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92-553: A bit more modern, having been upgraded in 1883. However, the sprawling ACL system needed larger and more modern facilities to handle locomotive overhauls and freight car building. By the 1920s the two largest shop sites were at South Rocky Mount, North Carolina and Waycross, Georgia , each of which employed about 2,000 workers. To handle extensions into Florida, in 1926 the ACL established the Uceta shops and yard outside of Tampa, Florida at

138-435: A cost of $ 2 million. By the early 1900s the railroad had largely reached its final configuration and began to focus on upgrading its physical plant. By the 1920s the railroad's main line from Richmond, Virginia to Jacksonville, Florida had been double-tracked, which benefited the railroad during the 1920s when Florida boomed. In 1928 the ACL completed a line between Perry, Florida and Drifton, near Monticello, Florida ,

184-1022: A freight train through Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania in 1970. Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) Model SD35 Build date June 1964  ( 1964-06 ) – January 1966  ( 1966-01 ) Total produced 360 Specifications Configuration: ​  •  AAR C-C Gauge 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ( 1,435 mm ) standard gauge Length 60 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in (18.504 m) Fuel capacity 3,000 US gal (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) Prime mover EMD 16-567D3A Engine type V16 diesel Cylinders 16 Performance figures Power output 2,500 hp (1.9 MW) Career Locale United States The EMD SD35

230-794: A major presence in New Jersey. Most of the main line is now used by the Raritan Valley Line passenger service. CNJ main line trackage in Phillipsburg, New Jersey became part of the Lehigh Line under Conrail. The earliest railroad ancestor of the CNJ was the Elizabethtown & Somerville Railroad, incorporated in 1831 and opened from Elizabethport to Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1836. Horses gave way to steam in 1839, and

276-495: A partial interest in the Mount Hope Mineral Railroad from Warren Foundry & Pipe Corporation. Following World War II , passenger traffic diminished, and was almost entirely commuter business, requiring great amounts of rolling stock for two short periods five days a week. Three-fourths of CNJ's freight traffic terminated on line; the railroad was essentially a terminal carrier, which meant little profit

322-468: A small carfloat terminal in The Bronx . It was the site of the first successful Class 1 railroad diesel operation. Over the years CNJ maintained an extensive marine operation on New York Bay , including a steamer line to Sandy Hook. On April 30, 1967, CNJ's last marine service, the ferry line between Manhattan and CNJ's rail terminal at Jersey City , made its last run, which was also the last day for

368-1725: Is a model of 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division between June 1964 and January 1966. Power was provided by an EMD 567D3A , 16- cylinder engine which generated 2,500 brake horsepower (1,900 kW). A 3,000-US-gallon (11,000 L; 2,500 imp gal) fuel tank was used on this unit. This locomotive model shared a common frame with the EMD SD28 , giving it an overall length of 60 feet 8 + 1 ⁄ 2  inches (18.504 m). 360 examples of this locomotive model were built for American railroads. Original owners [ edit ] Railroad Quantity Numbers Notes Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 23 1001–1023 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 24 7400-7419, 7437-7440 Central of Georgia Railway 10 215-224 High Hood Central Railroad of New Jersey 12 2501–2512 to Conrail, renumbered 6040-6051 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 14 7420-7431, 7425(2nd), 7428(2nd) General Motors Electro-Motive Division 1 7715 to Atlantic Coast Line 1000 Louisville and Nashville Railroad 22 1200–1221 Norfolk and Western Railway 80 1500–1579 High Hood Pennsylvania Railroad 40 6000-6039 to Penn Central then Conrail 6000-6039 Southern Railway 100 3000-3099 High Hood Southern Pacific Railroad 29 4816-4844 Western Maryland Railway 5 7432-7436 Totals 360 Preservation [ edit ] Baltimore & Ohio #7402

