 AE&FRE #304 made its first run over its original railroad on August 21, 2010, over 75 years after it last ran on the line.Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company (AE&FRE)
Chicago, Aurora, and Elgin Railroad (CA&E)
Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (CNS&M)
Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (CSS&SB)

AE&FRE #5, a 45-ton General Electric diesel, was the last locomotive to work on AE&FRV tracks.It was bought in 1945 to replace two electric locos, and hauled coal cars from the Illinois Central Railroad junction at Coleman to the State Hospital in Elgin until 1972.