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Coordinates: 40°39′24″N 74°17′37″W / 40.656681°N 74.293492°W / 40.656681; -74.293492
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1970 MTA acquires SIRT Trackages right to SIRailway Corp/Delaware Osegto to carry 1986 ICC ruling no longer a "railroad", but a inteurban rail, not subject to RLA https://www.leagle.com/decision/19881855859f2d99611696

[1] [2]

abondonment 1990 historical resources [3]

Cranford Junction[edit]

A diagram of the Aldene Connection, Cranford Junction, Staten Island Junction, in Cranford and Roselle Park, New Jersey.showing NJ Transit Raritan Valley Line, former Central Railroad of New Jersey Main Line, Staten Island Railway, Conrail Lehigh Line, and the former Rahway Valley Railroad

Cranford Junction is a disused rail junction and no longer extant rail yard in Cranford, New Jersey, U.S. It is just north of Cranford, a New Jersey Tranist railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line. The junction originally connected the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) and the Staten Island Railway (SIR), a division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O).[4] It was originally constructed by the B&O's Baltimore & New York Railway from 1889-1890 with the intention of gaining access to the waterfront of Port of New York and New Jersey[5][6]

From the junction the B&O line ran for approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) through the Union County communities of Roselle Park and Linden, and Elizabeth. Just east of Cranford Junction is Staten Island Junction, a crossing and connection of the SIR and the Lehigh Valley Railroad, now the Conrail Lehigh Line. At Linden, another junction was built with the Pennsylvania Railroad main line, now the Northeast Corridor.[7] The Linden Yard lies west of east of the junction.[8][9] The line then crossed the northwestern corner of Standard Oil’s Linden Refinery (now ConocoPhillips' Linden Terminal/Bayway Refinery). [8][9] At the Arthur Kill, the rail line crossed the New Jersey-New York state line on the Arthur Kill Bridge (predecessor of the 1959 Arthur Kill Bridge) to Staten Island, New York, where it continued as the SIR North Shore Branch and to Saint George Terminal.

On November 1, 1980, Chessie System merged with Seaboard Coast Line Industries to form CSX Corporation. However, the Chessie image continued to be applied to new and re-painted equipment until mid-1986, when CSX introduced its own paint scheme. The B&O and C&O were not legally merged out of existence until 1987, when the company's official successor, CSX Transportation was founded.


The last run on the 12.2 miles (19.6 km) line from Cranford Junction to St. George was April 21, 1992, after which it was abandoned.[10]

In 1994 the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDE) purchased the two sections of line in their respective states.[11]

In 2001, NJDOT, in conjunction with Union County engaged the Morristown and Erie Railway (M&E) to repair the tracks and operate service along the former SIR line between Linden and Cranford.[12] The first M&E train ran on on July 13, 2005.

The intention was that Union County would work to revive freight service on the former Rahway Valley Railroad route from Summit to a connection with the former Staten Island Railway and Conrail at Cranford, New Jersey. The M&E would be the operator of any reactivated Rahway Valley line service from Summit to Cranford. Operation of the Rahway Valley line from Summit to Cranford would allow the M&E to access their operations at the Bayway Refinery in Linden via a more direct connection using trackage rights over the Morris and Essex lines and would provide freight service to customers along the Rahway Valley, which was abandoned in 1992. It would also allow interchange with the recently reactivated Staten Island Railway freight connection to New Jersey.



Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) and CSX Corporation (CSX) acquired Conrail on June 1, 1999, it became a switching and terminal railroad, for its joint owners, known as Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRCX). In 2007, CRCX expanded its North Jersey Shared Assets Area operations to include Staten Island. [13]

Reshaping Conrail in New Jersey http://www.conrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Upgrading-Conrail.pdf

Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRCX) Staten Island Railway line (NOSL) operates at the eastern end of the line from to Staten Island over the Arthur Kill Bridge. The line is part of ExpressRail, which carries intermodal containers and other freight from Arlington Yard and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal. The line, in conjunction with the the Travis Branch, also carries containers from the Staten Island Transfer Station at the site of the former Fresh Kills Landfill.

The bridge was repaired.[14] Conrail 2006[15]

