Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. In February 1907, alongside the lease of the interurban, Ocean Shore incorporated another subsidiary, the Ocean Shore & Eastern Railway, which was intended to build a railroad line from Santa Cruz to Watsonville, likely using the Union Traction line, although it did not resume its deferred payments at this time. As I've mentioned in previous postings, I have intentions of modeling the Ocean Shore Railroad, a modern day recreation of a prototype that ceased operations in 1920. Pre-owned item 1 THE LAST WHISTLE: OCEAN SHORE RAILROAD By Jack R. Wagner - HardcoverTHE LAST WHISTLE: OCEAN SHORE RAILROAD By Jack R. Wagner - Hardcover $10.99 Free shipping item 2 Jack R. Wagner~THE LAST WHISTLE (OCEAN SHORE RAILROAD)~1ST/DJ~NICE COPYJack R. Wagner~THE LAST WHISTLE (OCEAN SHORE RAILROAD)~1ST/DJ~NICE COPY $34.95 +$4.99 shipping A branch line was planned for the hills above Pescadero with a possible extension to Big Basin and Boulder Creek. This section ran from McDaniel through Easton, Hurlock, Salisbury and Berlin to Ocean City, MD. The railroad did, however, intend to construct a line between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. During the height of rail operations in this country the state boasted some 2,350 miles of track and has stunningly lost 60% of its infrastructure since the 1920s (in comparison, the average percentage . All Rights Reserved. It was purchased in 1936 by W.A. Incorporated in September 1879, the San Francisco & Ocean Shore Railroad Company was conceived to be a narrow gauge railroad running between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. [6] Construction began in September 17, 1905, with the grades being dug out at points in San Francisco and Santa Cruz. 60 people follow this. The company reincorporated as the Ocean Shore Railroad Company, Inc., on November 16, 1934 and continues to exist as this legal entity to manage the sales and leasing of various properties the company still owns in San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties.[5]. Is Pacifica the Bay Area's Most Underrated Gem? One is now the Vallemar Station Grill, located at 2125 Coast Highway. The C&A would eventually wind up as part of the modern Pennsylvania Railroad. Today there are two very old ex Ocean Shore cars in Tuolumne County. Vallemar Station remains relatively unaltered and is situated at 2125 Coast Highway. A major tunnel was built at Devil's Slide; another tunnel was built near Davenport. Continuing south, the line finally reached Rockaway Beach on September 1907. 201 or 202. The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 knocked out the railroad before it really got started. All Rights Reserved. The company initially planned for a top-of-the-line electric railway, but the 1906 earthquake curtailed . 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. 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. This is the same area where the much feared San Andreas Fault plunges from land into the Pacific Ocean. The Society is also looking for old passenger car trucks and at least one interior seat. The second steamer was operated by Harry L. Staples. Excursion trips were popular. Length. The publicity department produced large colorful broadsides and posters ex-tolling the beautiful beaches and other attractions. "Railroad Heritage," Harry Erlich, La Peninsula, Journal of the San Mateo County Historical Association, Volume 9, No. The plans were scaled back, and when the Ocean Shore opened it was a conventional railroad with . Works number was 41999 in April 1915. The company was forced into receivership during 1911. 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. Ocean City Railroad (connecting Ocean City Junction to Ocean City) . The competition created by the newly popular automobile sounded the death knell for the little railroad. The railroad line had several stops in Pacifica-Edgemar, Salada, Brighton, Vallemar, Rockaway, Tobin-before plunging into a 354-foot tunnel through San Pedro Mountain. "Salada: The Beach in Reach", Ocean Shore Land Company, 1908. Theme: Illdy. Crew members on the BC&J trains assist you and explain the various lineside sights. Investors dropped out, and, with less money, the directors decided to substitute a single-track steam line for the planned two-track electric railway. Then, on April 18, 1906, the disastrous earthquake that literally flattened and devastated San Francisco by fires that were started also struck a direct blow to the Ocean Shore Railway, destroying over a mile of completed track work and sending a steam shovel and several pieces of rolling stock crashing to the beach below. Oregon Coastal Excursion - Rockaway Beach or Garibaldi. Of the track that remained, much was twisted and contorted to such a degree that it resembled a roller-coaster. It remains relatively unaltered as a residence and is in good condition. The bridges over Tunitas Creek and Palmer Gulch remained for many decades until they either collapsed or were demolished. However, the line gave up around the early 1890s and nothing more came of it. One landslide, on January 15, 1916 closed the line for more than two months and required over $300,000 in repairs. 