The WCTU Railway LLC was a

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that connects

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to a junction north of Medford with the

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, which hauls its cars to the

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or Black Butte. The line began operations on November 20, 1954, on an abandoned

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right-of-way as the White City Terminal & Utilities Co., and was renamed after the

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bought it in 1974.Edward A. Lewis, American Shortline Railway Guide, 5th Edition,

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, 1996, pp. 329-330, 361 WCTU Railway was owned by Marmon Transportation Services LLC, a unit of

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. Around 2000, WCTU acquired the engine

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SW1200 #82 (formerly

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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. 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. The railway is now known as

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(RVT).

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