Elgin IL

Elgin City Lines 1038-1968
Elgin Dept of Transportation 1968-1991

CofE 1067

City of Elgin DOT 1067, March 24, 1975. Photo by A. J. Reinschmidt

CofE 1052

City of Elgin DOT 1052, March 24, 1975. Photo by A. J. Reinschmidt

CofE 1040

City of Elgin DOT 1040, March 24, 1975. Photo by A. J. Reinschmidt

See Bill Vandervoort's Chicago Suburban Transit History page for a brief description of this company.

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Elgin City Lines (1938-1968)
Number Builder Model Serial# Acquired Former # Notes
54 ACF 185-4 004 1938 Aurora City Lines
76 Yellow 715 012 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
163 ACF ? ? 1939 ?
246 White 706-M ? 1941 Aurora City Lines
298 Reo 3L6 ? 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines to Aurora-Elgin Bus Lines
469, 473 Yellow 715 362, 366 1942 Ordnance Plant Bus Service
490,497 Twin 23-R ? 1947 Aurora City Lines
549-551 Yellow 715 071 , 053, 036 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
558-559 Yellow 715 073, 075 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
669 Yellow 733 ? 1947 Saginaw City Lines
674-678 Yellow 733 540, 542, 544, 545, 572 1938 Aurora-Elgin City Lines
679 Yellow 733 ? 1941 Montgomery City Lines
709 Yellow 733 ? 1947 Bloomington-Normal City Lines
982-983 Yellow 1204 ? 1939
989 Yellow 1204 ? 1940 Aurora City Lines
1010-1011 Twin 23-R 95539-95540 1947 Aurora City Lines
1039, 1042 Yellow 715 255, 258 1944 Canton City Lines
1077-1078 Yellow TG-2401 003-004 1940 Aurora City Lines
1191 FitzJohn 3t0 7898 1947 Kalamazoo Cry Lines
1615-1616 Yellow TG-2701 156-157 1950 Joliet City Lines
1619 Yellow TG-2701 165 1950 Joliet City Lines
1622 Yellow TG-2701 148 1948 Terre Haute City Lines
1623 Yellow TG-2701 149 1949 Terre Haute City Lines
1624-1625 Yellow TG-2701 150, 167 1948 Terre Haute City Lines
1635 Yellow TG-2701 177 1946 Joliet City Lines
1636 Yellow TG-2701 178 1945 Aurora City Lines
1652 Yellow TG-2701 194 1949 Cedar Rapids City Lines
1674 Yellow TG-2701 216 1941 Joliet City Lines
1675 Yellow TG-2701 217 1948 Terre Haute City Lines
1676 Yellow TG-2701 218 1949 Terre Haute City Lines
1677 Yellow TG-2701 219 1948 Terre Haute City Lines
1678-1679 Yellow TG-2701 220-221 1945 Aurora City Lines
1680 Yellow TG-2701 222 1941
1720 Yellow TG-2706 155 1945 Aurora-Elgin Bus Lines
1753 Yellow TG-2706 188 1942
1757 Yellow TG-2706 192 1950 Joliet City Lines
1766 Yellow TG-2706 307 1945 Aurora-Elgin Bus Lines
1748-1749 Yellow TG-2706 183-184 1947 Quincy City Lines
1827 GM TG-3608 068 1953 Terre Haute City Lines
1879 GM TG-3609 408 1954 Pontiac City Lines
2164 GM TG-3609 611 1953 Champaign-Urbana City Lines to Aurora-Elgin Bus Lines
2328 Ford 69-B 1826003 1956 Danville City Lines
2427-2430 GM TG-3609 1043, ?, 1048, ? 1956 Terre Haute City Lines
2697 GM TDH-3610 935 1965 Aurora City Lines
2815 GM TDH-3610 1075 1960 Aurora-Elgin Bus Lines
2816-2817 GM TDH-3610 1076-1077 1965 Aurora-Elgin Bus Lines
2876 GM TDH-3610 1583 1960 National City Truck Rental
3023 GM TGH-2708 001 1949
3024-3028 GM TGH-2708 002-006 1951 Beaumont City Lines
3039-3043 GM TGH-2708 017-021 1951 Port Arthur City Lines
3049-3052 GM TGH-2708 062-065 1949
3386 GM TG-4006 085 1952 Joliet City Lines
3944-3948 GM TGH-3102 969-973 1959
3949-3951 GM TGH-3102 979-981 1960 Bloomington-Normal City Lines
Final roster: 1879, 2428, 2815, 2817, 2876, 3043, 3944-3951 (14 buses).

City of Elgin Department of Transportation 1968-1991
Number Builder Model Serial# Acquired Former # Notes
1001-1009Flxible511KE-F81FX18FX1921968 Flxette
1019GMTGH-3102970ex 3945
1020GMTGH-2708021ex 3043
1021GMTGH-3102971ex 3946
1030IntlSchool bus1968
1031-1034ChevSchool bus?
1040-1043GMT6H-4523A591-5941974
1051-1053GMTGH-3502007-0091968
1061-1068HP/TwinTC-3125446-25452, 254701973
3043GMTGH-27080211968 Elgin City Lines 3043 re # 1020
3046GMTGH-27080591968 Bloomington-Normal City Lines 3046
3945-3946GMTGH-3102970-9711968 Elgin City Lines 3945-3946re # 1019, 1021
After 1976 Elgin DOT was assigned buses by Northern Illinois RTA/PACE. The Elgin Department of Transportation became the Pace River Division in 1991.

Data compiled by Mel Bernero, Published in May, 1989 Motor Coach Age
last updated 12/7/97

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