on">Galesburg</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State>� "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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Champaign</st1:place></st1:City>.
The season concluded in December with the longest excursion to date: a
1,056-mile round trip to the Liberty Bowl football game in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Memphis</st1:place></st1:City>. 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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
Orleans</st1:place></st1:City> for Chicago Bears fans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>A special chapter in our Club�s
history began in the spring of 1985, when we joined with <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>�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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indianapolis</st1:place></st1:City>.
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>From time to time, our Club has
operated steam-powered excursion trains � to <st1:City w:st="on">Sterling</st1:City>
and <st1:City w:st="on">Decatur</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State>;
<st1:City w:st="on">Fort Wayne</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on">Lafayette</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State>; <st1:City w:st="on">Janesville</st1:City>
and <st1:City w:st="on">Milwaukee</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:State>;
and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:City>.
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>In November of 1990, Club
headquarters was relocated from the <span class=SpellE>headhouse</span> of the
former <span class=SpellE>Soo</span> Line freight terminal to what one member
dubbed our <i>Skybox for <span class=SpellE>Railfans</span></i></span><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>�</span><span
style='font-family:"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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>,
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 <i>Trains</i> magazine, our Skybox has
hosted visitors from all over the United States, Canada, Europe, and even
Australia!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">East</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Troy</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Electric</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Railroad</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType>
purchase the operations and right-of-way of the last electric-traction line in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:State></st1:place>. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Galena</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State></st1:place>,
on October 12 and 13. Still as popular as ever, our <i>Galena Limited</i>�
carried 1,900 passengers to <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>�
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>In 1998, we also marked the
150th anniversary of the first passenger train to operate in <st1:City w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City>
by sponsoring the <i>Pioneer Limited</i>, the first public excursion train to
the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Railway</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>,
using a "commuter streamliner" <span class=SpellE>trainset</span>
chartered from Metra. And in 1999 and 2000, we operated chartered Metra trains
to the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">East</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Troy</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Electric</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Railroad</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:City w:st="on">East
Troy</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">WI</st1:State>, and to the <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Railway</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>In 2003, we moved our club
meetings to 600 W. <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>The Club is alive and well
and growing!</span></b><span style='font-family:"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 <i>Vacations with the Century</i> � four- to
seven-day trips by train and/or deluxe <span class=SpellE>motorcoach</span> to
destinations all over <st1:place w:st="on">North America</st1:place>. 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 <span
class=SpellE>motorcoach</span> traveled through <st1:State w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Kentucky</st1:State> and <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'> (312) 829-4500</b> (or visit our Web site at <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>www.20thcentury.org</b>) and request information. We�ll mail a copy of our
12-page monthly newsletter, <i>The Fast Mail</i>�<i>,</i> a membership brochure
and our Trip Catalog, free of cost or obligation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"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 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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