Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company | |
Type: | Interurban |
Status: | Defunct |
Start: | Sycamore, Illinois |
End: | Marengo, Illinois |
Open: | 1911 |
Close: | 1918 |
The Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company was a short-lived interurban railroad that operated from 1911 to 1918[1] between the cities of Sycamore and Marengo, Illinois; it never reached its intended destination of Woodstock.Its headquarters and repair shop were in the city of Genoa, midway on the route.[2] The 26.51NaN1 track was never electrified, due to lack of funds, so gasoline-powered cars were used. Three 55feet McKeen cars were purchased, but the large cars proved unsatisfactory; they were replaced by two smaller Fairbanks-Morse cars.