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The railroad line was built for the Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric interurban railroad in 1896, and it transported passengers up and down the Fox River until 1935. [4] In 1935, passenger service along the line was abandoned, and almost all of the line was torn up, with the exception of 3.5 mile of track in South Elgin, IL.
Rail remaining between the current museum site in South Elgin and the State Hospital was removed in 1978. [1] [6] [7] Today much of the railroad’s former right of way is now a bicycle path known as the Fox River Trail. The Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin operates over a preserved section of its right of way.
Fox River Trolley Museum: Wood Interurban Car Undergoing Restoration 317 Jewett Car Company: 1913 Fox River Trolley Museum: Wood Interurban Car In Storage 20 Niles Car Company: 1902 Fox River Trolley Museum: Wood Interurban Car Operational/Out of Service for Flange Issues 11 J. G. Brill Company: 1910, Rebuilt 1947 Fox River Trolley Museum
Austin Steam Train Association (presently runs only diesel equipment [5]) Galveston Island Trolley; Grapevine Vintage Railroad; Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Railway; Longhorn and Western Railroad (Texas Transportation Museum) M-Line Trolley; Rosenberg Railroad Museum; Six Flags & Texas Railroad in Six Flags Over Texas
Illini Railroad Club, Illinois Terminal: Illinois Terminal 234 Note: 234 is the second car from front. Interurban Observation Car Danville Car Company 1910 Operational Illini Railroad Club, Illinois Terminal: Illinois Terminal 277 Note: 277 is the first car on the front. Interurban Combine St. Louis Car Company: 1913 Operational Illinois Terminal
In 2015 yard switcher CSL #L202 and flat car CTA #314 are at the Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin, Illinois. CCRy #209 cable trailer and CSL #9020 electric trailer are at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Horsecar #10 and grip car #532 were on exhibit in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry in 1979. [16] [17] [18]
St. Louis, Rock Island and Chicago Railroad: Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad: CB&Q: 1852 1899 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: Paducah and Illinois Railroad: PI CB&Q/ IC/ L&N: 1910 Still exists as a joint subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, and CSX Transportation: Palatine, Lake Zurich and Wauconda ...
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