Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Woodstock-Sycamore Line Quits. Electric Railway Journal. April 27, 1918. 51. 17. 827.
  2. Book: McGraw Electric Railway List. McGraw-Hill Company, Inc.. McGraw-Hill Company, Inc.. New York. 1918.