Hoboken Shore Railroad
standard gauge | |
Electrification | predecessor 650 V DC till about 1930 |
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Length | 1.411 miles (2.271 km) |
Hoboken Shore Railroad (reporting mark HBS), initials HSRR, was a New Jersey railroad which was created around 1954. It took over the activities of the Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad (reporting mark HMR), initials HMRR. This railroad owned only 0.221 miles (0.356 km) of mainline but leased[1] about 1906 the longer route of the Hoboken Shore Road operated since 1897 by the Hoboken Railroad Warehouse and Steamship Connecting Company, initials HRRWH&SSConCo or HRRW&SSCCO.
The 1.4 miles (2.3 km) long route of the HBS run along the Hoboken waterfront, serving as a
History
Hoboken Shore Road
In 1784
Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad
In 1902 the Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad (HMR) was incorporated. Its task was to extend the Hoboken Shore Road further South to connect with the DL&W in Jersey City, what never happened. The 1905 incorporated American Warehouse & Trading Company took control of the HMR. The less than a quarter mile long mainline of the HMR run from the end of the Hoboken Shore Road to the 1st Street and was opened about 1906.[1] In the same year the HMR leased the railroad operation from the HRRWH&SSConCo for 99 years.[6]
When the United States joined the Allies in
Hoboken Shore Railroad
After the death of Paul Chapman in 1954, the Hoboken Shore Railroad was created. Its 4000 shares were all owned by the HRRWH&SSConCo, which was owned by Webb and Knapp, but was up for sale.[10] Traffic declines when industry and shipping in Hoboken closed or moved to other places. The railroad operated till 1977 and was officially abandoned 1978.[2]
Road Description
The Hoboken Shore Road built by Hoboken Railroad Warehouse and Steamship Connecting Company operated a 1.411 mile long main line, which started from the Erie yard in
The Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad operated only 0.221 mile of main line and was therefore called the shortest railroad of US. It connected at 5th Street & River Street to the Hoboken Shore Road and continued South till 1st Street. Furthermore, it owned about 1.375 miles of yard tracks.
Operation
The railroad started shortly after opening to traffic with the electric operation on January 6, 1898.
By 1911 the railroad had four electric locomotives in operation and switched in a daily 10-hour shift between 100 and 150 cars.
After World War II traffic declined. By 1954 the railroad had 38 employees and owned 2 shunting locomotives.[10]
Roster
Hoboken Shore Road
Electric Locomotives
Road Number | Delivery | Manufacturer | Weight
tons |
Power
hp |
Drawbar pull | Description | Bild |
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1 | 1898 | GE | 28.5 | 540 | 10,000 lbf (44 kN) at 8 mph (13 km/h) | electric steeplecab locomotive with McGuire trucks[12] | |
2 | 1900 | GE | 4-wheeled electric locomotive already phased out in 1911[12] | ||||
3 | 1906 | Westinghouse | 64 | 400 | 15,000 lbf (67 kN) at 6 mph (9.7 km/h) | Baldwin trucks[12] | |
4 | 1911 | GE | 80 | Alco trucks[12]
|
Snow Sweeper
Road Number | Delivery | Manufacturer | Description | Bild |
---|---|---|---|---|
ca. 1898 | McGuire | Snow sweeper |
Similar vehicle of the Joliet Railway Company |
Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad
Road Number | Delivery | Manufacturer | Weight (tons) | Power | Drawbar pull | Builders # | Description | Bild |
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500 | 1928 | GE | 70 | 300 | 10704 | first GE boxcab
diesel locomotive 300 hp model[13] |
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600 | 1928 | GE | 108 | 600 | 10705 | first GE boxcab
diesel locomotive 600 hp model[13] |
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601 | 1938 | Alco | 660 | 69086 | Model HH660[2] | |||
700 | 1947 | GE | 44 | 380 | 26,400 lbf | two Caterpillar engines[10] | ||
701 | 1947 | GE | 44 | 380 | 26,400 lbf | two Caterpillar engines[10] |
Hoboken Shore Railroad
Hoboken Shore Railroad continued to use the 44-ton switchers and also purchased an observation car.
Road Number | Delivered | Manufacturer | Description | Bild |
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early 1970s[14] | Wortendyke
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[16][17] |
See also
- Timeline of Jersey City area railroads
Further reading
- Hoboken Shore Railroad (Sales Brochure). New York: Webb and Knapp (real estate development). 1954.
References
- ^ a b c d ICC Reports: Decisions of the ICC of the United States. Valuation reports. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1938.
- ^ a b c Tupaczewski, Paul R. "Hoboken Shore Railroad Home Page". hbs.railfan.net. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ISBN 978-0-674-01531-9.
- ^ a b Bernhart, Benjamin L. Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad.
- ^ "Electricity on the Hoboken Shore Road". The Street Railway Review. 8: 57–58. 1898 – via archive.org.
- ^ .
- ^ a b "Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad". hoboken.pastperfectonline.com. Hoboken Historical Museum. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
- ^ Smith, Alexander Rogers (1926). The Port of New York, and Ship News. Vol. 6. New York: Port of New York publicity Company. p. 31 – via Google Books.
Hoboken Railroad Sold. A majority of the stock of the Hoboken Manufacturers' Railroad Company has been transferred to the Hoboken Railroad & Terminal Company. This carries with it the sale by the Manufacturers' Railroad Company of ...
- ^ Interstate Commerce Commission v. Hoboken Manufacturers' Railroad Company, 320 368 (USSC) ("In 1932 Seatrain secured control of Hoboken by the acquisition of all of its shares of capital stock ...").
- ^ a b c d Hoboken Shore Railroad (Sales brochure). Webb & Knapp. 1954.
- ^ "New Electric Freight Locomotive". The Railroad Gazette. 30 (2): 25. 1898-01-14.
- ^ a b c d e Electric Traction for Railway Trains. 1911. pp. 310–311. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ^ a b c "General Electric/Ingersoll-Rand Oil-Electric Box Cab Diesel Locomotive Roaser". Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ^ "Hoboken Shore Railroad Homepage: Map Section A". hbs.railfan.net. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ "Business Car Photo Indexes -Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley". passcarphotos.info. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ "Picture of obersrvation car owned by HBS". Hoboken Shore Railroad. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ^ Testagrose, Joseph. "Delaware Otsego Systems CACV #4 at Wortendyke,NJ". abpr.railfan.net. Retrieved 2016-12-04.