Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company

Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company
Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company
Overview
Status	Defunct
Termini	Sycamore, Illinois; Marengo, Illinois;
Service
Type	Interurban
History
Opened	1911
Closed	1918
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	McHenry County
	DeKalb County
	Milwaukee Road
	Sycamore
	Chicago Great Western
	Key
	Line proposed
	but never constructed
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The Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company was a short-lived interurban railroad that operated from 1911^[1] to 1918^[2] between the cities of Sycamore and Marengo, Illinois; it never reached its intended destination of Woodstock.^[3]^{[page needed]} Its headquarters and repair shop were in the city of Genoa, midway on the route.^[4] 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,^[1] but the large cars proved unsatisfactory; they were replaced by two smaller Fairbanks-Morse cars.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Middleton, William D. (1961). The Interurban Era. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-89024-003-8. OCLC 4357897 – via Archive.org.
^ "Woodstock-Sycamore Line Quits". Electric Railway Journal. 51 (17): 827. April 27, 1918.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b McGraw-Hill Company, Inc. (1918). McGraw Electric Railway List. New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc.

External links

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[middleton-1] Middleton, William D. (1961). The Interurban Era. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-89024-003-8. OCLC 4357897 – via Archive.org.

[quits-2] "Woodstock-Sycamore Line Quits". Electric Railway Journal. 51 (17): 827. April 27, 1918.

[3] 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.

[mcgraw-4] McGraw-Hill Company, Inc. (1918). McGraw Electric Railway List. New York: McGraw-Hill Company, Inc.

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