Fox River Trolley - Part 1 - Carpentersville to Trout Park

Описание: In this multi-part series, we investigate the now abandoned Elgin, Aurora, and Southern Traction railway, later the Aurora, Elgin, and Fox River Electric Railroad, situated along the Fox River, in Kane and Kendall Counties, Illinois. We tell the history of this railway and follow its path through a dozen or more communities, from Carpentersville to Yorkville.

In this video (#84), we explore the northernmost part of the interurban route, from the Carpentersville terminal, to Dundee, to Trout Park, on the north edge of Elgin.

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IMAGE CREDITS (AR = www.archive.org)
Electric Railway Journal, AR
Western Electrician, AR
Where to Go and How to Get There in Chicago, H E Rice, AR
US National Archives, www.archives.gov
US Library of Congress, www.loc.gov
Central Electric Railfans' Association, https://cera-chicago.org/
David Rumsey Collection, https://www.davidrumsey.com/
Elgin History Museum, www.idaillinois.org
www.newspapers.com (The InterOcean, Oshkosh Northwestern, St Louis Post Dispatch, True Republican, Chicago Tribune, Freeport Bulletin, Rock Island Argus, McHenry Plaindealer, Chicago Eagle)
www.ebay.com
Street Railway Review, AR
www.findagrave.com
Aurora City of Lights, R W Barclay, AR
Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, John S Wilcox, AR
www.familysearch.org
Village of Carpentersville, www.cville.org/
www.worthpoint.com
AI: tencentarc
Elgin Today, R A Minetti, AR
Newspaper Cartoonists' Association of Cleveland, AR
Julie Johnson Collection
Dundee Township Historical Society, dundeetownshiphistorical.org/
Northern Illinois Digital Library, digital.lib.niu.edu/
Illinois Digital Archives, www.idaillinois.org
Illinois Aerial Photographs, clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu
US Geological Survey, www.usgs.gov
Elgin Historical Society & Museum, elginhistory.org/

MUSIC CREDITS (YAL = YouTube Audio Library)
Opening theme - The Trolley Song by Geraldo and his Orchestra (Parlophone, 1945)
Link: https://archive.org/details/78_the-tr...
Area 18 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/10436-ar...
Eagle Rock by Wes Hutchinson, YAL
Awakening by Tim Kulig
Link:   / awakening  
Meine Oma Fährt Im Hühnerstall Motorrad [Orchestral Version] by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/6177-mei...
Horizon Flare by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com)
License: CC BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Link: https://creatorchords.com/music/horiz...
Mini Fairytales Theme by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/6325-min...
Be Inspired by Keys of the Moon
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
License: CC BY 4.0
The Poisoned Princess by Media Right Productions, YAL
Silent Movie 47 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/12465-si...
Imagefilm 043 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/3231-ima...
Overcoming by Keys of the Moon -   / keysofmoon  
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
License: CC BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Long Road Ahead B by Kevin MacLeod
Link: Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
License: CC BY 4.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Loop Paket 0001 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/en/song/40-loop-...

SFX CREDITS (F0 = www.freesound.org, CC0)
Electrical Shock (Zap) 160421 by BigKahuna360, FS
Jacobs Ladder from Side (449013) by parabolix, FS
One horse and cart pass at walk, BBC
One Unshod horses passes at trot, BBC
4 Pop in a row (567087) by lem120, FS
G50-01-Trolley Street Scene (437592) by craigsmith, FS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many thanks to our YouTube community and big shout-out to our generous Patreon supporters!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00:00 Titles and Opening
00:01:15 Sources
00:01:48 Electricity & Trolleys
00:03:57 Fox Valley Trolley System
00:10:20 AE&C
00:12:47 Aurora Elgin & Fox River Electric
00:14:29 Following the Railroad
00:15:26 Carpentersville
00:20:59 Dundee
00:25:28 Dundee Trestle
00:29:48 Trout Park
00:31:33 Closing

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