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. The company decided that it was not feasible to operate a railroad all the way down the Eastern Shore to Cape Charles and at Little Creek, and stopped operations on May 18, 2018. 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Although the crisis was short-lived, it led to many of the remaining and new investors in the Ocean Shore Railway to pull out. Construction Resumes On July 16, Gray sold the company to Edward Serretto, Louis Alfred Mattei, and Emile Michel. In around January 1881, the railroad was reorganized to become a standard gauge line, and filed for incorporation to construct tracks through Half Moon Bay. Ocean Shore Railroad. This dramatic ride caused a great deal of trouble for the rail line, because the roadbed was built on an unstable piece of shifting mountainside known, appropriately, as Devils Slide. About. The railroad was to be funded via public money, however, most records cut off around 1872 so it speculated that two other railroads had taken away the public interest.[1]. A Flying A gas station was then built on the site, and it remained until the freeway was built in 1965. current progress on restoring car 1409, go to www.oceanshorerailroad.org . Diesel Roster. During wet winters, when portions of the railroad's right-of-way were washed out or otherwise damaged, the steamers also provided service shuttling passengers around inoperable sections. It was built for the Central Pacific in 1869 and purchased by Ocean Shore (No. The line finally ceased operating scheduled trains after August 27, 1920 and was abandoned on October 20, 1920. English: The Ocean Shore Railroad was intended to be built from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, California, via a route along the Pacific coastline. The railroad would have followed the route of its predecessors along the San Mateo Coast, and would have had a large yard in the center of Santa Cruz. Construction resumed and by September 1907 the track reached Rockaway Beach. [5] A segment of the railroad in the southeast section of San Francisco was also operated by the Western Pacific Railroad. Coastside farmers were paid 5 1/2 a choke. 1504 or 1505) in 1912. In March 1899, the railroad had stated that they wished to be sold to the Vanderbilt Company, in direct competition to the Southern Pacific. Track layers had only reached Mussel Rock outside Daly City by the time of the earthquake, but grading had been completed for many miles further south, with much of the equipment located on Devil's Slide, which was the most precarious part of the route. One is ex Central Pacific coach 70, built in 1868. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Powered by, Railroad historian John Schmale: 'Stanley Steamers' Filled in the Ocean Shore's 26-Mile 'Gap, An Ocean Shore Railway construction train atop a bridge near Davenport, 1907. In December 1899 the railroad's franchise in San Francisco expired, and subsequently, the line had given up all hopes of ever achieving a route and abandoned plans. Following abandonment, the railroad company fought for decades over ownership of their right-of-way, large portions of which they had purchased wholesale rather than as easements. OceanShoreRailroad.org. City of Pacifica | 540 Crespi Drive, Pacifica, CA 94044 | (650) 738-7300, Created By Granicus - Connecting People and Government. The Ocean Shore Railway Company had been incorporated in May 1905 to build two parallel eighty-mile-long standard-gauge electric railroad tracks down the coastline from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, where it would have linked up with other subsidiary networks and ultimately meet the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad at the Nevada state line. New investors formed a new company under the name Ocean Shore Railroad rather that Railway. This entity continued construction, albeit to only build a single steam powered line because of the financial savings. (Thanks to Chris Hohl for his 13 January 2019 email and well-drafted spreadsheet, the latter noting the absence of this locomotive from Locobase and providing detailed data. The structure was demolished and its lumber was recycled to build part of the home at 635 Rockaway Beach Avenue. [Marvin T. Maynard Colorized using DeOldify], The Ocean Shore Railroad beside Islais Creek and Mission Street outside San Francisco, 1915. Electrified trackage within the city of San Francisco, which served major industries, was operated for many years, in part by the San Francisco Muni. To get supplies and materials to the site, they anchored a ship offshore and transported materials along an aerial tramway. 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 A small section of the track can be seen today crossing 13th Street in San Francisco in front of Best Buy. [2] However, for unknown reasons, in November 1892 the Mayor of San Francisco rejected the proposal for the railroad to run its line on 25th Street and Potrero Avenue, which led the railway to frantically reorganize its plans. 