The Blackhawk Store

CD-ROMs | Maps | Books | DVDs | Where to Buy | Order by Mail

The Blackhawk Store offers unique products documenting our area's historic railroads, using material from our archives. Not only does this open our collection to the public, proceeds from the sales helps support the Blackhawk Chapter's Projects and programs, like our RailCamp scholarship.


DVDs

AVAILABLE ONLY FROM THE BLACKHAWK CHAPTER!

The Blackhawk Chapter is please to announce the first in a series of DVDs made from our one-of-a-kind collection of 16mm movies of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern right-of-way in the early 1970s.

Remembering the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern - Volume 1 - $25
Ride the Porter Branch from Griffith to Porter, Indiana and back.

Remembering the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern - Volume 2 - $25
Ride from Griffith to Kirk Yard and a round-trip on the lakefront South Chicago Branch.
Available September 2010


CD-ROMs

Our photo discs contain hundreds of images, from photos and postcards to drawings and timetables, all digitized from our archives and burned onto a Windows™-compatible CD-ROM. All five volumes are in their final printing and once they sell out, they are gone.

Images of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern - Volumes 1, 2 & 3 - $12/each
Three separate volumes documenting the railroad that went “Around, not thru Chicago”

Images of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific - $12
Over 250 historic images of the Rock Island in Illinois.

Images of the Chicago & Western Indiana - $12
A rare look at Chicago's southside terminal railroad and the owner of Dearborn Station.


Maps

Reprints of large-format maps, folded for convenience and value, from official railroad sources.

1937 System Map of the Belt Railway of Chicago - $5
A large-format view of the entire system, available only from the Blackhawk Chapter.

1965 System Map of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern - $8
A detailed map of the entire system, with all branches and up-close detail of major yards.
Available only from the Blackhawk Chapter.


Books

Reprints of historic documents, or a nostalgic look back at railroading's golden age, our books provide great reading at an affordable price. Limited quantities available, so order today.

Documents Relating to the Joliet & Northern Indiana - $15
A reprint of the 1854 book, available only from the Blackhawk Chapter.


Where to Buy

All Blackhawk Store items can be purchased at...


Order By Mail

Conveniently order by downloading and printing out the order form (in PDF format) filling in the quantity and total price, and sending a check or money order made payable to “Blackhawk Chapter NRHS” to:

Blackhawk Chapter NRHS
2009 Boehme Street
Lockport, IL 60441

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