# WCTU Railway

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The **WCTU Railway LLC** was a 13-mile (21-kilometre) [shortline railroad](/source/Shortline_railroad) that connects [White City, Oregon](/source/White_City,_Oregon), [United States](/source/United_States) to a junction north of [Medford](/source/Medford,_OR) with the [Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad](/source/Central_Oregon_and_Pacific_Railroad), which [hauls](/source/Haulage_rights) its cars to the [Union Pacific Railroad](/source/Union_Pacific_Railroad) at [Eugene](/source/Eugene,_OR) or [Black Butte](/source/Black_Butte,_CA). The line began operations on November 20, 1954, on an abandoned [Southern Pacific Transportation Company](/source/Southern_Pacific_Transportation_Company) right-of-way[citation needed] as the **White City Terminal & Utilities Co.**, and was renamed after the [Union Tank Car Company](/source/Union_Tank_Car_Company) bought it in 1974.[1] WCTU Railway was owned by [Marmon Transportation Services](/source/Marmon_Transportation_Services) LLC, a unit of [Berkshire Hathaway](/source/Berkshire_Hathaway).

Around 2000, WCTU acquired the engine [RSS](/source/Rockdale,_Sandow_%26_Southern_Railroad) [SW1200](/source/EMD_SW1200) #82 (formerly [RF&P](/source/Richmond,_Fredericksburg_and_Potomac_Railroad) 82). 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 5117 was basically out of service. About 2004 they received another SW1200 engine, the 1503. Now WCTU uses one unit for a month, then swaps units. The 5119 is still operable, but the 5117 needs work.[citation needed]

On December 17, 2012, Marmon Transportation announced the sale of WCTU Railway LLC to RVTR Rail Holdings (now CCT Rail System Corporation), a holding company owned by Scott DeVries of Superior, Wisconsin.[2] The railway is now known as [Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation](/source/Rogue_Valley_Terminal_Railroad_Corporation) (RVT).[3][4]

## References

1. Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition, [Kalmbach Publishing](/source/Kalmbach_Publishing), 1996, pp. 329-330, 361

1. Stiles, Greg (December 20, 2012). ["Wisconsin engineer buys White City railroad"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010431/http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121220/NEWS07/212200345). *Mail Tribune*. Archived from [the original](http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121220/NEWS07/212200345) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

1. Wilner, Frank N. (January 16, 2013). ["Engineer rides American Dream to a short line"](http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/blogs/frank-n-wilner/locomotive-engineer-rides-american-dream-to-a-short-line.html). Retrieved July 14, 2013.

1. ["Freight Tariff RVT 9000 – Adoption Notice"](https://www.railinc.com/rportal/alf_docs/MergersAcq/RVT9000.pdf). Rogue Valley Terminal Railroad Corporation. March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

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