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Fox River Trolley Museum. Continues to be open to the public on Sundays and special events from May-June, Saturdays, Sundays, and special events July-August, Sundays and special events September-October, and Special events November-December. The Fox River Trolley Museum is a railroad museum in South Elgin, Illinois.
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.
Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois owns cars 36, 308, 309, 319, 321, 409, 431, 451, 453, and 460. Fox River Trolley Museum in South Elgin, Illinois owns cars 11, 20, 316, 317 and 458. Rockhill Trolley Museum in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania owns car 315. Midwest Electric Railway in Mount Pleasant, Iowa owns car 320.
Website. www.southelgin.com. South Elgin is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 23,865. [3] In 2007, Money magazine named South Elgin as 82nd of 100 entries in its "America's Best Places to Live" edition and again in 2011 as 98th of 100 entries. [citation needed]
South of South Elgin, this operating museum is the only remaining section of the interurban with rail operations. The trail runs along the side until the end of the track, where the path goes onto the right of way. It then crosses the river on a bridge built on the original 1896 interurban piers. [5]
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]
4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 2.5 mi (4.0 km) The Midwest Electric Railway (initialized MERA, reporting mark MERA[1][nb 1]) is a non-profit trolley operation located on the grounds of the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, United States. It is home to 10 pieces of trolley history that are regularly ...
South Elgin, Illinois; F. Fox River Trolley Museum; G. Gail Borden Public Library District; S. South Elgin High School This page was ...