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Prep work starts for Railroad Park move

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Workers installed fencing around the Homewood Railroad Park to prepare the site for a new parking lot, part of the extensive renovation of the train station. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)

Work began this week in preparation for moving the retired Illinois Central engine and caboose to make way for a new north parking lot on the west side of the railroad tracks in Homewood.

Crews removed the metal fencing around the equipment and are continuing site…

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Eric Crump started his first newspaper with his best friend when he was 9. It was four pages and folded after one issue. Possibly as many as two or three people read it. In 2014, about 46 years later, he started another paper, the H-F Chronicle, which is still going and has a few more readers.

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