414-2908: Is preserved at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland . VLIX #1216 (built 1965 as L&N #1216) is preserved at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee , awaiting restoration. Western Maryland #7436 (built 1964) is preserved and operable, currently leased to the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad . It is owned by Precision Locomotive Leasing. References [ edit ] ^ "HawkinsRails - B&O Railroad Museum Diesels" . hawkinsrails.net . Retrieved 2024-03-09 . ^ "HawkinsRails - Southern Appalachia Railway Museum Diesels" . hawkinsrails.net . Retrieved 2024-03-09 . ^ "PNLX 7436" . www.rrpicturearchives.net . Retrieved 2024-03-09 . Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide . Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing . ISBN   978-0-89024-026-7 . Thompson, J. David. EMD SD35 and related models Original Owners . Retrieved on August 27, 2006 External links [ edit ] [REDACTED] Media related to EMD SD35 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons v t e Road switchers built by GM-EMD Four-axle road switchers BL1 BL2 BL20-2 GP7, GP7B GP9, GP9B GP15-1 GP15AC GP15T GP15D GP18 GP20 GP20D GP22ECO GP28 GP30, GP30B GP35 GP38 GP38AC GP38-2/38-2L/38-2W GP38H-3 GP39 GP39DC GP39X GP39-2 GP40 GP40X GP40-2 GP40P GP40P-2 GP40TC GP49 GP50 GP59 GP60, GP60B, GP60M Six-axle road switchers SD7 SD9 SD18 SD22ECO SD24 SD28 SD30C-ECO SD32ECO SD35 SDP35 SD38/SD38M/SDP38 SD38AC SD38-2 SD39 SDL39 SD40 SD40X SD40A SD40-2 SD40-2W SD40T-2 SD40-2S SDP40 SDP40F SD45 SD45X SD45-2 SD45T-2 SDP45 SD50 SD50F SD60 SD60F SD60I SD60M SD70 SD70I SD70M SD70MAC SD70M-2 SD70ACe SD75M/SD75I SD80MAC SD89MAC SD90MAC Eight-axle road switchers DD35 DD35A DDA40X DDM45 SD70ACe-BB See also: List of EMD locomotives Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EMD_SD35&oldid=1253291999 " Categories : Electro-Motive Division locomotives C-C locomotives Diesel–electric locomotives of

460-481: The Silver Meteor , the ACL launched its first streamlined train, the all-coach Champion . ACL invested heavily in its passenger fleet after World War II but passenger revenue fell from $ 28.5 million in 1946 to $ 14.1 million in 1959. Until its 1967 merger the railroad continued to maintain and improve its passenger service, even replacing old stations with new. All of ACL's New York - Florida trains ran on

506-479: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and Norfolk and Western Railway proposed in 1965 sought to counter the impending PRR merger with New York Central Railroad merger was to have included CNJ, but the bankruptcy of Penn Central Transportation Company killed that prospect. CNJ drafted elaborate plans for reorganization; they came to naught as neighboring railroads collapsed. Conrail took over freight operations of

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552-745: The Civil War , and operated them as a network of independent companies. In 1897–98, most of the South Carolina lines in Walters' system were consolidated under the name of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of South Carolina. In 1898, as the companies moved towards combining themselves into a single system, the lines in Virginia were combined into the new Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of Virginia, and

598-740: The Delaware River west of Bridgeton, New Jersey in 1871. The NJS came under control of the CNJ in 1879. CNJ's influence briefly extended across the Delaware River in the form of the Baltimore & Delaware Bay Railroad, from Bombay Hook, Delaware , east of Townsend , to Chestertown, Maryland . That line became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) family in 1901. CNJ's lines in Pennsylvania were built by

644-582: The Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company as the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad (L&S). The main line was completed between Phillipsburg, New Jersey and Wilkes-Barre in 1866. A notable feature of the line was the Ashley Planes , a steep stretch of line (maximum grade was 14.65%) operated by cables driven by stationary engines, which remained in service until after World War II (WWII). CNJ leased

