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"It took 76 years to come back home, but I think it's great to have a car that actually ran on the tracks originally," said Bud Wilkening of Elgin. More than 74 years after leaving the South Elgin railroad tracks, the Fox River Electric Co. 304 car returns to the Fox River Trolley Museum on Tuesday. "The greatest dream of the Fox River Trolley Museum is a reality" said museum President Edward Konecki after learning that museums bid was successful. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer |
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"The greatest dream of the Fox River Trolley Museum is a reality," said museum President Edward Konecki after learning that museum's sealed bid was successful. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer |
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Jim Gonyo of Woodridge snaps a picture of the arrival as Fox River Electric Co. 304 car returns to the Fox River Trolley Museum Tuesday. Brian Hill | Staff Photographer |
Car 304, where are you?
The answer: at the Fox River Trolley Museum - at long last.
The South Elgin museum welcomed its newest acquisition on Tuesday.
Car 304, built by the St. Louis Car Co. in 1923, is returning to the last surviving remnant of the railroad for which it was built. It has spent over 74 years in Ohio museums. The closing of those museums led to a fundraising effort by the South Elgin museum. A sealed bid on Oct. 1 was accepted, and on Tuesday, museum officials welcomed home the former denizen of the AE&FRE line, which provided service between Carpentersville and Yorkville for 12 years in the early part of the 20th century.
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