The Fox River Trolley Museum is a railroad museum in South Elgin, Illinois, United States. Incorporated in 1961 as R.E.L.I.C., it opened in 1966 and became the Fox River Trolley Museum in 1984.
AE&FRE #5 and CA&E #458 at the museum (2024)
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)
The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad, known colloquially as the "Roarin' Elgin" or the "Great Third Rail", was an interurban railroad that operated passenger and freight service on its line between C
Fox River Trolley Museum
…cars. They then continued to throw rocks and destroy many train windows and relics. One electric car had 26 windows completely trashed, and another car, CA&E 20, had its extremely rare CA&E headlight almost completely destroyed. The two boys were caught by a woman who was walking along the Fox River Trail…
The AE&C station at Lombard (left), pictured in 1902. The station doubled as an electrical substation.
Car 10 during an inspection on August 4, 1902. The first ten cars were assigned even numbers from 10 to 28.
Car 12, pictured southwest of Wheaton on October 22, 1902. Note that the trains ran on a single track on this portion of the line.
Gold Bond of the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Corp., issued April 1, 1922