690-882: The Pennsylvania Railroad north of Washington, D. C., then via the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad from Washington to Richmond. Tampa/St. Petersburg trains used ACL rails south of Richmond all the way to their destinations. Trains for Miami ran on the Florida East Coast Railway from Jacksonville to Miami, but after passenger service on the FEC effectively ended with a long-lasting strike in 1963, ACL transferred its Miami-bound trains to Seaboard rails at Auburndale, Florida . New York-Florida routes: Midwest-Florida routes: Other routes: In Preston Sturges' 1942 comedy The Palm Beach Story , main character Gerry Jeffers ( Claudette Colbert ) boards

736-643: The Petersburg Railroad between Petersburg, Virginia , and a point near Weldon, North Carolina , founded in 1830. A route between Richmond, Virginia , and Petersburg was built by the Richmond & Petersburg Railroad , which was founded in 1836. In 1840 the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad , at the time known as the Wilmington and Raleigh and renamed in 1855, completed a route between Weldon and Wilmington, North Carolina . From Wilmington,

782-469: The Richmond and Petersburg Railroad formally merged, and two years later the combined company took control of the ACL's routes south of Virginia and the Norfolk and Carolina Railroad , which operated from Norfolk, Virginia to Tarboro, North Carolina . These mergers created an ACL system reaching from southern Virginia to South Carolina and Georgia. Other small acquisitions took place in 1901, and in 1902

828-675: The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad . Much of the original ACL network has been part of CSX Transportation since 1986. The Atlantic Coast Line served the Southeast , with a concentration of lines in Florida. Numerous named passenger trains were operated by the railroad for Florida-bound tourists, with the Atlantic Coast Line contributing significantly to Florida's economic development in the first half of

874-553: The Wilmington and Manchester Railroad began operations in 1853 to Florence, South Carolina , where the Northeastern Railroad operated to Charleston, South Carolina . In 1871, the W&;W and the W&M (renamed the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta) began using the Atlantic Coast Line name to advertise the two lines. An investor from Baltimore, William T. Walters , gained control of these separate railroads after

920-644: The 12-mile extension to Hookerton was abandoned in 1933. The ACL's last major acquisition was the Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad , which it purchased in 1927, though the AB&;C was not merged into the ACL until 1945. Upon the formal incorporation of the ACL in 1900, an assessment was made of its repair and maintenance facilities. The oldest inherited shop site was at Wilmington, North Carolina , which dated to 1840. The shops in Florence, South Carolina were

966-402: The 20th century. At the end of 1925, ACL operated 4,924 miles of road, not including its flock of subsidiaries; after some merging, mileage at the end of 1960 was 5,570 not including A&WP, CN&L, East Carolina, Georgia, Rockingham, and V&CS. In 1960, ACL reported 10,623 million net ton-miles of revenue freight and 490 million passenger-miles. The earliest predecessor of the ACL was

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1012-474: The ACL handled mostly seasonal agricultural products, but by World War II its freight traffic had become more diverse. During the 1950s, around 44% of all freight traffic consisted of manufactured and miscellaneous items, while bulk traffic like coal and phosphates also expanded during this time. During the 1950s, the ACL acquired some 13,000 new freight cars, to be used on high-speed trains offering reduced running times compared to earlier equipment. This allowed

1058-671: The ACL took over the Plant System , which operated numerous lines within Florida and Georgia. This same year the ACL took control of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad as well as the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway , though the two were never merged into the ACL and were operated independently. The ACL acquired the East Carolina Railway in 1935, running south from Tarboro to Hookerton , although

1104-563: The CNJ on April 1, 1976; with passenger routes transferred to the New Jersey Department of Transportation including the present New Jersey Transit North Jersey Coast Line and Raritan Valley Line . In 1961, the Lehigh and New England Railroad was abandoned, and CNJ acquired a few of its branches and organized them as the Lehigh and New England Railroad . In 1963, Lehigh Coal & Navigation sold its railroad properties to

1150-579: The CNJ was leased to and operated by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad , with which it formed a New York-Philadelphia route. CNJ resumed its own management after reorganization in 1887. The primary rolling stock repair shops were located in Elizabethport, New Jersey along Trumbull Avenue. In 1901 the original shops were razed and new, concrete shops took their place, capable of servicing 430 locomotives and 20,000 freight cars annually. With

