List of Delaware railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Delaware.
Common freight carriers
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations
- CSX Transportation (CSXT)
- Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR)
- East Penn Railroad (ESPN)
- Maryland and Delaware Railroad (MDDE)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wilmington and Western Railroad (WWRC)
- Lehigh Eastern RailRoad (LHEN)
Passenger carriers
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- SEPTA: Wilmington/Newark Line
- Wilmington and Western Railroad (WWRC)
- Delaware Valley RailRoad (DVRR)
Defunct railroads
Name | Mark | System[nb 1] | From | To | Successor | Notes |
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Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad | PRR | 1881 | 1902 | Delaware Railroad | ||
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | B&O, BO | B&O | 1886 | 1987 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | |
Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad | B&O | 1883 | 1989 | CSX Transportation | ||
Brandywine Valley Railroad | BVRY | 1999 | 2005 | East Penn Railways | ||
Breakwater and Frankford Railroad | PRR | 1873 | 1883 | Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad | ||
Cambridge and Seaford Railroad | PRR | 1882 | 1899 | Delaware Railroad | ||
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | CO | 1987 | 1987 | CSX Transportation | ||
Consolidated Rail Corporation | CR | 1976 | 1999 | CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
Delaware Railroad | PRR | 1836 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Delaware and Chesapeake Railway | PRR | 1877 | 1899 | Delaware Railroad | ||
Delaware and Chester County Railroad | B&O | 1867 | 1869 | Wilmington and Western Railroad | ||
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad | PRR | 1883 | 1956 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Delaware and Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | 1857 | 1873 | Pennsylvania and Delaware Railway | ||
Delaware and Pennsylvania State Line Railroad | RDG | 1865 | 1866 | Wilmington and Reading Railroad | ||
Delaware Coast Line Railroad | DCLR | 1982 | 2018 | Delmarva Central Railroad | ||
Delaware Valley Railway | DV | 1994 | 1999 | Brandywine Valley Railroad | ||
Delaware Western Railroad | B&O | 1877 | 1883 | Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad | ||
Dorchester and Delaware Railroad | PRR | 1867 | 1883 | Cambridge and Seaford Railroad | ||
East Penn Railways | EPRY | 2005 | 2007 | East Penn Railroad | ||
Junction and Breakwater Railroad | PRR | 1857 | 1883 | Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad | ||
Kent County and Delaware Bay Railroad[1] | ||||||
Lewes and Millsboro Railroad | PRR | 1835 | 1873 | Breakwater and Frankford Railroad | ||
Maryland and Delaware Railroad | PRR | 1857 | 1877 | Delaware and Chesapeake Railway | ||
Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway | PRR | 1924 | 1932 | Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad | ||
Maryland and Delaware Seacoast Railroad | PRR | 1932 | 1935 | Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad | ||
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad | PRR | 1905 | 1905 | Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway | ||
Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway | PRR | 1905 | 1923 | Maryland and Delaware Coast Railway | ||
New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company | PRR | 1828 | 1877 | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | ||
New Castle Turnpike and Railroad Company | PRR | 1829 | 1830 | New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company | ||
New Castle and Wilmington Railroad | PRR | 1839 | 1877 | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | ||
Newark and Delaware City Railroad | PRR | 1880 | 1881 | Pomeroy and Newark Railroad | ||
Octoraro Railway | OCTR | 1977 | 1994 | Delaware Valley Railway | ||
Penn Central Transportation Company | PC | 1968 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Pennsylvania Railroad | PRR | PRR | 1918 | 1968 | Penn Central Transportation Company | |
Pennsylvania and Delaware Railway | PRR | 1873 | 1879 | Newark and Delaware City Railroad | ||
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | PRR | 1902 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Philadelphia and Reading Railway | P&R | RDG | 1900 | 1924 | Reading Company | |
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | PRR | 1838 | 1902 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Pomeroy and Newark Railroad | PRR | 1881 | 1917 | Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad | ||
Queen Anne's Railroad | PRR | 1895 | 1905 | Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railroad | ||
Reading Company | RDG | RDG | 1924 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | |
Smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad | PRR | 1865 | 1902 | N/A | ||
Wilmington and Brandywine Railroad | RDG | 1861 | 1865 | Delaware and Pennsylvania State Line Railroad | ||
Wilmington and Northern Railroad | RDG | 1877 | 1976 | Consolidated Rail Corporation | ||
Wilmington and Reading Railroad | RDG | 1866 | 1876 | Wilmington and Northern Railroad | ||
Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad | PRR | 1832 | 1838 | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad | ||
Wilmington and Western Railroad | B&O | 1869 | 1877 | Delaware Western Railroad |
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Notes
- This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.
References
- "Peninsular Resorts". The Morning News(Wilmington, Delaware). May 19, 1880.
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