4018. Click below for a listing of assistance programs & phone numbers. Most ended up in East Coast homes and restaurants. Rum and a Railroad-How Salada Beach Grew, Tom Johnston, Pacifica Tribune, November 9, 1977. ex BNSF 2020; ex ATSF 3030; ex ATSF 3130; nee ATSF 1130. 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. This dramatic ride caused a great deal of trouble for the rail line, because the roadbed was built on an unstable piece of shifting mountainside known, appropriately, as Devil's Slide. Browse maps, pictures and histories of abandoned railroad lines of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Nearby Vallemar was a bit pricier. Also looking for info on the streetcar system in Santa Cruz, maps and roster. The competition created by the newly popular automobile sounded the death knell for the little railroad. Thus, the new company, sans the debts of its predecessor, never bothered to finish the final 26 miles of its route, which was the only way the railroad would survive in the long term. The announcement had dire consequences, and in early 1882 the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors voted to delay the acceptance of the franchise to allow the running of the railroad in the city itself. Call our office for further information (716)648-6216 or call the agency directly at the following phone numbers: Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo: (716) 853-9555. Car 1409 was discovered in 2004, in a Sebastopol backyard by restoration expert Jeff Millerick. This route only reached as far north to Davenport on the coast with an extension inland to Scranton But, this portion of the line still exists and is privately operated. See Locobase 13260 for a history of the Pacific's OSRR. 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. Portions of the line were operated for passenger or freight trains. Choose from Ocean Shore Railroad stock illustrations from iStock. Elihu Jackson, of Salisbury, treasurer. Ocean Shore Railroad by John Schmale Article featured in the Western Railroader #713. A single call to Kathleen started the 1409s wheels rolling. Two cars were in Oroville. From June 23 to June 25, 1967, President Johnson met with Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey. Huge cracks opened up along the roadbed. The ads claimed that the towns had no taxes and no saloons. Salada Beach, near the natural lagoon known as Laguna Salada (in the Sharp Park golf course), was designed to be a major watering hole. To create a level bed for tracks on Devils Slide, they stuffed nine tons of black powder into a specially constructed tunnel and literally blew the top off the mountain. Railroad building had just reached Mussell Rock, where the San Andreas fault dives into the Pacific Ocean, when disaster struck. One is camouflaged as the ERA Dolphin Real Estate office at the corner of Manor Drive and Oceana Blvd. The railroad failed to do this, and subsequently, the franchise expired and by February 1902, the line was shut down.[1]. That decision was probably its undoing. The trip from San Francisco to Salada Beach took 57 minutes, though it was advertised as taking 25 minutes. Half Moon Bay Memories, June Morrall, Moonbeam Press, El Granada, 1978. Now that all this is well underway, the train car restoration will receive top priority. The California Highway One Book, Rick Adams and Louise McCorkle, New York: Ballantine Books, 1985. The site of the station was later used as the site for a small grocery store, which continued in operation until the structure was demolished to make room for Fassler Avenue in the early 1970s. A separate bus service also transported people from Torquay to the California Redwood Park (Big Basin). Dr. Upon his return to San Francisco, Downey Harvey faced lawsuits resulting from the tragic death of an Ocean Shore train conductor. No. It should be mentioned that the railroad was suspected of being owned by the Aitchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad, and the San Francisco & South Coast Railroad Company was formed by the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors, and was backed by the Southern Pacific. These list tend to be quite detailed. Then they bored a tunnel through the point itself. The line progressed southwest from San Francisco until the right of way struck the Pacific Ocean coast near Edgewater and the San Mateo County line. Portions of the right of way can be seen along the Rockaway headlands and along the railway berm in Pedro Point. However, the Directors had rejected this last-minute, and the railroad had lost a lot of finances. They were operated by a thirty horsepower steam engine designed in a novel and space-saving manner, although they were known for burning through water quickly. 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 company was $2,321,740 in debt and had nowhere left to turn for help. One reason an S.F.-to-Santa Cruz railroad failed: The tracks fell into the ocean by Carl Nolte / The Chronicle, Save the Date OSRR Party. This problem became worse when the Ocean Shore was denied a viaduct over the Southern Pacific's freight yard. Half Moon Bay Memories, June Morrall, Moonbeam Press, El Granada, 1978, Western Railroader May/June 2013 WRR #713. 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