The nail in the coffin of the Ocean Shore Railway proved to be neither Southern Pacific interference nor the 1906 earthquake. The End of an Era Of the track that remained, much was twisted and contorted to such a degree that it resembled a roller-coaster. . 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. Railroad building had just reached Mussell Rock, where the San Andreas fault dives into the Pacific Ocean, when disaster struck. 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. Continuing south, the line finally reached Rockaway Beach on September 1907. [Marvin T. Maynard Colorized using DeOldify], The Ocean Shore Railroad beside Islais Creek and Mission Street outside San Francisco, 1915. Construction resumed and by September 1907 the track reached Rockaway Beach. Both Ocean Shore Auto Stage Stanley Steamers in Pescadero . 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. Mainline service was abandoned in 1920. Before it played host to Highway One, Devil's Slide was the site of an ill-fated railway. The Baltimore & Eastern operated several light-density branch lines east of Chesapeake Bay. The North Granada Station was built in 1900, and stands vacant at 10151 Cabrillo Highway in El Granada. He became frustrated and looked for interested buyers of his franchise. The San Francisco charter allowed for electric-only operation, so the . At the time, the planned line continuation to, several small hamlets along the line north of the tunnel included Salada Beach, Brighton, and Vallemar. 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? . Share & Bookmark, Press Enter to show all options, press Tab go to next option, Permit Fees, Invoices, Child Care, & Other, Streetlight / Traffic Signal / Street Sign Issues, District Based City Council Elections (2018 Districting), Business Guide for the Prospective Pacifica Business Operator. Portions of the line were operated for passenger or freight trains. At the same time the company investors were building the line south from San Francisco, they were also building their line north from Santa Cruz to connect with the San Francisco extension. Another bridge was built a mile south over Palmer Gulch (Trestle Beach), but no tracks were ever installed here. The Kelly Street Station is now situated near the Johnston House on the south side of Higgins Canyon Road in Half Moon Bay. The line was taken over by the Pennsylvania in 1928. Most ended up in East Coast homes and restaurants. Most Ocean Shore Railroad services ceased on August 17, 1920. [Randolph Brandt], Coastside Transport Company advertisement from the. Vallemar Station remains relatively unaltered and is situated at 2125 Coast Highway. 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. . Weight: Builder: Date: Notes: 1: 4-4-0: 16x24: 57" 68200: Baldwin: 1880: Purchased from OR&N; Acquired Sept. 1905 . Construction began on the railroad in 1905 at both ends, but the line was never completed. To this day, the Devils Slide area has been a source of very costly maintenance, then for the rail line, and now for Hwy 1. All Rights Reserved. 306-307; and Jack R Wagner, The Last Whistle [Ocean Shore Railroad] (Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1974), passim. The whistle of the first Ocean Shore Railroad passenger train from San Francisco to Granada echoed of nearby hills 21 June 1908. Copyright 2021. The line had tight curves, street trackage, a float bridge - all elements that endeared the railroad to its fans. We should celebrate our very own Car 1409 - the last of its species - the only existing passenger car built . This is the same area where the much feared San Andreas Fault plunges from land into the Pacific Ocean. Image produced by Charles H. Kendrick Company. Electrified trackage within the city of San Francisco, which served major industries, was operated for many years, in part by the San Francisco Muni. In 2004, while our beloved hulk was being trucked to Pacifica, there were four surviving Ocean Shore passenger cars, excluding 1409. The Farallone City Station was built in 1903 where Seventh Street crosses the Railroad right-of-way (now Highway 1) in Montara. The main building carried the slogan "OCEAN SHORE RAILROAD" painted across its top. [Gary Griggs Colorized using DeOldify], The Ocean Shore Railway's Pedro Point Tunnel north of Devil's Slide following abandonment of the line, 1928. Check out our refreshment options! The Granada Station was moved a block from its original location to the corner of Ave Portola and The Alameda. These list tend to be quite detailed. The line finally ceased operating scheduled trains after August 27, 1920 and was abandoned on October 20, 1920. Copyright 2021. An apartment complex was built on its location in the early 2000's. Though in sad shape, it was a super candidate for restoration because it was one of only five cars of this type ever built. 