List of railroad lines in the Delmarva Peninsula


This is a list of all freight railroad lines that have been built in the Delmarva Peninsula south of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, and does not deal with ownership changes from one company to another. The lines are named by the first company to build them. Unless noted, each railroad eventually became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system.
NameFromToNotesOpened
Baltimore and Eastern Shore RailroadSalisburyClaiborne1890
Breakwater and Frankford RailroadGeorgetownDelaware/Maryland state line1874
Cape Charles RailroadCape JunctionTownsend1910
Cape Charles RailroadTownsendKiptopeke1912
Delaware RailroadRodneySeafordca. 1856
Delaware RailroadSeafordDelaware/Maryland state line1859
Delaware RailroadSeafordDelaware/Maryland state lineDorchester Branchca. 1868
Delaware RailroadClaytonSmyrnaSmyrna Branch1866
Delaware RailroadTownsendMasseyTownsend Branchca. 1869
Delaware and Pennsylvania RailroadNewarkDelaware Cityca. 1873
Dorchester and Delaware RailroadDelaware/Maryland state lineCambridgeca. 1869
Eastern Shore RailroadDelaware/Maryland state lineSalisbury1860
Eastern Shore RailroadSalisburyCrisfield1866
Junction and Breakwater RailroadHarringtonLewesca. 1869
Junction and Breakwater RailroadLewesRehoboth Beach1878
Kent County Rail RoadDelaware/Maryland state lineMasseyAbandoned 1902 upon acquisition by PRR1873
Kent County Rail RoadMasseyKennedyville1870
Kent County Rail RoadKennedyvilleChestertown1872
Kent County Rail RoadChestertownParsonsBranch abandoned in 1873 1872
Kent County Rail RoadWortonParsonsBranch abandoned in 19101873
Kent County Rail RoadParsonsNicholsonBranch abandoned in 19101877
Maryland and Delaware RailroadClaytonOxfordca. 1870
New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail RoadNew CastleOld Frenchtown WharfAbandoned west of Rodney in 18591831
New Castle and Wilmington RailroadWilmingtonNew Castleca. 1852
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk RailroadPocomokeCape Charlesca. 1885
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroadsouth of WilmingtonNew CastleNew Castle Cut-Offca. 1888
Queen Anne's RailroadLewesLove Pointca. 1902
Queen Anne's RailroadQueenstownCentrevilleCentreville Branchca. 1902
Queen Anne and Kent RailroadMasseyCentreville1869
Smyrna and Delaware Bay RailroadPierson's CoveDelaware/Maryland state lineAbandoned 1902 upon acquisition by PRR1873
Wicomico and Pocomoke RailroadSalisburyBerlin1868
Wicomico and Pocomoke RailroadBerlinOcean City1876
Worcester Rail RoadDelaware/Maryland state lineFranklin City1876
Worcester and Somerset RailroadKings CreekPocomokeca. 1873