These list tend to be quite detailed. The microphone shows a bubble containing the most recent command. Neighborhood Legal Services: (716) 847-0650. Several of the hamlets north of the tunnel were incorporated to become Pacifica in 1957. While the Ocean Shore Railroad was being built, local papers of course, carried accounts of the construction progress. There, they laid track on a ledge cut above the ocean that rounded Rockaway Point, headed uphill to Tobin station (San Pedro Point) and met one of the most difficult engineering obstacles on the entire line-the solid rock of Point San Pedro. The Railroad Commission, however, limited the franchise repeatedly, forcing Gray to redirect traffic to Colma and San Mateo, drastically reducing his potential profits. Investors dropped out, and, with less money, the directors decided to substitute a single-track steam line for the planned two-track electric railway.One hundred years ago, the Ocean Shore Railroad ran through our scenic coastal community, meandering along cliff sides and past lush farm fields, carrying city dwellers, who for the first time were able to visit our beautiful coastal area. The Arleta Park Station was built in 1904 and stands at 920 Railroad Avenue in Half Moon Bay. The bridges over Tunitas Creek and Palmer Gulch remained for many decades until they either collapsed or were demolished. Both cars were finally scrapped at Oroville during 2009. American Locomotive Company (Alco), Schenectady Works, NY, 1942 . Grading, meanwhile, had progressed as far as Pigeon Point. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. [Cambridge Lutece Colorized by DeOldify], Ocean Shore Railway auditor Ted F. Wurm on right with family members standing on the tracks near Davenport, ca 1910. Most ended up in East Coast homes and restaurants. Designed to connect San Francisco and Santa Cruz, the incomplete Ocean Shore Railroad offered one of the most scenic rides in California. Meanwhile, the autobuses of the Ocean Shore Auto Stage Company continued to operate across the entire line under emergency provisions. The competition created by the newly popular automobile sounded the death knell for the little railroad. The new line started July 9, 1886. Sierra Railroad - SRR Route: Oakdale - Tuolumne, CA (57.4 miles) Headquarters: Oakdale, CA Junctions with other railroads: BNSF & UP: Oakdale, CA Radio frequencies: 160.590 History: Line built under the name Sierra Railway Company of California in 1897. The station remained vacant until it was demolished in the early 1940s. Investors dropped out, and, with less money, the directors decided to substitute a single-track steam line for the planned two-track electric railway. Never Completed If you want to learn about Pacifica, about the Pacifica Historical Society and see who we are and what we are restoring; go to our website at: pacificahistory.org. Instant roadbed. Planned resorts were pictured on post cards, posters and brochures showing an entertainment complex to rival New Yorks famous Coney Island and a huge casino to be built at Salada Beach. Copyright 2021. If the railroad eventually had three electric freight motors for operation in San Francisco proper, and they did have as many as ten steam locomotives at one time. Travel was often interrupted by the results of a heavy rain that caused culverts under the tracks to jam with debris, washing away the roadbed. 30 minutes from depot to depot, 30 minute layover, 30 minute return. About. Today there are two very old ex Ocean Shore cars in Tuolumne County. [Randolph Brandt], Coastside Transport Company advertisement from the. Construction on the Southern Division was primarily focused on the Scott Creek Railway line rather than the route north, although surveyors were likely busy determining the best means of crossing Scott Creek. Vallemar Station remains relatively unaltered and is situated at 2125 Coast Highway. Click below for a listing of assistance programs & phone numbers. The End of an Era On Sundays, the railroad supplemented the traditional cars with open flat cars topped with picnic benches. Sierra Railway purchased by Sierra Railroad on July 10, 1935. From June 23 to June 25, 1967, President Johnson met with Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey. Indeed, Southern Pacific preempted the Ocean Shore's incorporation by a month when it established its own Coast Line Railroad in April 1905 with almost identical goals as its rival, sans double tracks and electrification. Band. [Uncertain provenance], Both Ocean Shore Auto Stage Stanley Steamers in Pescadero, 1914. RBMN agrees to buy Carbon County rail line for $4.7M Customer Service Freight - 610-562-2100 1908: Ocean Shore Railroad begins service through a tunnel blasted into Devils Slide. The largest city in the state and the most populous city in the United States is New York City, which comprises five counties (boroughs): the Bron Despite significant passenger patronage, especially on weekends, the railroad never recovered from losses in the 1906 earthquake and failed to attract enough freight traffic to cover increasing deficits. Artichokes, beans, Brussels sprouts, peas, potatoes