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. Type: Cyl. The company initially planned for a top-of-the-line electric railway, but the 1906 earthquake curtailed . The station went through many name changes including San Pedro Terrace, San Pedro Terrace By-The-Sea and finally Pedro Valley. All Rights Reserved. By November 1882, the San Francisco & Ocean Shore Railroad had indefinitely ceased development of the line, and after numerous economic crashes, the line was abandoned without a single track laid. Between 1895 and 1898 there was no work actually done, which was unsetting to the financers. Rockaway Beach Station was located at the southeast corner of Rockaway Beach Avenue (formerly Hewitt Avenue) and Highway 1. Beyond Tobin a tunnel had to be bored through the point itself and beyond the tunnel, the rails had to traverse the face of Devils Slide. [UCSC Legacy Digital Collections Colorized using DeOldify], A Stanley Steamer somewhere along the 27-mile gap with its roof up, ca 1918. Tobin Station is located on San Pedro Point, at the corner of Danmann Avenue and Shelter Cove Road. When completed, the car will hold the Societys working model of the Ocean Shore RR in Pacifica a spectacular HO scale display built by the Vargas Brothers. 506 was built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in July 1916, #43682. Neighborhood Legal Services: (716) 847-0650. Newburgh and South Shore Railroad: NSRC: North Stratford Railroad: NSRX: Jack Frost Cane Sugar: NSS: Newburgh and South Shore Railway . Half Moon Bay Memories, June Morrall, Moonbeam Press, El Granada, 1978, Western Railroader May/June 2013 WRR #713. It was a 1909 WL Holman Co. built coach from the old Ocean Shore Railway. Upon his return to San Francisco, Downey Harvey faced lawsuits resulting from the tragic death of an Ocean Shore train conductor. It was purchased in 1936 by W.A. 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. 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. (Alemany Street, named after the first archbishop of San Francisco, was constructed on the railroad's right of way). Copyright 2021. 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. The line north from Santa Cruz was leased to the San Vicente Lumber Company, which continued to use the tracks until 1923. From that point, the tracks crossed Harrison Street and ran up 12th Street to the terminal station at Mission Street. The microphone shows a bubble containing the most recent command. [5] A segment of the railroad in the southeast section of San Francisco was also operated by the Western Pacific Railroad. 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. The tracks north from Santa Cruz were completed as far north as Swanton, north of Davenport. 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. Weekend passengers had flocked to the beaches on good days, but at other times the trains were virtually empty. In July 1895 however, the line was reorganized to form the West Shore Railway Company, whose goals were to build a standard gauge railway line between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. The post office stood across the street, but has since been demolished. Huge cracks opened up along the roadbed. After the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Aitchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad had ended some bitter rivalries in December 1881, on Christmas Eve it was stated that the San Francisco & Ocean Shore Railroad's multi-state plan (involving the California Central Railway) was merely a ploy to scare the Southern Pacific Railroad into reducing the cost of freight switching at junctions with the Aitchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe. [Bob Gray], The never-used Palmer Gulch bridge, 1920s, already showing a distinct slump in the center. No. Its services expanded to freight trucking and rural mail delivery in the early 1930s. It was several months before actual progress resumed on the Northern Division, but work did slowly resume. Incorporated in March 1892, the line intended to construct an electric interurban railway between San Francisco and Santa Cruz via a tunnel at San Pedro Point. Fast-talking promoters lured city-weary prospects to the coastside by offering free trips on the railway, open air concerts and free lunches. To attract weekend excursions and tourists, the route would hug the shoreline as closely as possible. For the history of the Ocean Shore RR, and the . 306-307; and Jack R Wagner, The Last Whistle [Ocean Shore Railroad] (Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1974), passim. All rights reserved. to Sugar Pine 1; to Grant Rock & Gravel?? Ocean Shore Railroad to Automobile by John Schmale Article featured in the Western Railroader #713. 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. Bechtel 1921, sold to Hetch Hetchy RR in 1921, then to Sierra RY as No. P16I Ocean City Railroad P16J en:Anglesea Rail Road P17 en:Salem Railroad P17A en:Alloway and Quinton Railroad P17B en:Salem Branch Railroad P18 en:West Jersey and Atlantic Railroad P18A en:Pleasantville and Ocean City Railroad R en:Philadelphia and Reading Railway R1 en:Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad R1A en:East Trenton Railroad One is camouflaged as the ERA Dolphin Real Estate office at the corner of Manor Drive and Oceana Blvd. All material Copyright SteamLocomotive.com. One landslide, on January 15, 1916 closed the line for more than two months and required over $300,000 in repairs. The Society hopes that the train car will finally rest next to the Little Brown Church just as it did 100 years ago, a wonderful tourist attraction in our little picturesque town where the mountains reaches the beaches. 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. 