Hoboken Shore Railroad
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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 around 1906 leased[1] the longer route of the Hoboken Shore Road which had been operated since 1897 by the Hoboken Railroad Warehouse and Steamship Connecting Company, initials HRRWH&SSConCo or HRRW&SSCCO.
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Headquarters | 1419 Bloomfield St, Hoboken |
Reporting mark | HBS |
Locale | Hoboken |
Dates of operation | 1954 (1954)–1978 (1978) (predecessor since 1897) |
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Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Electrification | predecessor 650 V DC till about 1930 |
Length | 1.411 miles (2.271 km) |
The 1.4 miles (2.3 km) long route of the HBS ran along the Hoboken waterfront, serving as a switching and terminal railroad for all connecting carriers between the Erie yard in Weehawken and the Hoboken Piers and a car float transfer bridge. It used electric operation till the 1930s and was abandoned in 1978, after the demise of the Hoboken Piers and the general decline of rail traffic.[2]