![]() Several days later, Macrie and two Seashore Lines employees conducted a detailed track inspection of the entire area of the theft, which consisted primarily of the removal of tie plates and spikes. Arrested on Monday, March 5, were a father and son team from the Villas section of Lower Township, New Jersey, along with a third individual from Rio Grande. ![]() The investigating trooper informed them that several individuals associated with the theft had been arrested and charged with indictable offenses. This is the Seashore Lines’ main line between Tuckahoe and Cape May City. On March 1, 2012, the Seashore Lines received a telephone call from the New Jersey State Police, advising them that theft of track material had occurred on their Cape May Branch in Dennisville. In November, 2021, the Seashore Lines filed with the Surface Transportation Board to operate freight rail service on the former Conrail Beesley's Point Secondary Track between Winslow and Palermo, a distance of approximately 30 miles. The Seashore Lines operates occasional passenger excursions for the Buena Vista Township / Richland Village Festival, as well as the Annual Tuckahoe Transportation Heritage Festival. Train sets primarily consist of the railroad's two GP38 diesel locomotives and six passenger cars. Patrick’s Express, Easter Bunny Express, Ice Cream Express, and the Santa Express service. Current passenger train operations include the Valentine’s Express, St. The Seashore Lines currently operates excursion trains on 15 miles of Conrail's Beesley's Point Secondary between Tuckahoe and Richland. Rio Grande Station, Rio Grande - Cape May.have released any information on the current or future plans for the line and if or when operation may begin. Neither CMSL, their subsidiary NJSL or Clayton Sand Co. South of Woodmansie the tracks are abandoned leaving no connection from the south. The line was originally owned by the Central Railroad of New Jersey and was once part of the route of the famed Blue Comet. New Jersey Seashore Lines had originally planned to operate rail service to transport sand and gravel from Clayton and serve the needs of any other customers that might need rail service along the line. Using state and federal grants New Jersey Seashore Lines has rehabilitated 13 mi (21 km) of track between Lakehurst and the Woodmansie section of Chatsworth (which itself is part of Woodland Township), where Clayton operates a sand mine. New Jersey Seashore Lines was created by Cape May Seashore Lines in conjunction with the Clayton Sand Co. New Jersey Seashore Lines (NJSL) is a subsidiary of Cape May Seashore Lines. Passenger train service between Rio Grande and Cape May City resumed on October 12, 2009. Although the bridge was repaired a year later, a severe storm in April 2007 damaged the tracks and left locomotives stranded in Tuckahoe. In 2005, mechanical issues with the Cape May Canal swing bridge prevented trains from entering the city of Cape May. Service was extended in Cape May City in 1999 after repairs to the swing bridge crossing the Cape May Canal were completed. Regular train service between Cape May Court House and Cold Spring Village began in 1996. The Seashore Lines was founded by Tony Macrie (CEO) in January 1984. Eventually it became part of Conrail, which ended passenger service on the line in 1981, ended freight service on Octoand sold the line to New Jersey Transit as their Cape May Branch. At one time, the rail line was known as "The Steel Speedway To The Shore”. ![]() The line to Cape May was built in 1863 by the Tuckahoe and Cape May Railroad, and operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway's Atlantic City Railroad and later Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL). ![]() Tony Macrie has been president of the Seashore Lines since he formed the railroad in 1984.ĬMSL operates both freight trains and excursion trains. Connections are provided with Conrail's Beesley's Point Secondary, owned jointly by CSX and Norfolk Southern, at the north end in Tuckahoe. The track is owned by NJ Transit and leased to the Seashore Lines. It offers two excursion services: a 30-mile (48 km) round trip between Richland and Tuckahoe and a 14-mile (23 km) round trip between Rio Grande, Cold Spring Village, and Cape May City. Cape May Station and Welcome Center (bus station and former train station)Ĭape May Seashore Lines ( reporting mark CMSL) is a short line railroad in southern New Jersey. ![]()
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