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. Much of Pacificas layout owes its beginnings to a small, little-known railroad company. The Octopus controlled most land transportation on the West Coast and was not going to let an upstart railroad get in its way. The Thornton Station was once located at the southwest corner of Skyline Boulevard & John Daly Boulevard on the outskirts of Daly City. This benefited the Ocean Shore immensely in 1906. A major impetus for the railroad was the real estate game. A major tunnel was built at Devil's Slide; another tunnel was built near Davenport. 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. The station remained vacant until it was demolished in the early 1940s. 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. As impressive as it was idealistic, the line . Incorporated in 1906, the Ocean Shore Railway Company planned to run a high-speed electric railway between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. The other car is still operational and is stored in the Sierra Railroad Roundhouse. On December 28, 1906, the railroad incorporated its first subsidiary, the Monterey, Fresno & Eastern Railway, and soon afterwards this company leased the Watsonville Transportation Company in the hopes that it could extend the small interurban line to Hollister and Fresno. From $20. Most of the Ocean Shore right of way was paved over and turned into Highway 1, reputed to be the most spectacular road on the West Coast. It went to Hetch Hetchy in 1921, then to Sierra RY as Number 2. OceanShoreRailroad.org. 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. Huge cracks opened up along the roadbed. A small section of the track can be seen today crossing 13th Street in San Francisco in front of Best Buy. Then they bored a tunnel through the point itself. Lots were at first generally sold closest to the depots. Before the convertible and Highway 1, San Franciscans took the Ocean Shore Railroad to. 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. A solution had to be found and the new Ocean Shore Railroad had an idea. Works numbers were 32627, 32646 in January 1908. Diesel Roster. OceanShoreRailroad.org. Along the route south of San Francisco, progress was moving more slowly. Yet the Ocean Shore knew that Southern Pacific only really wanted the lucrative cement plant contract in Davenport, while the Ocean Shore hoped that the timber in the Pescadero and Butano basins would more than justify the loss of the plant's patronage. It consisted of an office, waiting room and freight shed, all of which were small. 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. Of those grandiose plans, only the bath houses on Clarendon Avenue and the concrete pillars for a dance pavilion in the center of the lagoon were built. Incorporated in 1875, the railroad was funded by residents of San Mateo County in order to construct a line between San Francisco and Santa Cruz via the Spanish-town (now Half Moon Bay). By 2004 they were in shabby condition. Coastside farmers were paid 5 1/2 a choke. In December 1949 it was renumbered 175 and scrapped in April 1959. Join your colleagues from industry, academia, and government at the 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2022) in Hamburg, Germany from June 5 - 10, 2022. Disaster Strikes 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. One was an exact copy of the 1409. Click below for a listing of assistance programs & phone numbers. Salada Beach, Western Realty Company, date unknown (probably 1907 or 1908). Another tunnel south of Pescadero Beach appears on the 1961 USGS quadrangle map but has also now disappeared. Theme: Illdy. Instant roadbed. Amtrak RideReserve for Multi-Ride Passes Passengers traveling with monthly, ten-ride or six-ride passes will be required to confirm their intended trips on reserved services. The station and auxiliary buildings were demolished in the early 1950's. Is Pacifica the Bay Area's Most Underrated Gem? 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. Theme: Illdy. Estimates in 1911 placed the cost of finishing the line at $1,351,115, over $35,000,000 in 2021 money. A stagnant economy following the earthquake had led to a recession and by October 1907, the New York Stock Exchange was half the value it had been the previous year. Elihu Jackson, of Salisbury, treasurer. Between 1880 and 1881 the railroad attempted to increase revenue by taking out mortgages and distributing stocks. In total New Jersey today is home to just 950 miles of trackage. However, it was slow, poorly patronized, and couldn't compete once automobiles began appearing on the coast in the early 1910s. Works numbers were 41392-41393 in May 1914. Between Tunitas Creek and Scott Creek, some cuts and fills can be found beside Highway 1, but much more was once visible. Four trains (two round-trips) ran daily and six on Sundays and holidays. There, you needed a $5 down payment. 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. Bricks laid out in the word "Montara" can be seen in the pavement in front of the front door. On Sundays, the railroad supplemented the traditional cars with open flat cars topped with picnic benches. 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 Route Through Pacifica 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 . On July 16, Gray sold the company to Edward Serretto, Louis Alfred Mattei, and Emile Michel. Incorporated in 1906, the Ocean Shore Railway Company planned to run a high-speed electric railway between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. Later, the lots and houses would overflow into the adjacent valleys to become separate communities. