The Delmarva Central Railroad Company (DCR), a subsidiary of Carload Express Inc. (CEI), has filed with the federal Surface Transportation Board to lease and operate 260 km of rail line in Delaware and Maryland. Pending Surface Transportation Board approval, DCR expects to begin operations in December 2016.
The line is owned and currently operated by Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC). It runs from near Porter, Delaware (south of Wilmington), south to Pocomoke City, Maryland; and from Harrington, Delaware, to Frankford, Delaware.
DCR will be managed locally from offices in Harrington, Delaware. DCR will become the fourth shortline railroad operated by Carload Express, joining Allegheny Valley, Southwest Pennsylvania and Ohio Terminal Railroads. Carload recently purchased 17 additional locomotives to support operations and future company expansion, bringing the company’s fleet to 46 locomotives.
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