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Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company

Woodstock and Sycamore Traction Company

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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]

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



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