and other coastside produce were in high demand. It was purchased by Ocean Shore, No. [13], The San Francisco, Santa Cruz & Watsonville Railroad Company, San Francisco, San Mateo, & Santa Cruz Railroad, San Francisco & Ocean Shore Railroad Company, San Francisco & West Shore Railway Company, The San Francisco & Southern Railway Company, Last edited on 14 February 2023, at 04:35, San Francisco County Board of Supervisors, San Francisco & South Coast Railroad Company, Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad, Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway, "Railroads: Early Coast Railroad Companies", "John Vonderlin: 1895: West Shore Railroad's BIG Plans for the Coastside Half Moon Bay Memories", "Railroads: Early Monterey Bay Railroad Companies", "10151 Cabrillo Hwy N, el Granada | 42Floors", "Ocean Shore RR's "Gas Car" Stopped at Moss Beach Station Half Moon Bay Memories", pacificahistory.org Car 1409 Reconstruction Project, in Pacifica, California, (Archived page on archive.org) oceanshorerailroad.com Car 1409 Reconstruction Project, in Pacifica, California, Half Moon Bay Memories: Ocean Shore Railroad, Secret History: Information about the railroad ramparts and the creek tunnels, Santa Cruz Trains: Railroads of the Monterey Bay Area, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ocean_Shore_Railroad&oldid=1139252270, This page was last edited on 14 February 2023, at 04:35. To get supplies and materials to the site, they anchored a ship offshore and transported materials along an aerial tramway. But it did not last long. [, An Ocean Shore construction train pouring fill below the bridge over San Vicente Creek south of Davenport, 1907. Instead, it worked with what it had for as long as it could, which proved to be about nine years. The trip from San Francisco to Salada Beach took 57 minutes, though it was advertised as taking 25 minutes. The Ocean Shore Railwaya project over thirty years in the makingbegan with a bang and then died a slow and painful death as natural disasters, financial crises, bankruptcy, and mismanagement doomed the most optimistic railroad in the history of the Central Coast of California. From that point, the tracks crossed Harrison Street and ran up 12th Street to the terminal station at Mission Street. The earthquake delayed construction of a second track (Southern Pacific's) by a year, meaning that the Ocean Shore was able to profit off the cement plant's initial output during that time. Around May 1881, various rumors were circulating around San Francisco in relation to the San Francisco & Ocean Shore Railroad. The railroad failed to do this, and subsequently, the franchise expired and by February 1902, the line was shut down.[1]. Of the track that remained, much was twisted and contorted to such a degree that it resembled a roller-coaster. Car #1409 was the last purchased by the Ocean Shore Railroad, and ran on rails from San Francisco through Daly City to the coastal towns of Pacifica, Montara, Moss Beach, Princeton, Granada, Half Moon Bay and beyond with connections to Santa Cruz. 1. The Edgemar Station was once located at the intersection of Clifton and Waterford Streets in Pacifica, but has been demolished. Property along the San Mateo County coast was selling quickly, while farmers, quarriers, and lumber companies were eager to begin shipping via the completed railroad. The Octopus controlled most land transportation on the West Coast and was not going to let an upstart railroad get in its way. The railroad actually constructed model homes south of Pacifica and laid out an especially elegant town plan with wide streets. Huge cracks opened up along the roadbed. It was probably Ocean Shore Number 1405 and was sold, following the 1921 collapse of the Ocean Shore RR, to the San Joaquin & Eastern RR in 1925, and bore numbed 201 or 202. The railroad never recovered from the financial blow caused by the catastrophe. This section ran from McDaniel through Easton, Hurlock, Salisbury and Berlin to Ocean City, MD. A Flying A gas station was then built on the site, and it remained until the freeway was built in 1965. The earthquake led to the Ocean Shore abandoning its purchase agreement of the Union Traction Company, although it retained an option to purchase it at a later date. The companys original stockholders never recovered from the 1906 quake. Coastside survived for another five years before selling out to Highway Transport Company on August 4, 1942. Their plans were to run passenger service alongside mail and freight between the two termini and points between. Going South from Division Street, the line ran down Florida Street to Mariposa Street, where it turned left and ran to Potrero Street. The railroad was in fact reorganized though into the San Francisco & Santa Cruz Railway, however, the railroad went bankrupt and had to shut down. That decision was probably its undoing. Possibly as early as 1908, regular horse-drawn stage coach service connected Davenport or Swanton in the south with Tunitas or Half Moon Bay in the north. One is camouflaged as the ERA Dolphin Real Estate office at the corner of Manor Drive and Oceana Blvd. Newburgh