We heard the sad news at last night's Wisconsin Div. National Railroad Historical Society meeting in Fox Point. Ed was a familiar figure at railroad historical society events. I found a picture on the internet for those who might know him only by sight, not name - scroll down about halfway through this page.
http://www.cnwvets.org/An%20Assortment%205.htm
Amended Post: note the correct spelling of his name. Here is his obituary:
Dave Nelson
Noted author and Trains contributor Ed DeRouen died last week following a very short struggle with a form of cancer. We in the Chicago chapter of the PRRT&HS had the pleasure of having him attend our meetings on numerous occasions. He was both a nice and knowledgable person about Chicago railroading and our keynote speaker at our annual national convention last year
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