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Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company

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Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company
Overview
StatusDefunct
Termini
  • Sycamore, Illinois
  • Marengo, Illinois
Service
TypeInterurban
History
Opened1911
Closed1918
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

Woodstock
Franklinville
Union
Marengo
Riley
Coon Creek
Ney
Genoa
Milwaukee Road
 
Illinois Central Railroad
Kishwaukee River
Sycamore
Chicago Great Western

Key
Line operated
Line proposed
but never constructed

The Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company was a short-lived interurban railroad that operated from 1911[citation needed] to 1918[1] between the cities of Sycamore and Marengo, Illinois; it never reached its intended destination of Woodstock.[2][page needed] Its headquarters and repair shop were in the city of Genoa, midway on the route.[3] The 26.5-mile (42.6 km) track was never electrified, due to lack of funds, so gasoline-powered cars were used. Three 55-foot (16.8 m) McKeen cars were purchased, but the large cars proved unsatisfactory; they were replaced by two smaller Fairbanks-Morse cars.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Woodstock-Sycamore Line Quits". Electric Railway Journal. 51 (17): 827. April 27, 1918.
  2. ^ Hilton, George W.; Due, John Fitzgerald (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4014-2. OCLC 237973.
  3. ^ a b McGraw-Hill Company, Inc. (1918). McGraw Electric Railway List. New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc.
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