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives 111 I Street Sacramento, California 95814 Phone: (916) 323-8073 Email: Library.CSRM@parks.ca.gov http://csrmf.org/visit/library Collections with online items: 11 Physical collections: 763 View larger map/directions Browse the Collections Find a collection at this institution As an Amazon Associate, this business earns from qualifying purchases. All Rights Reserved. For more info on the history of the Ocean shore Railroad, courtesy of Coastside Buzz and Michelle Dragony, please go here: Ocean Shore Railroad History by the Pacifica Historical and Ocean Shore Railroad Societies . [4] The railway was backed primarily by a group of very successful and wealthy business-men of San Francisco, including future railroad president: J. Downey Harvey. All work can use financial support too! This proved disastrous when the earthquake struck, since much of that machinery was either buried or tossed into the sea. Return to CLASS III Shortlines by Armando and Dan, Ocean Shore Railway Car 1409 is under restoration in Pacifica, thanks to history buffs who have raised $150,000 with bakes, (Painting Party, that is) When: Saturday, September 25th. 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. Nearby Vallemar was a bit pricier. The Ocean Shore's story is truly that of the Little Engine That Could, pushing on despite everything to finish its visionary route from San Francisco to Santa Cruz along the windswept margins of San Mateo County's foggy coastline. Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 51, p.327. Passengers wishing to continue disembarked from the train and boarded a special Stanley Steamer to reach the railhead at the other end. Ads extolled its allure and the beautiful, balmy climate. A promenade, bandstand, casinos, cafes and several large hillside hotels were envisioned surrounding the lake, which was much larger than the present size. Buy tickets online to reserve your seat, then pick them up . To get supplies and materials to the site, they anchored a ship offshore and transported materials along an aerial tramway. See also "Ocean Shore Electric Railway," Locomotive Firemen's Magazine, Volume 39, Number 9 (September 1905), pp. 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. Nearby Vallemar was a bit pricier. It survives, but was not built for the Ocean Shore Railroad. No. Meanwhile, the track to Scott Creek was completed by October, several months behind schedule, but still not too far above upper estimates. Salada Beach, near the natural lagoon known as Laguna Salada (in the Sharp Park golf course), was designed to be a major watering hole. Equipment Roster. The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 knocked out the railroad before it really got started. 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]. Folger, and Horace D. [Uncertain provenance Colorized using DeOldify], Ocean Shore Railway's depot in Santa Cruz overlooking the Southern Pacific yard, 1907. Portions of the right of way can be seen along the Rockaway headlands and along the railway berm in Pedro Point. [Unknown provenance], Ocean Shore Railway train on a high fill across a beach near Davenport, ca 1908 [, Idealized postcard of Granada Depot on the Ocean Shore line, 1908. The details of this early connecting activity are obscure, although it is known that the Ocean Shore Railway funded the service in order to maintain the premise of their coastal railroad. 30 minutes from depot to depot, 30 minute layover, 30 minute return. Coastside survived for another five years before selling out to Highway Transport Company on August 4, 1942. From June 23 to June 25, 1967, President Johnson met with Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey. These sites feature locomotive rosters and/or equipment rosters for specific railroads. One is now the Vallemar Station Grill, located at 2125 Coast Highway. 60 people follow this. 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. coachmen rv repair manual. One is camouflaged as the ERA Dolphin Real Estate office at the corner of Manor Drive and Oceana Blvd. Originally incorporated as the Ocean Shore Railway Company on May 18, 1905, the plan was to run a 1500 Volt Alternating-Current double-tracked line between San Francisco and Santa Cruz, operating with interurbans and electric freight motors. The C&A would eventually wind up as part of the modern Pennsylvania Railroad. The round-trip fare averaged about 20 (based on the purchase of a $5 monthly ticket). Oregon Coastal Excursion - Rockaway Beach or Garibaldi. The missing section, 26 miles between the southern bank of Tunitas Creek to the southern bank of Scott Creek, was never completed. It went to Hetch Hetchy in 1921, then to Sierra RY as Number 2. Construction of the Ocean Shore in Santa Cruz County began in mid-1905 and continued apace through to the earthquake on April 18, 1906. Works numbers were 32627, 32646 in January 1908. To save the old beauty would require a special person and a dedicated group, Kathleen Manning, Scott Lindner, et al., to put the aged starlet back on track. While the Ocean Shore Railroad was being built, local papers of course, carried accounts of the construction progress. Three railroad stations still stand. 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