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[[File:Atlantic City & Shore RR 1910.jpg|thumb|Share of the Atlantic City & Shore Railroad Company, issued 6 April 1910]]
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The '''Shore Fast Line''' was an electric [[interurban]] railroad running from [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], to [[Ocean City, New Jersey]], by way of the mainland communities of [[Pleasantville, New Jersey|Pleasantville]], [[Northfield, New Jersey|Northfield]], [[Linwood, New Jersey|Linwood]] and [[Somers Point, New Jersey|Somers Point]]. The line of about {{convert|11|mi}} ran from 1907 until 1948, when a hurricane damaged the viaduct and the [[Streetcars in North America#Decline|decline of trolleys]] meant that the cost to replace it was prohibitive.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Electric Interurban Railways in America|author=George Woodman Hilton|author2=John Fitzgerald Due|page=307|publisher=Stanford University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J2zH-zcuU-MC&dq=%22shore+fast+line%22+ocean+city+railroad+1907+1948&pg=PA307|year=1960|isbn=9780804740142}}</ref><ref>Borgnis, Mervin E. "We Had A Shore Fast Line," 1979 (Exposition Press)({{ISBN|0682494119}}).</ref> The company that operated the Shore Fast Line was called '''''Atlantic City and Shore Railroad'''''.


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The Atlantic City Quakers who helped develop the [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]] [[board game]] named one of the railroad squares for the Shore Fast Line.<ref name=OrbanesQ>{{cite book|last=Orbanes|first=Philip E.|title='Monopoly: the world's most famous game & how it got that way'|year=2006|publisher=Da Capo Press|location=Cambridge, MA|page=[https://archive.org/details/monopoly00phil/page/52 52]|isbn=0-306-81489-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/monopoly00phil/page/52}}</ref> Charles and Olive Todd, who taught the game to [[Charles Darrow]], its eventual patentee, shortened the name on their oilcloth board to ''Short Line''.<ref>Orbanes, ''Monopoly'', p. 53</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Anspach, Ralph | title=The Billion Dollar Monopoly Swindle |edition=Second|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2000|page=132|isbn=0-7388-3139-5|authorlink=Ralph Anspach}}</ref><!--{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}--> It is also possible that the existence of [[short-line railroad]]s, those that operate along short distances, influenced that change.<!--{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}-->
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The '''Shore Fast Line''' was an electric [[interurban]] railroad running from [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], to [[Ocean City, New Jersey]], by way of the mainland communities of Pleasantville, Northfield, Linwood and Somers Point. The line ran from 1907 until 1948.<ref>Borgnis, Mervin E. "We Had A Shore Fast Line," 1979 (Exposition Press)(ISBN 0682494119).</ref> The company that operated the Shore Fast Line was called '''''Atlantic City and Shore Railroad'''''.


Portions of the [[Right-of-way (transportation)|Right-of-way]] running for {{convert|6|mi}} between Pleasantville and Somers Point have been repurposed as the Somers Point Bike Path<ref>Klenk, Steffen. [https://shorelocalnews.com/on-the-move-history-of-south-jersey-railroads/ "On The Move: History of South Jersey Railroads"], Shore Local, March 29, 2018. Accessed March 21, 2023. "The six-mile long Somers Point Bike Path, a six-mile long trail that stretches between Somers Point and Pleasantville, runs along the former Atlantic City and Shore Railroad. This railroad, also known as the Shore Fast Line, operated from 1907 until 1948 and provided service between Atlantic City and Ocean City."</ref>
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The Atlantic City Quakers who helped develop the [[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]] [[board game]] named one of the railroad squares for the Shore Fast Line.<ref name=OrbanesQ>{{cite book|last=Orbanes|first=Philip E.|title='Monopoly: the world's most famous game & how it got that way'|year=2006|publisher=Da Capo Press|location=Cambridge, MA|page=52|isbn=0-306-81489-7}}</ref> Charles and Olive Todd, who taught the game to [[Charles Darrow]], its eventual patentee, shortened the name on their oilcloth board to ''Short Line''.<ref>Orbanes, ''Monopoly'', p. 53</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Anspach, Ralph | title=The Billion Dollar Monopoly Swindle |edition=Second|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|year=2000|page=132|isbn=0-7388-3139-5|authorlink=Ralph Anspach}}</ref> It is also possible that the existence of [[short-line railroad]]s, those that operate along short distances, influenced that change.{{fact|date=September 2016}}

