SMS Rail Lines is a shortline railroad based at Pureland Industrial Park in
Bridgeport, New Jersey
Bridgeport is a census-designated place{ (CDP) and unincorporated community that is part of Logan Township, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 United States census, the population of the CDP was 389. in the 20 ...
. 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 . SMS maintains many locomotives built by the
Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railroad locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located in Philadelphia, it moved to nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania, in the early 20th century. The company was for decades t ...
. SMS provides chemical off-loading equipment and
transload
Transloading, also known as cross-docking, is the process of transferring a shipment from one mode of transportation to another. It is most commonly employed when one mode cannot be used for the entire trip, such as when goods must be shipped in ...
facilities to enable businesses to receive rail freight traffic.
Operations
In the
Delaware Valley
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, SMS Rail Lines operates both industrial park switching operations and a county controlled rail line.
*Morrisville – Serves the Penn Warner Industrial Park in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, with access to the Conrail Shared Assets Operations
Morrisville Yard
Morrisville Yard is a rail yard used by New Jersey Transit rail operations for trains on its Northeast Corridor Line. It is located about two miles west of the New Jersey state capital, Trenton, in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, and is accessible via ...
*Pureland – Serves the
Pureland Industrial Complex
Pureland Industrial Complex is a industrial park located in Logan Township in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States. It borders the Delaware River and Raccoon Creek, and is located south of the ports of Camden and Philadelphia. Inte ...
Penns Grove Secondary
Penns Grove Secondary is a rail freight line in the Delaware Valley in the southwestern part of New Jersey. Part of Conrail's South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets it runs for approximately between its it southern terminus at Penns Grove a ...
*Westville – Serves the Sunoco Logistics Eagle Point terminal in Westville, New Jersey, interchanging with Conrail Shared Assets Operations.
*Salem - Serves the Salem County Short Line between Salem, New Jersey, Woodstown, New Jersey, and
Swedesboro, New Jersey
Swedesboro is a borough in Gloucester County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the borough's population was 2,584,Southern Railroad of New Jersey.
In Guilderland, New York, SMS Rail Lines of New York, LLC serves the Northeastern Industrial Park, interchanging with
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
area in June 1994. In November 2006, the railroad began operations in Albany, New York. The company plans to begin passenger excursions out of Pilesgrove Township, New Jersey by the end of 2022.
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.
*ALCO
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0-6-0
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steam
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diesel
Diesel may refer to:
* Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression
* Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines
* Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engin ...
S-12 S12 may refer to:
Aviation
* Albany Municipal Airport (Oregon), in Linn County, Oregon, United States
* Letov Š-12, a Czechoslovakian prototype fighter aircraft
* Rans S-12 Airaile, an American civil utility aircraft
* SABCA S.XII, a Belgian pas ...