C&NW had two depots in Elgin. The West Elgin Depot was on the original G&CU mainline after it crossed the Fox River whereas the East Elgin Depot was on the Lake Geneva Line. That branch left the mainline in the south part of Elgin at the Fox River Switch.
Comments concerning a photo of a 1950 steam excursion train in Elgin indicated that the East Elgin Depot was just a little further north along the Lake Geneva Line.
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| David Schnell commented on Bill's share below |
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| American-Rails.com posted Chicago & North Western 4-6-2 #1608 (E) passes the Hotel Fox in downtown Elgin, Illinois, circa 1950's. Photographer unknown. Bill Molony shared |
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| Andy Zukowski posted Chicago & North Western Railroad Station in Elgin, Illinois. 1912 Mark Paulson: CNW had three depots in Elgin -- a small "commuter" stop on National Avenue that still stands today on the Williams Bay line; a larger depot about one mile north in downtown Elgin [this one]; and the West Elgin depot that stood about one block west of the Fox River on the Pumpkin Vine route to Rockford and Freeport. The West Elgin depot was an Italiante structure in design, and looked nothing like the other two depots. |
The red rectangle is around the depot and the yellow rectangle is around the Hotel Fox.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| David Schnell commented on Bill's share |
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| David Schnell commented on Bill's share |
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| David Schnell commented on Bill's share |
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| David Schnell commented on Bill's share |
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