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 operation1994present
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
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Website www.smsrail.com

SMS Rail Lines( reporting mark SLRS) is a shortline railroad based at Pureland Industrial Park in Bridgeport, New Jersey. The company handles all freight car delivery to businesses located within the industrial park. It also operates lines in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and Guilderland, New York. Guilderland-based operations operate as SMS Rail Lines of New York, LLC( reporting mark SNY). SMS maintains many locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. SMS provides chemical off-loading equipment and transload facilities to enable businesses to receive rail freight traffic. The company also operates the Woodstown Central Railroad, a tourist railroad based out of Woodstown, New Jersey.

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Operations

In the Delaware Valley, SMS Rail Lines operates both industrial park switching operations [1] and a county controlled rail line. [2]

In Guilderland, New York, SMS Rail Lines of New York, LLC serves the Northeastern Industrial Park, interchanging with CSX Transportation at Guilderland Center, NY and Norfolk Southern at Delanson, NY. [4]

History

SMS Rail Lines began operating in the Philadelphia area in June 1994. [5] In November 2006, the railroad began operations in Albany, New York. [6] The company plans to begin passenger excursions out of Pilesgrove Township, New Jersey by 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

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]

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References

  1. "Pennsylvania and New Jersey Locations". SMS Rail Lines. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  2. "Federal Register :: Request Access".
  3. "Woodstown Central Excursions".
  4. "New York Locations". SMS Rail Lines. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  5. "History Pennsylvania & New Jersey". SMS Rail Lines. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  6. "History New York". SMS Rail Lines. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
  7. "SMS Rail Services plans passenger excursions on new trackage". Trains.com. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  8. "History of the rail line that became the "Woodstown Central"". Woodstown Central Railroad. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  9. "Switching Management Services". Tim Darnell. Retrieved March 5, 2021.