TOP: The North Shore terminal at Sixth and Michigan in Milwaukee was crowded as pas- sengers waited for the last train on January 20, 1963. ABOVE: Francis D. Passer was the ticket agent at Milwaukee. RIGHT: Inside the terminal Ione Peters and Ruth Teas served up smiles and refreshments at the lunch counter for what would be the last time. Note the Elec- troliner design etched into the mirror.


union committee (David and Julie My- ers, Don and Maxine Kennedy, Betty Oleson, Tom Jervan, and Horachek) have planned recent events. Some em- ployees attended all the reunions; for Myra Ehnert, who worked in the office at Highwood, Illinois, in 1952-’55, her first was 2012. “A very good day for me, full of good memories,” she said. She re- called helping out a soldier who got off the train at Highwood, headed for Fort


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Sheridan across the street. As she was having lunch on the porch, he asked her: “Here’s my girlfriend’s number, please call to let her know I arrived okay.” She made the call. A formal dinner and a picnic


in


Waukegan for 500-600 people, includ- ing employee families, started off the reunion events in summer 1963. About 100-150 turned out for a dinner in evening dress just before the first an-


niversary of the railroad’s shutting


down. Two picnics were held away from Waukegan: in 1973 at the East Troy museum and the next year at the Illi- nois Railway Museum. Since 1974, a less formal dinner has been held at Waukegan. Attendance dropped, but a consensus developed to continue the event through its 50th anniversary. In 1996, 90 employees attended; there were 18 for 2012. Although railfans


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