Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company

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.[2] 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]

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

Line operated
Line proposed
but never constructed
Woodstock
Franklinville
Union
Marengo
Riley
McHenry County
DeKalb County
Ney
Genoa
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul
and Pacific Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Kishwaukee River
Sycamore
Chicago Great Western Railroad

References

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


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