Class III short-line railroad in Maryland and Delaware, United States
Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company
Overview
Headquarters
Federalsburg, Maryland
Reporting mark
MDDE
Locale
Delaware and Eastern Maryland, United States
Dates of operation
1977–
Technical
Track gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length
120 miles
Other
Website
www.mdde.com
Historic train station in Federalsburg, Maryland, restored as headquarters of Maryland and Delaware Railroad
The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company (reporting mark MDDE) is a Class III short-line railroad, formed in 1977 to operate several branch lines of the former Penn Central Railroad in both Maryland and Delaware, United States. These branches were omitted from the system plan for Conrail in 1976 and would have been discontinued without state subsidies. As an alternative to the higher cost of subsidizing Conrail as the operator of the branch lines, the Maryland and Delaware governments selected the Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company (MDDE) to serve as the designated operator.[1][2]
The railroad did not own any of the track it uses until 2000 when it acquired a line between Frankford, Delaware and Snow Hill, Maryland,[3] from the Snow Hill Shippers Association. Today, the railroad operates on 92 miles of track and runs out of a restored station in Federalsburg, Maryland. The new engine house in Massey, MD, was opened in the fall of 2019.[1][4]
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^Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (June 10, 2010). "Facts & Stats: Freight Rail". State of Maryland. Archived from the original on June 16, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^Williams, Vernon A. (February 16, 2000). "Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company-Acquisition Exemption-Snow Hill Shippers Association, Inc". federalregister.gov. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board. p. 9306. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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