and South Shore Railroad: NSRC: North Stratford Railroad: NSRX: Jack Frost Cane Sugar: NSS: Newburgh and South Shore Railway . These rumors included that the line was going to extend to Santa Barbara, and that it was secretly going to be a part of a new Aitchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad transcontinental route along the coast. Return to CLASS III Shortlines By April 1906 the construction crews and trains were just beginning the first several miles of cliff blasting and very difficult bluff work and grading above the ocean. Due to the initial popularity of the service, a second Stanley Steamer was added to the roster on June 10. It was a 1909 WL Holman Co. built coach from the old Ocean Shore Railway. Works numbers were 39760-39761 in May 1913. Rail buffs can still see signs of Pacificas early railroad days. "Salada: The Beach in Reach", Ocean Shore Land Company, 1908. All Rights Reserved. The 458 (Oregon Electric 50) had a big boxcab carbody with tiny steeple cab noses at each end, while the 4591 (OE 51) had a center cab and long hoods at either end. 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" type, simple articulated. Ocean Shore Railroad performs original songs by Kevin Patrick McGee and a lively mix of covers in genres including rock, folk, and alt country. By the end of 1907, the railroad ran from 12th and Mission, along present-day Alemany Boulevard in San Francisco to the Pacific, then along the oceanside to Tobin station in present-day Pacifica. On top of all the drama and failure, though, the most remarkably fact about the Ocean Shore Railway is how close it came to succeeding in a task that had dogged so many companies before it. Informacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa: tokoairmancur.com, +913583518380 Jual Sparepart Air Mancur Menari - toko air mancur, Air Mancur menari, peralatan air mancur, Floating Fountain, Dancing Fountain, Air Mancur Menari Dengan Musik, Musical Fountain,kontraktor air mancur, pembuat air mancur Lots sold at Salada Beach started at $250 for a 25 x 50 foot parcel. The OSRR finally closed down about 1922. Also looking for info on the streetcar system in Santa Cruz, maps and roster. This storm mixed with creditors finally calling in their debt put an end to the reckless optimism that had been motivating the company previously. Established in 1905, the Ocean Shore Railroad Company's tracks started in San Francisco and ran along a coastal route through the small villages that later became Pacifica. Although constructed using the same contractors as the Coast Line Railway, the Coast Line was running behind schedule so the Ocean Shore's initial single track was built to Davenport first. The station at Montara still exists as a residence at 222 Second Street. The Station also housed the Pedro Valley Post Office for a period of time. The railroad was conceived to carry basically only freight of the coast-side villages. On January 14, 1921, Gray and Staples were granted a permanent franchise to continue running buses between San Francisco and Pescadero, which led to the incorporation of the Coastside Transportation Company later that year. Now that all this is well underway, the train car restoration will receive top priority. The Hoboken Shore Railroad started off as the Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad, a shortline that served a large industrial clientele running the length of Hoboken's (New Jersey) waterfront. The San Francisco County Board of Supervisors granted the railroad permission to construct trackage from Fulton and Larking Streets, and down away from the city, however construction was stalled after multiple business owners along the route launched lawsuits. Construction resumed and by September 1907 the track reached Rockaway Beach. Jul 15. . Many of these visitors liked the area so well that they became the first settlers, buying land offered by the Ocean Shore Railroad realtors. The middle leg of the line, 26 miles between Tunitas Glen and Swanton was never completed. OceanShoreRailroad.org. Travel was often interrupted by the results of a heavy rain that caused culverts under the tracks to jam with debris, washing away the roadbed. El Granada was one of the only towns developed by the Ocean Shore Railroad, with its circular street pattern design. Ocean Shore Railroad Company, Inc. (1934-Present) After roughly a decade of court proceedings against them, largely over the fact that the company no longer operated a railroad, the Ocean Shore reincorporated once again, this time as the Ocean Shore Railroad Company, Inc., founded in Reno, Nevada on November 16, 1934. The route was originally conceived to be a continuous line between San Francisco and Santa Cruz, but the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, financial difficulties, and the advent of the automobile caused the line to never . Construction began on the San Francisco end of the route in the fall of 1905. These sites feature locomotive rosters and/or equipment rosters for specific railroads. The former outdoor shelter was enclosed many years ago and is now a private residence. Nearby Vallemar was a bit