A long overdue update! Sorry! We’ve been getting back to the hotels late every evening, so haven’t updated the blog for a couple of days. This update won’t include any photos, but most of you will see the photos when we get back. On Sunday evening we went to Elmwood Station in Chicago to do [...]
Yesterday (Tues 31st) was our first day up at Rochelle, Illinois, at the famous Rochelle Railroad Park, run by the local council. The Railroad Park is unique as it stands between two sets of main tracks, both run by different railroads – the Union Pacific (the UP) and the Burlington Northern Sante Fe (or BNSF). [...]
On Sunday we arrived in Chicago and checked into our hotel, the ‘Super 8 Motel’, chosen by Jim due to its very reasonable rates. We then found out why…! Most Super 8 Motels are quite nice, for a budget hotel chain. However, the Super 8 in Mannheim, Chicago, definitely didn’t fall into that category!! Just [...]
Yesterday we decided to go to a model shop in Chicago, called Ram Hobbies. We had heard good things about it, mainly the amount of second-hand stock available. So, we arrived there and as we were about to enter I noticed a sign on the door saying no deodorants, scents, perfumes or aftershaves were allowed [...]
Well, we have arrived at Rochelle! In fact, I am writing this as we sit at the Railroad Park – luckily there is WiFi here… We will have an interesting blog (with photos!) later about the interesting motel we stayed at last night and Sunday night…as well as almost sending someone to an early death!! [...]
A bit of a culture shock! We drove down to Chicago today – quite an easy drive, taking about 4 hours. Here is a view of the Chicago skyline showing the famous Sears Tower. And here is another photo showing one of the many railroad yards in Chicago with the famous Sears Tower overlooking it [...]