in 2007,https://www.nycedc.com/project/staten-island-railroad-reactivation

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2017-title33-vol1/xml/CFR-2017-title33-vol1-sec117-702.xml
  2. ^ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/04/25/2017-08316/drawbridge-operation-regulation-arthur-kill-staten-island-ny-and-elizabeth-nj
  3. ^ Staten Island Bridges Program, Modernization and Capacity Enhancement Project: Environmental Impact Statement (Report). Vol. 1. United States Coast Guard. 1997.
  4. ^ Staten Island Bridges Program, Modernization and Capacity Enhancement Project: Environmental Impact Statement (Report). Vol. 1. United States Coast Guard. 1997.
  5. ^ Weiser, Eugene (2013), The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Lulu.com, ISBN 9781300633051
  6. ^ Bommer, Edward F. (July 3, 2004). "The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in New Jersey". Jersey Central Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. ^ Bommer, Edward F. (July 3, 2004). "The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in New Jersey". Jersey Central Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
  8. ^ a b "SIRT-Staten Island Rapid Transit". Retrieved March 27, 2009.
  9. ^ a b "Staten Island Rapid Transit Track Profile (circa 1960) Cranford Junction, NJ to Arthur Kill, NY". Retrieved March 27, 2009.
  10. ^ Lewis, Edward A. (1996), American Shortline Railway Guide, Kalmbach Publishing, ISBN 9780890242902
  11. ^ McKinley, James (November 11, 1994). "Restoring the Rails on Staten Island; Plans for Economic Revival Stretch Along 15 Miles of Track". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  12. ^ Marc Pitanza, Marc Pitanza (2015), Staten Island Rapid Transit, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 9781467123389
  13. ^ "Brief History of Consolidated Rail Corporation". Conrail. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  14. ^ http://bridgehunter.com/ny/richmond/bh48599/
  15. ^ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2006/08/25/E6-14035/csx-transportation-inc-norfolk-southern-railway-company-and-consolidated-rail-corporation-joint-use

40°39′24″N 74°17′37″W / 40.656681°N 74.293492°W / 40.656681; -74.293492

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Conrail/Express Rail[edit]

Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRCX) Staten Island Railroad line (NOSL) from to Staten Island over the Arthur Kill Bridge to Cranford runs for approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km)[1] It was originally constructed by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from 1889-1890.[2] Soon after crossing the bridge it junction the Chemical Coast, aka Garden State Secondary. It ends at Cranford Junction, which junctions with the Conrail Lehigh Line, also used by the Raritan Valley Line.



Announced in 2004.[3] Freight service on the western North Shore Railroad right-of-way (ROW) at Howland Hook was revived in 2005.[4] For the first time in 16 years a train crossed the bridge on October 4, 2006, a single locomotive which would take on switching duties.[5] Rail at the marine terminal was reactivated in 2007 with the completion of the single-track Chemical Coast connector.[6][7]

"CASE STUDY: STATEN ISLAND RAILROAD" (PDF). envisionfreight.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

"STATEN ISLAND RAILROAD: CHEMICAL COAST LINE CONNECTOR" (PDF). American Association of Port Authorities. June 14, 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

"Surface Transportation Board Decision Document CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Railway Company, and Consolidated Rail Corporation–Modified Rail Certificate". USDOT Surface Transportation Board. March 19, 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2018. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 47 (help)

40°39′24″N 74°17′37″W / 40.656681°N 74.293492°W / 40.656681; -74.293492

See also[edit]

Announced in 2004.[8] Freight service on the western North Shore Railroad right-of-way (ROW) at Howland Hook was revived in 2005.[9] For the first time in 16 years a train crossed the bridge on October 4, 2006, a single locomotive which would take on switching duties.[10] Rail at the marine terminal was reactivated in 2007 with the completion of the single-track Chemical Coast connector.[11][12]

"CASE STUDY: STATEN ISLAND RAILROAD" (PDF). envisionfreight.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

"STATEN ISLAND RAILROAD: CHEMICAL COAST LINE CONNECTOR" (PDF). American Association of Port Authorities. June 14, 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

"Surface Transportation Board Decision Document CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Railway Company, and Consolidated Rail Corporation–Modified Rail Certificate". USDOT Surface Transportation Board. March 19, 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2018. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 47 (help)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Staten Island Bridges Program, Modernization and Capacity Enhancement Project: Environmental Impact Statement (Report). Vol. 1. United States Coast Guard. 1997.
  2. ^ Bommer, Edward F. (July 3, 2004). "The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in New Jersey". Jersey Central Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. Retrieved March 27, 2009.
  3. ^ "GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES REACTIVATION OF STATEN ISLAND RAILROAD SERVICE" (Press release). PANYNJ. April 22, 2004. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  4. ^ "North Shore Alternatives Analysis Study (NSAA)". MTA. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  5. ^ Young, Deborah (October 5, 2006). "Riding the rails into the port's future". Staten Island Advance.
  6. ^ "STATEN ISLAND RAILROAD: CHEMICAL COAST LINE CONNECTOR" (PDF). American Association of Port Authorities. June 14, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  7. ^ "Mayor Bloomberg Officially Reactivates the Staten Island Railroad" (Press release). City of New York. April 17, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  8. ^ "GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES REACTIVATION OF STATEN ISLAND RAILROAD SERVICE" (Press release). PANYNJ. April 22, 2004. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  9. ^ "North Shore Alternatives Analysis Study (NSAA)". MTA. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  10. ^ Young, Deborah (October 5, 2006). "Riding the rails into the port's future". Staten Island Advance.
  11. ^ "STATEN ISLAND RAILROAD: CHEMICAL COAST LINE CONNECTOR" (PDF). American Association of Port Authorities. June 14, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  12. ^ "Mayor Bloomberg Officially Reactivates the Staten Island Railroad" (Press release). City of New York. April 17, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
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