The route ended at Tunitas Creek, south of READ MORE Folger, and Horace D. This benefited the Ocean Shore immensely in 1906. Two cars were in Oroville. The Stanley Steamers called in at Waddell Creek, Gazos Creek, Pigeon Point, Pebble Beach, Pescadero, San Gregorio, Tunitas Glen, and Torquay, providing transportation to and from some of the most remote communities on the Central Coast. In March 1927 it was rebuilt and sold to the St. Clair Tunnel Co as 9175, Class Z-3-a. The missing section, 26 miles between the southern bank of Tunitas Creek to the southern bank of Scott Creek, was never completed. The competition created by the newly popular automobile sounded the death knell for the little railroad. Union Pacific Railroad Company. 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. Nearby Vallemar was a bit pricier. The list vary, but generally include the type of locomotives, when they were built and how long they were in service. Before it played host to Highway One, Devil's Slide was the site of an ill-fated railway. 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. . Traded by the museum in May, 1984 to Lake Shore Railroad Historical Foundation, Elkhart, IN for Amtrak GG1 No.4906 (ex-PRR 4903). The railroad was conceived to carry basically only freight of the coast-side villages. Lots sold at Salada Beach started at $250 for a 25 x 50 foot parcel. Early in the morning of April 17, 1906, an 8.1 earthquake started a rockslide above the new rail line. . The latter eight had works numbers 14187-14188 in December 1894 and 11499-11504 in October 1895. Not all sections were completed. The OSRR finally closed down about 1922. 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. One landslide, on January 15, 1916 closed the line for more than two months and required over $300,000 in repairs. 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 C&A would eventually wind up as part of the modern Pennsylvania Railroad. Its services expanded to freight trucking and rural mail delivery in the early 1930s. From $20. This section was in use until the mid-1980s and was the last part of the Ocean Shore in operation. 4018. By 2004 they were in shabby condition. 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. 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. 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 reach its goals, and remain with a Northern and Southern division. The middle leg of the line, 26 miles between Tunitas Glen and Swanton was never completed. [Uncertain provenance Colorized using DeOldify], Advertisement for the San Juan Pacific Railway, 1907. In 1925, the company under William Azevedo petitioned to run freight between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay but was again denied by the Commission. See Locobase 13260 for a history of the Pacific's OSRR. Jul 15. . The Arleta Park Station was built in 1904 and stands at 920 Railroad Avenue in Half Moon Bay. Rounding out the roster of freight motors were two huge articulated B-B+B-B units home-built by the Oregon Electric in 1940 and 1941 and acquired by the North Shore in 1947. Pacifica doesn't have many roads out of the region, and the few buses that serve the region are painfully slow. To get supplies and materials to the site, they anchored a ship offshore and transported materials along an aerial tramway. Diesel Roster. All Rights Reserved. The former outdoor shelter was enclosed many years ago and is now a private residence. The structure was originally one story but now stands as a two story residence. Three railroad stations still stand. 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. Our trains also feature snack bar cars with family-friendly prices to help you further enjoy your ride. It hugged the mountain at Devil's Slide and traveled south through Montara, Moss Beach, El Granada and Half Moon Bay. Construction Resumes 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. The publicity department produced large colorful broadsides and posters ex-tolling the beautiful beaches and other attractions. 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. Much of Pacifica's layout owes its beginnings to a small, little-known railroad company. Artichokes went for 75 each in New York. The San Francisco charter allowed for electric-only operation, so the Ocean Shore was forced by circumstance to use electric power in the City of San Francisco until the end in 1920. Ghost Rail: The Brief, Troubled Life of the Ocean Shore Railroad | California Coastal Trail | Food & Discovery | KCET 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. All Rights Reserved. OceanShoreRailroad.org. Is Pacifica the Bay Area's Most Underrated Gem? Incorporated in 1906, the Ocean Shore Railway Company planned to run a high-speed electric railway between San Francisco and Santa Cruz. The Ocean Shore Railroad was a railroad built between San Francisco and Tunitas Glen, and Swanton and Santa Cruz that operated along the Pacific coastline from 1905 until 1921. Meanwhile, the autobuses of the Ocean Shore Auto Stage Company continued to operate across the entire line under emergency provisions. Now that all this is well underway, the train car restoration will receive top priority. 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. All but the last of these projects came to nothing. Car 1409 was discovered in 2004, in a Sebastopol backyard by restoration expert Jeff Millerick. Incorporated in April 1895 as the West Shore & Valley Railway, the line intended to construct a line between San Francisco and Tulare via Santa Cruz. One was an exact copy of the 1409. 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. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives 111 I Street Sacramento, California 95814 Phone: (916) 323-8073 Email:
