WCTU Railway

The WCTU Railway LLC (reporting mark WCTR) was a 13-mile (21 km) shortline railroad that connects White City, Oregon, United States to a junction north of Medford with the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, which hauls its cars to the Union Pacific Railroad at Eugene or . The line began operations on November 20, 1954 on an abandoned 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 bought it in 1974.^[1] WCTU Railway was owned by LLC, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway.

Around 2000, WCTU acquired the engine RSS SW1200 #82 (formerly RF&P 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 (RVT).^[3][4]

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