1196-744: The L&;S in 1871. The line was extended to Scranton in 1888 by a subsidiary of the L&S, the Wilkes-Barre & Scranton; L&S leased the line upon completion and assigned the lease to the CNJ. The bulk of the traffic on the Pennsylvania lines was anthracite coal, much of it produced by subsidiaries of the railroad, until the Commodities Clause of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1920 forbade railroads to haul freight in which they had an interest. From 1883 to 1887,

1242-672: The RDG, but the lease to the CNJ continued. In 1964, the state of New Jersey began subsidizing commuter service, and the tax situation changed in 1967. In 1965, CNJ and the Lehigh Valley Railroad consolidated their lines along the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania and portions of each railroad's line were abandoned; the commercial anthracite traffic that had supported both railroads had largely disappeared. CNJ operations in Pennsylvania ended March 31, 1972. CNJ maintained

1288-486: The RDG. B&O also used CNJ tracks for the final approach to Jersey City. CNJ operated several named trains, most of which were interstate operations: Several non-CNJ trains operated over CNJ trackage north of Bound Brook, New Jersey to the Jersey City terminal: To celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2012, Norfolk Southern painted 20 new locomotives with predecessor schemes. NS #1071, an EMD SD70ACe locomotive,

1334-617: The United States Railway locomotives introduced in 1964 Freight locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of the United States Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles needing additional references from August 2021 All articles needing additional references Commons category link is on Wikidata Central Railroad of New Jersey The CNJ's main line had

1380-535: The bay into Bayonne, and north to the Jersey City terminus. It had used a succession of bridges over the years, the last being Newark Bay Bridge , demolished in the 1980s. From Elizabethport, trains went to different corridors. One headed towards Elizabeth and Plainfield and points west and southwest. The second went south towards Perth Amboy and today's North Jersey Coast Line and different southern New Jersey destinations. CNJ operated several trains into Pennsylvania and other points west or south, in association with

1426-594: The fast-emerging military industry in the Southeast. In 1942, Champion McDowell Davis (nicknamed "Champ") became president of the ACL after starting with the railroad in the 1890s as a messenger boy. He immediately began an improvement program that finished in the mid-1950s, including the rebuilding of several hundred miles of track, the installation of modern signaling systems and improvements to freight yards . The railroad spent at least $ 268 million in upgrading its physical plant during this period. On June 30, 1955,

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1472-532: The last link of the new " Perry Cutoff ". This created a more direct route between Chicago and Florida's west coast and bypassing Jacksonville, one which passed through Macon, Albany, and Thomasville, the route followed by ACL's passenger train Southland from December 1928 to 1957 when it was rerouted to Jacksonville. During the Great Depression ACL's freight traffic declined by around 60%, but

1518-493: The lines in North Carolina underwent a similar process in 1899, becoming the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company of North Carolina. In 1899 or 1900, due to a regulatory climate in Virginia that was better suited to the company than that in other states, the ACL of Virginia took control of the other lines and subsequently shortened its name to the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company. In 1898, Petersburg Railroad and

1564-608: The merger was approved by shareholders of both railroads. In 1963, a merger between the two companies was approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission , however, petitions for reconsideration were filed leading to a court decision to remand the approval of the merger on May 13, 1965, citing the Clayton Antitrust Act . Following another round of court decisions in 1966, the merger was allowed to proceed, and did so on July 1, 1967. The result

1610-421: The move from Wilmington completed over the following weeks. As early as October 1958 the ACL and competitor Seaboard Air Line Railroad had discussed the possibility of a merger, initiating extensive studies on the potential unified system. The results showed that the merger could save considerable money through savings incurred and reduced expenditures to the amount of $ 38 million annually. On August 18, 1960,

1656-608: The primary freight and passenger yards at Jersey City, New Jersey opposite Manhattan, a terminal and shop site was also needed in the Communipaw neighborhood. This facility was modernized in 1914 and included two roundhouses and light repair shops. In 1901, the Reading Company (RDG), successor to the Philadelphia & Reading, acquired control of the CNJ through purchase of a majority of its stock, and at about

