WCTU Railway

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please improve this article if you can. (February 2008)

The WCTU Railway (AAR reporting marks WCTU), also known as the White City Traction Railroad, is a short line railroad which runs in White City, Oregon, United States. It was originally called the White City Terminal & Utility RR.

The stated purpose of the 14-mile (22.5 km) stretch is freight switching.^[1]

[edit] Engines

Around 2000, WCTU acquired the engine RSS SW1200 #82 (formerly RF&P 82).^{[citation needed]} After waiting for about a year before it was ready for service, it became the No. 1 power, with #5119 as back-up, while the 51117 was basically out of service.^{[citation needed]} About 2004 they got another SW1200 engine, the 1503. Now WCTU uses one unit for a month, then swaps units. The 5119 is still operable, but the 5217 needs work.^{[citation needed]}