pricier. Road Number . Some of this may have been damaged in the heavy winter storm of 1909 that wrecked large portions of the right-of-way, effectively shutting it down until late April. Barbara VanderWerf, Granada: A Synonym for Paradise The Ocean Shore Railroad Years, Gum Tree Lanes Books, El Granda, 1992. Vegetables Galore Construction resumed and by September 1907 the track reached Rockaway Beach. Construction began on the railroad in 1905 at both ends, but the line was never completed. Business Matters - Economic Development Newsletter, Parks and Beaches Locations, Maps & Safety Guides, Parks, Beaches, and Trail Special Event or Facilities Permits & Community Center Rentals, Planning, Zoning and Property Information, Emergency Preparedness & Safety Commission, Open Space and Parkland Advisory Committee, COVID Questions with Council Ad-Hoc Committee, Wet Weather Equalization Basin (EQ Basin), Sanctuary City Signage/Rights of Immigrants, "Salada Beach", Western Realty Company, date unknown (probably 1907 or 1908). The company was forced into receivership during 1911. 60 people follow this. The Granada Station was moved a block from its original location to the corner of Ave Portola and The Alameda. Service between Tunitas and Swanton began on April 1, 1914 under the direction of James W. Gray, a former Ocean Shore brakeman. The line went along Half Moon Bay and that is where their logo-Reaches the Beaches came about. That decision was probably its undoing.As part of Californias coastal history, this rail car brings the City of Pacifica a tangible link to its history. The company eventually abandoned passenger services on August 25, 1937, with the Southern Pacific Railroad-backed Pacific Greyhound Company taking over, while Coastside shifted its focus entirely to freight and parcel delivery. [3] Other plans that were originally considered, would have operated the railway under 3300 volts Alternating-Current, utilizing both third rail and overhead catenary wiring. The line had tight curves, street trackage, a float bridge - all elements that endeared the railroad to its fans. [5], A never-built branch would have split from the mainline and run along what is now 19th Avenue, Eucalyptus Drive, 47th Avenue, Rivera Street, and 48th Avenue to Golden Gate Park. Works numbers were 32627, 32646 in January 1908. Unfortunately, the trains were often delayed. Plus, a decent amount of new office development . As impressive as it was idealistic, the line . Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 18, p.196 and Volume 19, p. 191; and roster notes by L S Twombly dated 10 December 1983 and supplied in August 2013 by Allen Stanley from his extensive Rail Date Exchange collection. OceanShoreRailroad.org. . In 1894 a government study on the feasibility of the railroad was released, but nothing more was heard, suggesting that the line lost revenue and funding. In total New Jersey today is home to just 950 miles of trackage. Weight: Builder: Date: Notes: 1: 4-4-0: 16x24: 57" 68200: Baldwin: 1880: Purchased from OR&N; Acquired Sept. 1905 . On Sundays, the railroad supplemented the traditional cars with open flat cars topped with picnic benches. It went to Hetch Hetchy in 1921, then to Sierra RY as Number 2. Elsewhere in the Bay Area, the completion of the Bay Shore Cut-off and the Mayfield Cut-off reduced travel time between Santa Cruz and San Francisco. All work can use financial support too! Ocean City Railroad (connecting Ocean City Junction to Ocean City) . It survives, but was not built for the Ocean Shore Railroad. The station originally sat at the northeast corner of Francisco Way and San Mateo Avenue, until Highway 1 was rerouted along the former railroad right of way through Sharp Park. The Ocean Shore Railway started construction on May 18th, 1905 on what was to be a double track electric line to run about 83 miles from 12th & Mission Street in San Francisco to Santa Cruz. However, it is assumed the railroad went under due to lack of finances, as no other paper traces are found. The railroad was rapidly running out of time, money and patience. The whistle of the first Ocean Shore Railroad passenger train from San Francisco to Granada echoed of nearby hills 21 June 1908. The Farallone City Station was built in 1903 where Seventh Street crosses the Railroad right-of-way (now Highway 1) in Montara. The huge cut between Fairway Park and Vallemar was blasted out by railroad engineers. Beyond Davenport, grading crews made it to Scott Creek where they built a wye beside a small resort area the company hoped to develop called Folger, named after the coffee magnate. The missing section, 26 miles between the southern bank of Tunitas Creek to the southern bank of Scott Creek, was never completed. Does anyone know if there are rosters for the Ocean Shore Railroad, the San Juan Pacific, the Watsonville Transportation Company and the Pajaro Valley Consolidated Railroad located on-line anywhere? It was created in 1933 as a joint consolidation venture between two competing railroads in the region: the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company .
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