In its fifty-seven years of operation, the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin required a number of facilites in order to operate. These ranged from railroad yards, electrical substations, corporate offices, to various interlockings and more.
Electrical Facilities
Main Line
- Forest Park substation
- SubStation No. 4 (5th Ave. Maywood depot)
- Bellwood substation
- Elmhurst substation
- Spring Rd substation
- SubStation No. 3 (Lombard depot)
- Westmore substation
- Glen Ellyn substation
- Childs Street substation
- Liberty Drive substation
Aurora Branch
- Mont View substation
- Substation No. 2 (Warrenville depot)
- Electric Junction substation
- Substation No. 1 (Aurora)
Batavia Branch
- Batavia substation
- Batavia Powerhouse
Elgin Branch
- SubStation No. 5 (Prince Crossing depot)
- Wayne substation
- SubStation No. 6 (Clintonville depot)
- Elgin substation
Freight
Freight Houses
- Laramie freight house
- Aurora freight house
Carload Freight Interchanges
- B&OCT RR—Central Ave., Chicago
- IHB/CGW—Bellwood
- EJ&E RR—Electric Junction
- CB&Q RR—Aurora
- EJ&E RR—Wayne
- ICRR—Elgin Junction
- CMStP&P RR—Elgin
Industrial sidings
- Vulcan Tin Can Co. Plant (Bellwood)
- Sun Electric Corporation (Bellwood)
- Consumers Company (Hillside)
- The Wander Company (Villa Park)
- Aurora Iron & Metal Co. (Aurora)
- The McKee Door Company (Aurora)
- Mc Graw Electric Co. (Elgin, Est. 1938)
Public team tracks
- 1st. Ave (Maywood)
- Bellwood (Warren Ave.)
- Bellwood (Cook County)
- Elmhurst
- Lombard
- Glen Oak
- Glen Ellyn
- Wheaton
- Chicago Golf
- Mt. View
- Warrenville
- Aurora
- Batavia (Power House)
- Prince Crossing
- Elgin
Yards & Shops
- Lockwood Yard
- Wheaton Shops & Yard
- Freight Yard
Towers & Interlockings
- Market Tower
- Marshfield Junction
- St. Louis Tower
- Gunderson Tower
- Great Western Junction
- Bellwood Tower
- IC/CGW interlocking
- Dispatcher’s Tower
Offices
- Corporate offices