Atlantic City and Shore Railroad
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 when a hurricane damaged the viaduct and it was not reconstructed.[1][2] The company that operated the Shore Fast Line was called Atlantic City and Shore Railroad.
| Shore Fast Line | |
|---|---|
 Two Mile Trestle across Great Egg Harbour Bay | |
| Overview | |
| Locale | New Jersey |
| Termini | Atlantic City Ocean City |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1907 |
| Closed | 1948 |
| Operator(s) | Atlantic City and Shore Railroad |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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.
Terminus at Boardwalk and Eight Street, Ocean City
Bridge Approaching Ocean City
Northfield Golf Links
Pleasantville
See also
References
- George Woodman Hilton; John Fitzgerald Due (1960). The Electric Interurban Railways in America. Stanford University Press. p. 307.
- Borgnis, Mervin E. "We Had A Shore Fast Line," 1979 (Exposition Press)(ISBN 0682494119).
- 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.
- Orbanes, Monopoly, p. 53
- Anspach, Ralph (2000). The Billion Dollar Monopoly Swindle (Second ed.). Xlibris Corporation. p. 132. ISBN 0-7388-3139-5.