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The Wilmington and Western Railroad (reporting mark WWRC) is a freight and heritage railroad in northern Delaware, operating over a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) branch line between Wilmington and Hockessin. The 10.2-mile (16.4 km) railroad operates both steam and diesel locomotives.
Wilmington and Western 58 is an 0-6-0 "Switcher" type steam locomotive, built in October 1907 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway, it is preserved and operated by the Wilmington and Western Railroad.
Wilmington and Western 98 is a preserved 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in January 1909 by the American Locomotive Company's Schenectady Works for the Mississippi Central, it is now preserved and operated by the Wilmington and Western Railroad.
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 ...
Landenberg Junction is a railroad junction in Elsmere, New Castle County, Delaware. It situated at the southern end of CSX Transportation 's Philadelphia Subdivision Wilsmere Yard. [ 1 ] The junction is the eastern terminus of the Wilmington and Western Railroad , which originally ran to Landenberg, Pennsylvania .
South Side Extension or South Wilmington Branch. from a junction on the Market Street Branch across the Christina River to Third Street Dock. Served industries on the south side of the river. Landenberg. from Landenberg Junction (at the west end of Wilsmere yard) to Landenberg, Pennsylvania. Later the Wilmington and Western Railroad. Providence
Wilmington and Northern Railroad: Wilmington and Western Railroad: B&O: 1869 1877 Delaware Western Railroad: Wind Gap and Delaware Railroad: LNE: 1880 1904 Lehigh and New England Railroad: Winfield Railroad: 1900 1979 N/A Wrightsville and Gettysburg Railroad: PRR: 1836 1837 Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg Railroad: Wrightsville and York ...
The railroad was conceived in 1836 by John M. Clayton, a former United States senator who obtained a charter from the Delaware General Assembly to serve the Delmarva Peninsula. He was concerned that a proposal in Maryland to build a line along the western side of the peninsula would harm Delaware's economy. Delaware was highly motivated and ...