SMS Rail Lines
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Bridgeport, New Jersey,U.S. |
| Reporting mark | SLRS, SNY |
| Locale | Delaware Valley Albany, New York,U.S. |
| Dates of operation | 1994–present |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft8+1⁄2in(1,435 mm)standard gauge |
| Other | |
| Website | www.smsrail.com |
SMS Rail Lines(reporting markSLRS) is ashortline railroadbased at Pureland Industrial Park inBridgeport, New Jersey.The company handles all freight car delivery to businesses located within the industrial park. It also operates lines inMorrisville, Pennsylvania,andGuilderland, New York.Guilderland-based operations operate asSMS Rail Lines of New York, LLC(reporting markSNY). SMS maintains many locomotives built by theBaldwin Locomotive Works.SMS provides chemical off-loading equipment andtransloadfacilities to enable businesses to receive rail freight traffic. The company also operates theWoodstown Central Railroad,atourist railroadbased out ofWoodstown, New Jersey.
Operations
[edit]In theDelaware Valley,SMS Rail Lines operates both industrial park switching operations[1]and a county controlled rail line.[2]
- Morrisville– Serves the Penn Warner Industrial Park inMorrisville, Pennsylvania,with access to theConrail Shared Assets OperationsMorrisville Yard
- Pureland– Serves thePureland Industrial ComplexinLogan Township, New Jersey,interchanging with Conrail Shared Assets OperationsPenns Grove Secondary
- Westville– Serves the Sunoco Logistics Eagle Point terminal inWestville, New Jersey,interchanging with Conrail Shared Assets Operations.
- Salem- Serves theSalem County Short LinebetweenSalem, New Jersey,Woodstown, New Jersey,andSwedesboro, New Jerseyinterchanging withSouthern Railroad of New Jersey.Woodstown Central excursion trains operate out of Woodstown.[3]
InGuilderland, New York,SMS Rail Lines of New York, LLC serves the Northeastern Industrial Park, interchanging withCSX Transportationat Guilderland Center, NY andNorfolk Southernat Delanson, NY.[4]
History
[edit]SMS Rail Lines began operating in thePhiladelphiaarea in June 1994.[5]In November 2006, the railroad began operations in Albany, New York.[6]The company plans to begin passenger excursions out ofPilesgrove Township, New Jerseyby the end of 2022.[7]Passenger excursions along the Salem Branch are operated as the Woodstown Central Railroad out of a passenger station in South Woodstown.[8]
Motive power
[edit]SMS runs a variety of locomotives, most being built by the Baldwin Locomotive works. SMS also owns units built by GM's Electro-Motive Diesel and GE Transportation.[9]
- ALCO
- Baldwin:
- VO-660diesel(2)
- VO-1000diesel (1)
- DS-4-4-660diesel (1)
- DS-4-4-750diesel (1)
- DS-4-4-1000diesel (2)
- S-12diesel (14)
- AS-616diesel (3)
- EMD:
- GE:
- B23-7diesel (4)
References
[edit]
- ^"Pennsylvania and New Jersey Locations".SMS Rail Lines.RetrievedAugust 11,2022.
- ^"Federal Register:: Request Access".
- ^"Woodstown Central Excursions".
- ^"New York Locations".SMS Rail Lines.RetrievedAugust 11,2022.
- ^"History Pennsylvania & New Jersey".SMS Rail Lines.RetrievedAugust 12,2010.
- ^"History New York".SMS Rail Lines.RetrievedAugust 12,2010.
- ^"SMS Rail Services plans passenger excursions on new trackage".Trains.com.RetrievedAugust 11,2022.
- ^"History of the rail line that became the" Woodstown Central "".Woodstown Central Railroad.RetrievedJune 13,2024.
- ^"Switching Management Services".Tim Darnell.RetrievedMarch 5,2021.