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By 1900 both Elgin and Aurora had electric streetcars on lines radiating out from downtown. Elgin had 12 miles (19 km) of track, the downtown area was double tracked in the 1920s. Aurora had 18 miles (29 km), with double track in most of the downtown area by 1900. Aurora’s lines were often
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The interurban line left Elgin going south on State Street (Route 31), past the State
Hospital (a.k.a. Asylum)(mile 1.8), then down the side of LaFox Street through Clintonville/South Elgin (mile 3.1). Curving east onto private right of way the line went through the freight interchange at Coleman
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Predecessor companies opened service in 1895 between
Carpentersville and Elgin; in 1896 between Elgin and St. Charles and Aurora and Geneva; in 1899 between Aurora and Yorkville; and in 1901 between St. Charles and Geneva. In the era 1901-1906 it was known as the Elgin, Aurora & Southern
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Passenger service ended March 31, 1935, except on a short stretch of track used by the CA&E in St. Charles and Geneva, where passenger service ended
December 31, 1937. Freight service continued on a 3-mile (4.8 km) stretch of the line between Coleman Yard (at the junction with the
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in 1906 and became the new Aurora Elgin & Chicago
Railroad's Fox River Division. The company was separated by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in 1923, when the Fox River Division assumed the AE&FRE name, and the rest of the AE&C (the Third Rail Division) became the
271:. This service operated under electric power until 1947, and by diesel until 1972. At that time, the remnant of the line was sold to its current museum operators. Rail remaining between the current museum site in South Elgin and the State Hospital was removed in 1978.
2066:, and a 14-mile (23 km) run through connection to Rockford. With 9 passenger and 2 express cars they scheduled 19 trains each way with an hourly headway. Opened in 1907, it was the last to be closed to passenger service, in 1930.
2106:. Opened in 1914, two passenger cars ran 5 trains each way in a day. Grain was the major part of its freight traffic. Passenger service ended in 1924 but freight, converted to gas-electric in 1931, continued until 1937.
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2084:. 3 passenger and 2 express cars made 9 trains each way in a day on a 90-minute and 3-hour schedule. Opened in 1905 with light steam equipment, it was electrified by 1910, and closed in 1923.
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2128:. Eight passenger cars operated 17 trains each way in a day, and 3 streetcars provided local service in Joliet. First opened in 1903, it was converted to 5 Pierce-Arrow buses in 1924.
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In 2013 Pace Route 801 Goes from Elgin to Geneva, although largely on a more western alignment. From Geneva to Aurora Pace Route 802 follows the original interurban line very closely.
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Service typically operated on one-hour headways between Elgin and Aurora, with connecting service between
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By 1940 Illinois had designated Route 31 running north and south along the west side of the Fox River. For convenience this modern number is used here.
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left Elgin from the end of the Edison Street line at Wing Street, going 36 mi (58 km) west through the small towns of
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little of the early city lines remained. In Elgin, by contrast, most streetcar lines are now part of longer bus routes.
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Sunset Lines The Story of the Chicago Aurora, & Elgin Railroad: v.1: Trackage
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Aurora, Plainfield, & Joliet @ Shore Line Interurban Historical Society
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Aurora-Elgin Area Street Cars and Interurbans: The Connecting Lines
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Aurora-Elgin Area Street Cars and Interurbans: Fox River Division
2102:) and ran 20 miles (32 km) straight south through Newark to
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2453:"Interurban Railways of Illinois and Border Area"
2098:left Yorkville (where it also connected with the
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2458:. Central Electric Railfans’ Association. 1939
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1608:Cars used in both city and interurban service
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2272:. Transportation Trails. pp. 127, 131.
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3151:Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
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2601:Fox & Illinois Union @ Abandoned Rails
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2532:. Central Electric Railfans' Association.
2327:. Pace Suburban Bus. 2012. Archived from
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2984:Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
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2117:Aurora, Plainfield and Joliet Railroad
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158:Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric
22:Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric
3299:List of historical intercity services
2900:Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
2877:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
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2571:Illinois Trolleys @ Don's Rail Photos
2352:, pp. 4–5, 22–24, II-2, 3, 4, 6.
1912:41 ft 6 in (12.65 m) -
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16:Interurban in Illinois, United States
3253:Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company
3204:Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric
3130:Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric
2968:Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad
2559:. Vol. 4. American Slide-Chart.
2550:. Vol. 2. American Slide-Chart.
2541:. Vol. 1. American Slide-Chart.
