The Fox River collection has a good number of photos of cars in operation during the last year or two, plus a variety of pictures along the line, taken just before abandonment on March 31, 1935. Ed Frank took many of the pictures, including the ones taken on the last day. Several views are not labeled.
THE ROUTE
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Aurora, Main & Broadway 3/28/35
CA&E 434, AE&FR 302 |
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Fox and Water St.
"Aurora-bound car about to make the Aurora loop" |
Southbound car on Lake St. in Aurora
Ed Frank's ubiquitous bicycle on left.
RR sign with flasher on the right may indicate that the track shifts over to the right side of the road heading north, so northbound traffic will be crossing the track.
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306 (L) and 301 at Exposition Park May '34
If not the bicycle, there's often his grip. |
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| Car 305 northbound near Exposition Park May '34 |
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Not labeled. Probably in North Aurora just south of State St.
looking north; car is southbound.
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| Stop 22 south of Batavia, looking north along Rt. 31 3/31/35 |
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Looking south toward Batavia 3/31/35
(probably from near Campana Road, south of Stop 31)
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| Same location in the winter. |
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Geneva station 3/31/35
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Wheeler's Siding on Anderson Blvd. in Geneva
CA&E 419 in distance
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Bridge over Norton Creek north of St. Charles
Stop 43 in the distance |
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| Not labeled -- probably near Fox River Hts. |
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| Fox River Heights 3/31/35 |
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Five Islands Bridge looking north
Stop 49 ahead on left |
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Coleman Grove, Stop 49 3/31/35
The sign says:
COLEMAN GROVE
FISHING BOATS FOR RENT
PICNIC PLATES SPRING WATER
REFRESHMENTS PARKING 25c
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| Coleman Yard, Stop 50 3/31/35 |
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| Coleman IC station |
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| Coleman interchange |
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North of S. Elgin looking south 2/22/38
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| Car 300 and locomotive 23 at Kerber's, Stop 62 2/27/35 |
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CERA fan trip on locomotive 23, 9/2/40
Probably at Asylum powerhouse |
CARS AND WORK EQUIPMENT
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| Box motor #1 OOS at Aurora, 3/28/35 |
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| 106 at Aurora May '34 |
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| Car 303, flat car A, line car 4 at Elgin Apr '34 |
I think I may have located the "Not labeled -- I'm going to guess Stop 56
ReplyDeleteBridge St., South Elgin". It looks very very similar to a building on corner of route 31 and W State Street in North Aurora that was torn down sometime between 2013 and 2015. So the car would be headed south to Aurora
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8061338,-88.3270352,3a,46.7y,359h,89.3t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sbG9rEJyDdOR2KcIsyZTiew!2e0!5s20130901T000000!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0.6982100564011517%26panoid%3DbG9rEJyDdOR2KcIsyZTiew%26yaw%3D359.0019461746543!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQyOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
You can just barely make out the Station building just south of state street and the big brick building to the north of state street in this old aerial photo.
https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/kane/flight13/0bwu01026.jpg
Thanks, that's excellent! I believe you're right, and I certainly remember that school building on the corner. Of course 31 wasn't nearly so wide back in those days. I'll make the change.
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