January 16 2010 Chicago Illinois
My father worked for Canadian National railways for years.  As a result, he had a pass to ride free on CNR lines. He liked baseball and one of his favourite destinations was Chicago, which was only an overnight journey from Stratford where he lived.  As we kids got older he took us along.  As well as baseball stadiums, he took us to some of the fine museums of Chicago.  My favourite was the Museum of Science and Industry.

Now, whenever I get a chance when I am in Chicago I revisit this great museum.  The wonderful O gauge model layout provided by Sante Fe has been replaced by a fabulous HO layout provided by the Burlington Northern Sante Fe.  But these changes do not take away from the wonderful older exhibits that I still remember.  One is good old 999 which set a speed record for its day.