Covers: Just after sunrise on Saturday July 27, 2019, before people arrived, Big Boy is on display at UPís Provo Center in West Chicago, Illinois. —Mark Llanuza photo

The Winter 2019 issue of First & Fastest includes:

BIG BOY Steams Through Illinois
by Norman Carlson

Nothing Could Be Finer …
The Rock Island's Track One Restaurant
by Patrick H. Moorhead

The Pioneer Zephyr
by John Nicholson and Raymond DeGroote

Streetcars and Snow in Chicago
by Richard F. Begley

Winters Past and Snowstorm Jayden in 2019
by Norman Carlson, Feature made possible by a grant from George S. Kush

Tuesday, January 31, 1939
photos and captions by John F. Humiston, Richard Humiston Collection

Illinois Terminal —
Danville, Champaign, St. Louis and Peoria
photos from Bill Janssen's Collection

Metra Honors The Land of the Burlington's Heritage
by Katie Dahlstrom

F&F News: Chicago Transit Authority
by Shore Line Staff

6000-Series Cars Return to the "L"
by Bruce G. Moffat

Grandfathers Teaching the Newest Generation
a Staff Report

Insull's Smaller Empire
conducted by Eric Bronsky

STM Note:  This is the final issue of First & Fastest that we will be carrying in the museum store.  Please see https://www.shore-line.org for membership and subscription information.