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The Belvidere & Delaware River Railway Company (reporting mark BDRV) also known as Delaware River Railroad or Bel-Del, is a class III railroad in the United States. [1] It was formed in 1995 when the Conrail Delaware Secondary line was purchased by the Black River Railroad System, which operates several railroad services in western New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
The Belvidere-Delaware Railroad was chartered on March 2, 1836 and was constructed between 1850 and 1855 from Trenton along the Delaware River north to Belvidere, New Jersey. The Trenton- Lambertville section opened on February 6, 1851, eventually reaching Belvidere on November 5, 1855.
The Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad (M&H) uses both steam and diesel locomotives for passenger excursions. Coaches are 1920s-vintage Delaware, Lackawanna & Western High-Roof MU Trailers . Passengers board at the 1891-era freight station in Middletown for an 11-mile (18 km) round-trip excursion along the Swatara Creek and Union Canal ; a ...
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 ...
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.
The railroad was purchased from the estate of EL by the Lackawaxen-Honesdale Shippers Association (LHSA) in 1977, with operation contracted to DO. In 1979, the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce launched seasonal passenger excursion service on the LASB, and DO briefly utilized some Auto-Train dome cars for the excursion trains. [7]
The Delaware and Hudson Railway (D&H) (reporting mark DH) is a railroad that operates in the Northeastern United States.In 1991, after more than 150 years as an independent railroad, the D&H was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).
The Delaware–Lackawanna Railroad runs a short-line freight service on the line. Scranton is also the home of Steamtown National Historic Site. Some tourist excursions from Scranton (less than 50 highway miles away) to Stroudsburg also use the remaining track. Crossing signals have been upgraded to meet current standards.