Bob and I have planned a repeat of last year’s tour to the Illinois Railway Museu. This will be a fairly short drive to the museum via a number of country roads. We’ll meet at the Meijer Foods (815 S. Randall Rd. Elgin) parking lot near the Starbucks coffee house.

BMeeting time is 10 am with the drivers meeting at 10:30am. Lunch will be available for purchase at the museum in their Dinner (cafeteria). They offer burgers, Hot dogs, BBQ beef, and Chicken sandwiches. Since the museum is a non-for-profit I suggest we buy our lunch there to help support the museum.

BI expect the drive to take about an hour. Admission to the museum is $10.00 per person. We will be allowed to park our cars inside the museum grounds. The museum will be open until 5pm. So we should have lots of time to explore the exhibits and ride the trains. We hopeful that they will still have the steam train running this year.

~~ Jim Compton & Bob Dorley

CMGC Regalia New MG Club hats are in with 4 styles to choose from. Only $15 per hat. All CMGC members—- Fieldhouse has informed us that they are closing shop effective July 6, 2018. They plan on processing any open orders received by that date and will not be accepting any new orders. They stated they appreciated the opportunity to be of service to the CMGC organization however the costs of providing quality products and complying to the new regulatory requirements made it too difficult to continue to offer these services in a manner consistent with their objectives and standards. The new window stickers are in!! Contact George Phariss to get yours today! Note from George In light of this news that Fieldhouse will not be around after July 6, I want to assure the Club that I am actively pursuing a similar arrangement for Club regalia that we had with Fieldhouse from another company. I will keep you updated on the progress. I hope to announce a replacement soon. ~~George Phariss