Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company
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The Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company was set up in 1898 as successor to the Waupaca Electric Light Association. It opened July 4, 1899 with regular service from July 9. Service was typically hourly.
The single line ran 5.12 miles from the Soo Line
Depot via Oak St., Mill St., Main St., Fulton St. and Highway 22 to King on Rainbow Lake. The Grand Army of the Republic
Veterans Home in King housed 600 Civil War Veterans and their wives, who provided much of the lines ridership. The line also served vacationers visiting the Waupaca Chain of Lakes.
Open Cars 12, 17 (both single truck) and 19 (double truck) and three trailers provided peak summer service. Car 19 was fitted with a snow plow in the winter
The single line ran 5.12 miles from the Soo Line
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
The Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad was a Class I railroad subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Midwest U.S. Commonly known as the Soo Line after the phonetic spelling of Sault, it was merged with several other major CP subsidiaries on January 1, 1961 to form the...
Depot via Oak St., Mill St., Main St., Fulton St. and Highway 22 to King on Rainbow Lake. The Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army of the Republic
The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army, US Navy, US Marines and US Revenue Cutter Service who served in the American Civil War. Founded in 1866 in Decatur, Illinois, it was dissolved in 1956 when its last member died...
Veterans Home in King housed 600 Civil War Veterans and their wives, who provided much of the lines ridership. The line also served vacationers visiting the Waupaca Chain of Lakes.
Equipment
Closed Car 16 provided year round service.Open Cars 12, 17 (both single truck) and 19 (double truck) and three trailers provided peak summer service. Car 19 was fitted with a snow plow in the winter