was originally owned by the Central Railroad of New Jersey and was once part of the route of the famed Blue Comet. South of Woodmansie the tracks are abandoned leaving no connection from the south. Neither CMSL, their subsidiary NJSL or Clayton Sand Co. have released any information on the current or future plans for the line and if or when operation may begin. Lines Richland- Tuckahoe Station, Tuckahoe Rio Grande Station, Rio Grande - Cape May Current Service The Seashore Lines currently operates excursion trains on 15 miles of Conrail's Beesley's Point Secondary between Tuckahoe and Richland. Current passenger train operations include the Valentine’s Express, St. Patrick’s Express, Easter Bunny Express, Ice Cream Express, and the Santa Express service. Train sets primarily consist of the railroad's two GP38 diesel locomotives and six passenger cars. The Seashore Lines operates occasional passenger excursions for the Buena Vista Township / Richland Village Festival, as well as the Annual Tuckahoe Transportation Heritage Festival. Freight Service Expansion In November, 2021, the Seashore Lines filed with the Surface Transportation Board to operate freight rail service on the former Conrail Beesley's Point Secondary Track between Winslow and Palermo, a distance of approximately 30 miles. Service began in February of 2022. 2012 vandalism On March 1, 2012, the Seashore Lines received a telephone call from the New Jersey State Police, advising them that theft of track material had occurred on their Cape May Branch in Dennisville. This is the Seashore Lines’ main line between Tuckahoe and Cape May City. The investigating trooper informed them that several individuals associated with the theft had been arrested and charged with indictable offenses. Arrested on Monday, March 5, were a father and son team from the Villas section of Lower Township, New Jersey, along with a third individual from Rio Grande. Several days later, Macrie and two Seashore Lines employees conducted a detailed track inspection of the entire area of the theft, which consisted primarily of the removal of tie plates and spikes. This inspection concluded that the area of the theft encompassed approximately 6,800 feet (1 1/4 miles), or 75 percent of the total number of tie plates and spikes in that particular section of track. In their actions to remove the tie plates and spikes, the perpetrators also damaged and destroyed numerous cross ties. Excursion trains did not run during the summer of 2012 due to the damage from