Every day at 3 p.m., Amtrak Southwest Chief departs the south concourse at Chicago Union Station. For the first 1.5 miles out of the station, the train travels due south, …
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National Park Passport Stamp Collecting..Come Get One on the Southwest Chief
The kickoff of the new Trails & Rails program between Chicago and La Plata on the Southwest Chief is less than 2 weeks away from now and we honestly can’t be …
We Have Been Working on the Railroad. HO Scale That Is.
It is that time of year when the APRHF goes out on the road and attends some train shows. At those shows we have all the information that covers what we do and the what you …
Trails and Rails on the Southwest Chief #3
We are just a few weeks away from our Trails & Rails Inaugural Run on the Southwest Chief between Chicago and La Plata, Missouri… and all 25 docents are very …
Trails and Rails on the Southwest Chief #2
As I write this blog post here (on April 22, 2013) we are halfway done with the Trails & Rails group’s training runs to Galesburg and back. Over the course of six …
