Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company

Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company
An Elgin and Belvidere car meets a Rockford and Interurban car at the Belvidere terminal
Overview
StatusDefunct
LocaleFox River Valley
Termini
Service
TypeInterurban
History
OpenedFebruary 2, 1907
ClosedMarch 10, 1930
Technical
Line length36 miles (58 km)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line
Route map

Rockford & Interurban
to Freeport, IL
Rockford & Interurban
to Janesville, WI
Rockford
Rockford & Interurban
to Camp Grant
Cherry Valley
Belvidere
Camp Epworth
Garden Prairie
shops
Marengo
Union
Coyne
Huntley
McHenry County
Kane County
Freeman
Gilberts
Almora
Tyler Creek
Milwaukee District West Line
to Union Station
Elgin

The Elgin and Belvidere Electric Company was a 36-mile (58 km) interurban line that connected Belvidere, Illinois and Elgin, Illinois. It was the central link in the interurban network connecting Freeport, Rockford, Elgin, and Chicago which included the Rockford and Interurban Railway to the west and the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad to the east. The line was operational from 1907 until 1930. In 1927, the line was extended to Rockford over a line of the Rockford and Interurban.