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Scene along Atlantic City and Shore Railroad, between Atlantic City and Ocean City - Terminus at Boardwalk and Eight St. - Ocean City.jpg|Terminus at Boardwalk and Eight Street, Ocean City
Scene along Atlantic City and Shore Railroad, between Atlantic City and Ocean City - Bridge Approaching Ocean City.jpg|Bridge Approaching Ocean City
Scene along Atlantic City and Shore Railroad, between Atlantic City and Ocean City - Northfield Golf Links.jpg|Northfield Golf Links
Scene along Atlantic City and Shore Railroad, between Atlantic City and Ocean City - Pleasantville.jpg|Pleasantville
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==See also==
==See also==
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*[[List of New Jersey street railroads]]
*[[Pennsylvania Railroad]]
*[[Pennsylvania Railroad]]
*[[Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines]]
*[[West Jersey and Seashore Railroad]]
*[[West Jersey and Seashore Railroad]]
*[[P-RSL]]
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*[[List of New Jersey street railroads]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:32, 15 June 2023

Shore Fast Line
Two Mile Trestle across Great Egg Harbor Bay in an early 20th century postcard
Overview
LocaleNew Jersey
Termini
Service
Operator(s)Atlantic City and Shore Railroad
History
Opened1907
Closed1948
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Share of the Atlantic City & Shore Railroad Company, issued 6 April 1910

The Shore Fast Line was an electric interurban railroad running from Atlantic City, New Jersey, to Ocean City, New Jersey, by way of the mainland communities of Pleasantville, Northfield, Linwood and Somers Point. The line of about 11 miles (18 km) ran from 1907 until 1948, when a hurricane damaged the viaduct and the decline of trolleys meant that the cost to replace it was prohibitive.[1][2] The company that operated the Shore Fast Line was called Atlantic City and Shore Railroad.

The Atlantic City Quakers who helped develop the Monopoly board game named one of the railroad squares for the Shore Fast Line.[3] Charles and Olive Todd, who taught the game to Charles Darrow, its eventual patentee, shortened the name on their oilcloth board to Short Line.[4][5] It is also possible that the existence of short-line railroads, those that operate along short distances, influenced that change.

Portions of the Right-of-way running for 6 miles (9.7 km) between Pleasantville and Somers Point have been repurposed as the Somers Point Bike Path[6]

  • Terminus at Boardwalk and Eight Street, Ocean City
    Terminus at Boardwalk and Eight Street, Ocean City
  • Bridge Approaching Ocean City
    Bridge Approaching Ocean City
  • Northfield Golf Links
    Northfield Golf Links
  • Pleasantville
    Pleasantville

See also

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References

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  1. ^ George Woodman Hilton; John Fitzgerald Due (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. p. 307. ISBN 9780804740142.
  2. ^ Borgnis, Mervin E. "We Had A Shore Fast Line," 1979 (Exposition Press)(ISBN 0682494119).
  3. ^ Orbanes, Philip E. (2006). 'Monopoly: the world's most famous game & how it got that way'. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. p. 52. ISBN 0-306-81489-7.
  4. ^ Orbanes, Monopoly, p. 53
  5. ^ Anspach, Ralph (2000). The Billion Dollar Monopoly Swindle (Second ed.). Xlibris Corporation. p. 132. ISBN 0-7388-3139-5.
  6. ^ Klenk, Steffen. "On The Move: History of South Jersey Railroads", Shore Local, March 29, 2018. Accessed March 21, 2023. "The six-mile long Somers Point Bike Path, a six-mile long trail that stretches between Somers Point and Pleasantville, runs along the former Atlantic City and Shore Railroad. This railroad, also known as the Shore Fast Line, operated from 1907 until 1948 and provided service between Atlantic City and Ocean City."
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