[email protected] 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 That decision was probably its undoing. 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 Rail buffs can still see signs of Pacificas early railroad days. 12 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Ocean Shore Railroad. The railroad was in fact reorganized though into the San Francisco & Santa Cruz Railway, however, the railroad went bankrupt and had to shut down. In 2004, while our beloved hulk was being trucked to Pacifica, there were four surviving Ocean Shore passenger cars, excluding 1409. 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]. Huge cracks opened up along the roadbed. In Santa Cruz, Southern Pacific leased land from the Cowell Lime Company at the beach and built a short spur for loading lime, conveniently blocking the Ocean Shore's access to land it had purchased to erect a deep-water pier. Along the route south of San Francisco, progress was moving more slowly. [Uncertain provenance], Both Ocean Shore Auto Stage Stanley Steamers in Pescadero, 1914. It went to Hetch Hetchy in 1921, then to Sierra RY as Number 2. Between Tunitas Creek and Scott Creek, some cuts and fills can be found beside Highway 1, but much more was once visible. There, you needed a $5 down payment. Copyright 2021. However, it was slow, poorly patronized, and couldn't compete once automobiles began appearing on the coast in the early 1910s. 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. 4 ft 8. 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. The huge cut between Fairway Park and Vallemar was blasted out by railroad engineers. +. [Uncertain provenance Colorized using DeOldify], Ocean Shore Railway's depot in Santa Cruz overlooking the Southern Pacific yard, 1907. 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. About. The great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 knocked out the railroad before it really got started. (Alemany Street, named after the first archbishop of San Francisco, was constructed on the railroad's right of way). Then they bored a tunnel through the point itself. If you don't want. To attract weekend excursions and tourists, the route would hug the shoreline as closely as possible. It survives, but was not built for the Ocean Shore Railroad. The nail in the coffin of the Ocean Shore Railway proved to be neither Southern Pacific interference nor the 1906 earthquake. Funds were solicited locally in early 1908, allowing construction to continue, but the railroad was running entirely on rapidly-increasing debt. Return to CLASS III Shortlines
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. current progress on restoring car 1409, go to www.oceanshorerailroad.org . Help us restore car #1409 bought by the Ocean Shore Railroad in 1913. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcCsc0VkCcs This video tells the story of a train model created in 1999 in Pacifica Ca. 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. A passenger station would have been built at 25th & Potrero in San Francisco and was financed primarily through business-men in New York. Dr. Portions of the line were operated for passenger or freight trains. 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. Theme: Illdy. 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 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 . 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. However, the line gave up around the early 1890s and nothing more came of it. Barbara VanderWerf, Granada: A Synonym for Paradise - The Ocean Shore Railroad Years, Gum Tree Lanes Books, El Granda, 1992. [Randolph Brandt], Coastside Transport Company advertisement from the. Originally chartered as the Delaware Shore Railroad in February, 1873 it was completed between Woodbury and Penns Grove in July, 1876. . The second steamer was operated by Harry L. Staples. 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. 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. 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? Bechtel as No. El Granada was one of the only towns developed by the Ocean Shore Railroad, with its circular street pattern design. The California Highway One Book, Rick Adams and Louise McCorkle, New York: Ballantine Books, 1985. Although the crisis was short-lived, it led to many of the remaining and new investors in the Ocean Shore Railway to pull out. 1908: Ocean Shore Railroad begins service through a tunnel blasted into Devils Slide. Rockaway Beach Station was located at the southeast corner of Rockaway Beach Avenue (formerly Hewitt Avenue) and Highway 1. OceanShoreRailroad.org. Of the track that remained, much was twisted and contorted to such a degree that it resembled a roller-coaster. Rather than providing rather typical coach service between the railroad's two termini, it purchased a Stanley Motor Carriage Company autobus to bridge the 26-mile gap via a new subsidiary, the Ocean Shore Auto Stage Company, incorporated in March 1914. "Salada: The Beach in Reach", Ocean Shore Land Company, 1908. Due to how the railway would have entered San Francisco on a major street, the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors required that the railway build track by September 1901, as all the other past railroads had failed to do this. For the Downey Harveys, such a retirement meant living at Del Monte, the exclusive resort built by the Southern Pacific Railroad at Monterey. Newburgh and South Shore Railroad: NSRC: North Stratford Railroad: NSRX: Jack Frost Cane Sugar: NSS: Newburgh and South Shore Railway . Vegetables Galore Although the new firm stated its intention to fill the 26-mile gap between Tunitas Creek and Scott Creek, it never had the funds to do so. 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. 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. [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. 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. Up until just a few years ago the tracks still existed on 12th Street. Update on Car #1409. 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. There were numerous bridges and trestles along the route. 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