1921 CN/IC Bridge over Fox River near South Elgin, IL

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Street View

I learned of this bridge from this photo.

[DeBruler]

Given the cut-stone piers and a trail going under a truss, I'm going to have to up my priority for a field trip to the South Elgin area.

Nikki Burgess posted
10/10/2015 at CN's Illinois Central Fox River Bridge in South Elgin. Then brand-new CN 3007 East leads train M338 over the river in the perfect fall sunshine. Of course, in a REALLY perfect world, the FRTM would have shown up with a trolley and sat in that clear spot on their tracks in the lower left, LOL. But you can't have everything.

Rotwang Manteuffel posted
The Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric was abandoned in the mid 1930s, except for a few miles of track between the Illinois Central interchange in Coleman, Illinois and the Elgin State Mental Hospital. Flat motors were used to deliver coal to the hospital and service the Kerber Packing Company. The freight service was dieselized after WW2 and continued to 1974. Today, the Fox River Trolley Museum operates over these tracks.
Scott Greig: Fox River = tracks in foreground. The IC's Iowa Division is overhead.
Edward Kwiatkowski shared

IRM Strahorn Library posted

The Dillon Collection at the Illinois Railway Museum’s Strahorn Library, is largely a collection of steam photos but not exclusively so.  In this picture, Illinois Central 4-8-2 number 2452 is shown crossing the Fox River at Coleman, Illinois, just a short distance south of Elgin.  In the foreground is Aurora, Elgin & Fox River work motor number 49 on track that is now used by the Fox River Trolley Museum.  Unfortunately motor 49 is no longer there and was almost certainly retired and scrapped, as was 2452 in February 1960. 

The Strahorn Library houses thousands of books, tens of thousands of periodicals and more than a hundred thousand photographs, all centering on the subject of trains and railroading and all held to support research and scholarship into the railroad history of the United States.  It is at 118 E. Washington Street in Marengo, Illinois, is normally open from 10AM to 2:30PM on Wednesdays and visitors are welcome.  For those unable to visit, we can provide access to our collections via telephone (815-568-1060), e-mail (strahorn@irm.org), or online catalog (librarycat.org/lib/IRMStrahornLibrary).

All materials are provided only for non-commercial purposes according to the “fair use” provision of U.S. Copyright Law which permits use of copyrighted material for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship and research.

[Source: Dillon 1686, Strahorn Library, Illinois Railway Museum.  Posted by Jan Young]

Robert Dillon: So glad his collection is available so others can appreciate his years of collecting and his passion for IC.

Jan Young: Robert Dillon it is now fully cataloged and archivally stored for access far into the future. Thanks for your support.