1702-458: The railroad retired its last steam locomotive. In 1956 the railroad moved its headquarters, which had been sited at and adjacent to Wilmington, North Carolina's Union Station to Jacksonville, Florida . Jacksonville was selected from three candidate cities, the other two being Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina . Construction of the new office complex was finished in July 1960, with

1748-553: The railroad survived the 1930s without declaring bankruptcy; its success in this regard has been attributed to its leadership and careful financial practices, as well as owning the Louisville and Nashville, which remained strong through the Depression. During World War II ACL's passenger traffic increased 200% and freight traffic 150%. The railroad provided a submarine-proof alternative to coastal shipping, and it also served

1794-627: The railroad to remain competitive in the face of competition from the Interstate highway system . The ACL's passenger traffic consisted almost entirely of Florida-bound traffic, largely from the Northeast, but also from the Midwest via trains that were operated by multiple railroads and handled by the ACL at their southern ends. In 1939, in response to the Seaboard's popular new streamliner,

1840-724: The railroad was extended west, reaching Somerville at the beginning of 1842. The Somerville and Easton Railroad was incorporated in 1847 and began building westward. In 1849, it purchased the Elizabethtown & Somerville and adopted a new name: Central Railroad Company of New Jersey. The line reached Phillipsburg , on the east bank of the Delaware River , in 1852. It was extended east across Newark Bay to Jersey City in 1864, and it gradually acquired branches to Flemington , Newark , Perth Amboy , Chester , and Wharton . The New Jersey Southern (NJS) began construction in 1860 at Port Monmouth . The railroad worked its way southwest across lower New Jersey and reached Bayside, New Jersey, on

1886-487: The same time Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) acquired control of the RDG, gaining access to New York over RDG and CNJ rails. In 1929, CNJ inaugurated the Blue Comet , a deluxe coach train operating twice daily between Jersey City and Atlantic City . It was painted blue from the pilot of its 4-6-2 to the rear bulkhead of its observation car, and its refurbished cars offered a level of comfort much higher than

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1932-723: The terminal itself; the next day CNJ passenger trains began originating and terminating at the PRR station in Newark via the Aldene Connection , where New York City passengers could transfer to either PRR or Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) trains. In 1979, CNJ emerged from bankruptcy as Central Jersey Industries, later renamed CJI Industries. In 1986, it merged with the packaging company Triangle Industries, owned by Nelson Peltz . CNJ had its northeastern terminus at Elizabethport, New Jersey. In 1864 CNJ extended its railroad across

1978-552: The usual day coach of the era. The train was the forerunner of the coach streamliners that blossomed nationwide in the late 1930s and the 1940s. It succumbed to automobile competition in 1941. Also in 1929 CNJ purchased a 30 percent interest in the Raritan River Railroad , a 12-mile (19 km) short line from South Amboy to New Brunswick. In 1931 it acquired total ownership of the Wharton & Northern Railroad and

2024-653: Was made, if any. In addition, heavy taxes levied by the state of New Jersey ate up much of CNJ's revenue. In 1946, the lines in Pennsylvania were organized as the Central Railroad of Pennsylvania (CRP) in an effort to escape taxation by the state of New Jersey. CNJ resumed its own operation of the Pennsylvania lines at the end of 1952. The CRP continued in existence as owner of the Easton & Western, four miles of track in Easton, Pennsylvania . The merger between

2070-498: Was painted with the CNJ orange and blue. In 2019, NJ Transit painted locomotive 4109 in a heritage scheme based on that of the CNJ GP40P. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad ( reporting mark ACL ) was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form

2116-636: Was the creation of the Seaboard Coast Line . The backbone of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was its main line, which ran nearly 900 miles from Richmond, Virginia to just south of Tampa, Florida . By 1952, the company operated over 5,000 miles of track including the main line and numerous secondary lines and branch lines. The network extended as far west as Birmingham, Alabama and as far south as Everglades City, Florida at its height. During its early years,

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