The Blackhawk Chapter serves NRHS members in Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana, with a special focus on the railroads serving Chicago's south side, south and southwestern suburbs and the surrounding area. See our regional map.

The Blackhawk Chapter holds regular meetings every month (except July and August) at 7:30 PM on the first Friday of the month at the Gladys Fox Museum (also known as the “Old Congregational Church”) on the southwest corner of 9th Street (Illinois Route 7) and Washington Street in the historic downtown district of Lockport, Illinois. See detailed maps.

Doors open at 7 PM and there is plenty of free parking on Washington Street. If there is no wake scheduled, parking is also available in the lot of the adjacent Goodale Memorial Chapel.

Lockport is served by Metra's Heritage Corridor between Joliet and Chicago. The town's original 1860-era limestone depot, on 13th Street just west of State Street, still serves passengers.

Service on this former Alton/GM&O/ICG line is rush-hour only on weekdays -- three trains to Chicago in the morning and three trains from Chicago at night.