The Village of Homewood, Illinois, is putting on its annual Rail Heritage Weekend! This year’s event, our sixth, takes place on the weekend of Saturday May 16th and Sunday May 17th, 2009. While some program elements are not quite finalized, here is what we have so far for you:
Saturday May 16th 7-10 PM: Annual Multimedia Digital/Slide Show (St. Joseph’s Church Gym)
This year we have moved to a new venue at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Gymnasium, immediately across the street from our main Sunday Train Show venue at the Homewood Village Hall, located at the corner of Dixie Highway and Chestnut Road in downtown Homewood. The church complex is right across the street from the village hall, on the east side of Dixie Highway.This new venue was recently refurbished, has high ceilings, more seating, and lots of free parking. We have outgrown our older home at St. Paul’s! As usual we have a great lineup of exciting presenters for you:
Program:
1.) Ian Contreras – “ICE Melting: The Last Month of the Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern”
2.) Chris Lastovich – “Circles of Industry: Chicago’s Busy Belt Line Railroads”
3.) Kevin Sadowski – “Digging in the Dirt: Ore Country Railroading in Minnesota”
Intermission
4.) Nate Beal – “Hoosier Sojourn: The Railroads of Southern Indiana”
5.) Nick Suydam – “Dark Makes a Difference: Illinois’ Railroads After Sunset”
6.) Terry Chicwak – “Vintage Years: Conrail and Southern Pacific in 1996”
The recession-reducing cost of this year’s show is, you guessed it, a whopping ZERO dollars! Yep, free as always. Just come and have a good time! We will have our unique and limited line of Homewood Rail Weekend T-Shirts for sale, as well as the usual suspects in terms of refreshments. Also, please note that the time of this event does NOT conflict with Franklin Park’s Railroad Days — you can visit up there, and then whip right down the I-294 tollway south to Homewood in plenty of time to have supper, relax, and enjoy the show.
For more information contact the Rail Days event coordinators at (708) 957-4743 for details.