| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | First-generation streetcar |
| Locale | Waupaca |
| Termini | Waupaca Soo Line Depot King |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1899 |
| Closed | 1925 |
| Owner | Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company |
| Operator(s) | Waupaca Electric Light and Railway Company |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 5.12 mi (8.2 km) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (Standard gauge) |
| Minimum radius | (?) |
| Electrification | Unknown Voltage Overhead lines |
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.
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
The line was losing money from 1917 and closed on July 4, 1926 after exactly 26 years service.[1]