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2055:Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company
1914:47 ft 10 in (14.58 m)
1774:43 ft 10 in (13.36 m)
1752:40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
1524:47 ft 10 in (14.58 m)
3267:Joliet and Eastern Traction Company
3232:Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad
3225:Chicago and Joliet Electric Railway
2246:, pp. 102, 103, 115, 116, 130.
2077:Chicago, Aurora and DeKalb Railroad
2039:
2025:33 ft 5 in (10.19 m)
1572:42 ft 5 in (12.93 m)
1547:43 ft 2 in (13.16 m)
1505:47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
1484:45 ft 8 in (13.92 m)
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2530:Bulletin 105: The Great Third Rail
1936:32 ft 2 in (9.80 m)
1401:Elgin and Aurora streetcar systems
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93:40 miles (64 km) (interurban)
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3239:Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad
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3402:600 V DC railway electrification
2110:Aurora, Plainfield, & Joliet
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150:45 miles per hour (72 km/h)
3377:Interurban railways in Illinois
2608:operates on ex-AE&FRE track
2555:Peffers, Hopkins Stolp (1993).
2546:Peffers, Hopkins Stolp (1993).
2537:Peffers, Hopkins Stolp (1993).
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175:. It served the communities of
3260:Fox and Illinois Union Railway
3137:Chicago and West Towns Railway
2364:, pp. 10, 12, 74–99, 136.
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2690:Ogilvie Transportation Center
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3024:Grand Trunk Western Railroad
2618:Northern Ohio Railway Museum
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2070:Chicago, Aurora & DeKalb
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1417:Elgin-Aurora interurban line
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2295:, pp. 12, 75–79, II-7.
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3056:New York Central Railroad
3040:Illinois Central Railroad
2916:Chicago and Erie Railroad
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2664:Chicago metropolitan area
2001:33 ft (10.06 m)
1728:36 ft (10.97 m)
1708:36 ft (10.97 m)
1688:36 ft (10.97 m)
1669:46 ft (14.02 m)
1649:36 ft (10.97 m)
1592:38 ft (11.58 m)
1555:except 212 scrapped 1927
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2792:Milwaukee District North
2606:Fox River Trolley Museum
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1979:32 ft (9.75 m)
1957:26 ft (7.92 m)
1891:26 ft (7.92 m)
1872:31 ft (9.45 m)
1851:30 ft (9.14 m)
1830:28 ft (8.53 m)
692:Fox River Trolley Museum
280:Fox River Trolley Museum
2817:Metra Electric District
2797:Milwaukee District West
2612:Illinois Railway Museum
2268:Plachno, Larry (1986).
1553:bought 1913, sold 1918
3392:Streetcars in Illinois
3318:Airport Transit System
2836:Union Pacific Railroad
2680:LaSalle Street Station
2258:, pp. 41, 68, 99.
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3158:Chicago Surface Lines
3080:Pennsylvania Railroad
2802:North Central Service
2675:Chicago Union Station
2234:, pp. 15, 20–22.
2048:Elgin & Belvidere
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3349:Kenosha Area Transit
3144:Chicago City Railway
2812:Rock Island District
1780:bought second hand,
1734:bought second hand,
627:Elgin State Hospital
269:Elgin State Hospital
2479:, pp. 138–173.
2411:"AE&FR;/Roster"
1714:bought second hand
1694:bought second hand
3101:Chicago–Valparaiso
2685:Millennium Station
2594:2019-09-14 at the
2582:2019-11-01 at the
2491:, pp. 76–103.
244:Traction Company.
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3124:Kenosha Streetcar
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2807:SouthWest Service
2787:Heritage Corridor
2528:C.E.R.A. (1961).
2515:, pp. 34–75.
2503:, pp. 10–33.
2400:, pp. 94–95.
2388:, pp. 72–73.
2307:, pp. 50–71.
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3371:Categories
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2841:North Line
2728:Brown Line
2723:Green Line
2522:References
2425:12 January
2321:"Pace Bus"
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2100:C.B.&Q
2019:St. Louis
2014:141, 143,
1992:(odd only)
1970:(odd only)
1948:(odd only)
1768:St. Louis
1598:sold 1936
1566:Cincinnati
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1087:Mooseheart
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164:), was an
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1477:St. Louis
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225:streetcar
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173:Fox River
147:Top speed
85:Technical
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2016:147, 149
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1968:131-137
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1801:Numbers
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1995:Brill
1951:Briggs
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