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? Due to the initial popularity of the service, a second Stanley Steamer was added to the roster on June 10. For the Downey Harveys, such a retirement meant living at Del Monte, the exclusive resort built by the Southern Pacific Railroad at Monterey. It was purchased by Ocean Shore, No. It was created in 1933 as a joint consolidation venture between two competing railroads in the region: the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Reading Company . A major tunnel was built at Devil's Slide; another tunnel was built near Davenport. to USAX 6814; to Kurth Lmbr 20; retired 1955; to ???? The railroad actually constructed model homes south of Pacifica and laid out an especially elegant town plan with wide streets. 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. Portions of the right of way can be seen along the Rockaway headlands and along the railway berm in Pedro Point. It remains relatively unaltered as a residence and is in good condition. Nearby Vallemar was a bit pricier. The station at Montara still exists as a residence at 222 Second Street. Remnants of the right-of-way survive all along the coast, especially in San Mateo County. Early in the morning of April 17, 1906, an 8.1 earthquake started a rockslide above the new rail line. 1504 or 1505) in 1912. 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. Road Number . A promenade, bandstand, casinos, cafes and several large hillside hotels were envisioned surrounding the lake, which was much larger than the present size. Incorporated on June 1889 to construct a standard gauge line between San Francisco and Santa Cruz, the line was a private company and had unknown financers. Theme: Illdy. The Southern Division was subsequently leased to the San Vicente Lumber Company while the Northern Division was scrapped. The route ended at Tunitas Creek, south of READ MORE The firm declared bankruptcy in late 1933 only to reform with the same franchise rights as the Coastside Transport Company in November of that year. 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 As impressive as it was idealistic, the line . Paperback. The railroad was rapidly running out of time, money and patience. Buy tickets online to reserve your seat, then pick them up . 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. Restoration work by historical society volunteers, supported by our fund raisers, has continued for seven years. Works numbers were 13414-13416, 13421 in May 1893; December. The railroad tried to fight the opposition of the plans in San Francisco in the Supreme Court, but failed. In the north, passenger and freight service to Granada opened in June 1908 and Half Moon Bay in October, while tracks were laid across the Tunitas Creek bridge by January 1909. "Salada: The Beach in Reach", Ocean Shore Land Company, 1908. Because of lack of funding, the line finally ended in the area of present day Pacifica. Due to the initial popularity of the service, a second Stanley Steamer was added to the roster on June 10. current progress on restoring car 1409, go to www.oceanshorerailroad.org . Coastside farmers were paid 5 1/2 a choke. 58 people like this. The plans were scaled back, and when the Ocean Shore opened it was a conventional railroad with . Dr. Estimates in 1911 placed the cost of finishing the line at $1,351,115, over $35,000,000 in 2021 money. 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. 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. Ocean Shore Railroad Alignment. 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. Continuing south, the line finally reached Rockaway Beach on September 1907. The round-trip fare averaged about 20 (based on the purchase of a $5 monthly ticket). [OpenSFHistory], An accident at Little Creek switch outside Swanton, 1916. Much of Pacificas layout owes its beginnings to a small, little-known railroad company. The Thornton Station was once located at the southwest corner of Skyline Boulevard & John Daly Boulevard on the outskirts of Daly City. All but the last of these projects came to nothing. Copyright 2021. Since the Ocean Shore had more ready cash and planned to build a double track, one of its tracks was built first. The new West Shore Railway was meant to haul freight and passenger service, at a time estimate of two hours and ten minutes between the two cities. The Ocean Shore Railway went bankrupt on December 6, 1909 and was reincorporated as the Ocean Shore Railroad on October 9, 1911, following nearly two years in receivership. Service between Tunitas and Swanton began on April 1, 1914 under the direction of James W. Gray, a former Ocean Shore brakeman. Weekend passengers had flocked to the beaches on good days, but at other times the trains were virtually empty. Browse maps, pictures and histories of abandoned railroad lines of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Two cars were in Oroville. In 2004, while our beloved hulk was being trucked to Pacifica, there were four surviving Ocean Shore passenger cars, excluding 1409. In total New Jersey today is home to just 950 miles of trackage. While the Ocean Shore Railroad was being built, local papers of course, carried accounts of the construction progress. Due to the reluctance of property owners willing to hand over properties to the railway, construction was largely stalled as the construction costs kept rising. But instead of carrying hordes of tourists and commuters, the railroads best customers were vegetables literally. 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). Numerous slides damaged the roadway. $21.99 12 Used from $2.54 8 New from $14.44. The end result of the Ocean Shore Railway's three and a half years of effort was approximately 54 miles built of an 80-mile-long railroad. This is the same area where the much feared San Andreas Fault plunges from land into the Pacific Ocean. Return to CLASS III Shortlines Our signature excursion along the scenic Tillamook Bay and the Oregon Coast between Garibaldi and Rockaway Beach offers a relaxed ride and a step back in time. Bricks laid out in the word "Montara" can be seen in the pavement in front of the front door. Construction Resumes Lieutenant Bill Cravens Jr. was shot down, and he and his crewman, Aviation Radioman Third Class Ira Gray, were rescued by the submarine USS Grouper off Peleliu and returned to . The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 knocked out the railroad before it really got started. With one of the world's most scenic backdrops as a brilliant seascape for passengers, the Ocean Shore Railroad skirted northern California's coastline to service communities south of San Francisco for the first two decades of the 20th century. 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. It survives, but was not built for the Ocean Shore Railroad. While railroad crews in San Francisco used its rolling stock to help remove debris following the quake and fires, the construction crews further to the south had weeks of work ahead of them recovering machinery, restoring rights-of-way, and reinforcing hillsides against further slides. It indicates, "Click to perform a search". However, it is assumed the railroad went under due to lack of finances, as no other paper traces are found. Local wits maintained that all it took to cause a washout on the Ocean Shore was a good heavy fog, and there was always plenty of that. To create a level bed for tracks on Devil's Slide, they stuffed nine tons of black powder into a specially constructed tunnel and literally blew the top off the mountain. Investors dropped out, and, with less money, the directors decided to substitute a single-track steam line for the planned two-track electric railway. [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. Railroad building had just reached Mussell Rock, where the San Andreas fault dives into the Pacific Ocean, when disaster struck. 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 . Together, these two actions effectively stranded the Ocean Shore in West Santa Cruz with no outlet south, thereby imperilling its plans for a route across the county and beyond. 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. To change the length of the line, move the pointer over the end of the table until it becomes a resize pointer , and then move the arrow right or left to lengthen or shorten the line. [Bob Gray], The never-used Palmer Gulch bridge, 1920s, already showing a distinct slump in the center. 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. A single call to Kathleen started the 1409s wheels rolling. [ Reply To This Message ] Date: 03/13/02 17:17 RE: San . Unfortunately, the trains were often delayed. See also "Ocean Shore Electric Railway," Locomotive Firemen's Magazine, Volume 39, Number 9 (September 1905), pp. All material Copyright SteamLocomotive.com. 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" type, simple articulated. 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