Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad
Route map of the predecessor Hoboken Shore Road
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Locomotives of the predecessor HMRR around 1930
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| Reporting mark | HBS |
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| Locale | Hoboken |
| Dates of operation | 1954–1978 (predecessor since 1897) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | predecessor 650 V DC till about 1930 |
| Length | 1.411 miles (2.271 km) |
| Headquarters | 1419 Bloomfield St, Hoboken |
Hoboken Shore Railroad (reporting mark HBS), initials HSRR, is a New Jersey railroad which was created around 1954. It took over the activities of the Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad (reporting mark HMR), initials HMRR. This railroad owned only 0.221 miles (0.356 km) of mainline but leased about 1906 the longer route of the Hoboken Shore Road operated since 1897 by the Hoboken Railroad Warehouse and Steamship Connecting Company, initials HRRWH&SSConCo or HRRW&SSCCO.
The 1.4 miles (2.3 km) long route of the HBS run along the Hoboken waterfront, serving as a switching and terminal railroad for all connecting carriers between the Erie yard in Weehawken and the Hoboken Piers and a car float transfer bridge. It used electric operation till the 1930s and was abandoned in 1978, after the demise of the Hoboken Piers and decline of traffic.
In 1784 John Stevens purchased the land of today's city Hoboken from the State of New Jersey. After his death in 1838 his heritage was managed by the Hoboken Land and Improvement Company (HLIC), which held the subsidiary Hoboken Railroad Warehouse and Steamship Connecting Company (HRRWH&SSConCo) founded at September 17, 1895. The railroad began operation as Hoboken Shore Road on September 20, 1897.
In 1902 the Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad (HMR) was incorporated. Its task was to extend the Hoboken Shore Road further South to connect with the DL&W in Jersey City, what never happened. The 1905 incorporated American Warehouse & Trading Company took control of the HMR. The less than a quarter mile long mainline of the HMR run from the end of the Hoboken Shore Road to the 1st Street and was opened about 1906. In the same year the HMR leased the railroad operation from the HRRWH&SSConCo for 99 years.
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