The Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric, was an interurban railroad that operated freight and passenger service on its line paralleling the Fox River. It served the communities of Carpentersville, Dund
Ground floor plan of Aurora’s depot and coal power plant, as reported in 1891.
The diesel used on the line, the AE&FRE #5, at the Fox River Trolley Museum in 2024.
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The Fox River Trolley Museum is a railroad museum in South Elgin, Illinois. Incorporated in 1961 as R.E.L.I.C., it opened in 1966 and became the Fox River Trolley Museum in 1984.
The Woodcliff flagstop building in the backyard of the Woodcliff House (photo taken on a museum trolley).
The switch stands and the trail leading down to the tracks in the backyard of the Woodcliff House (photo taken on a museum trolley).
Castlemuir Depot on Members' Day 2024 (Oct. 5)