The Landenberg Branch

(Right: The Landenberg Branch ca 1959.)

The Landenberg Branch was part of the original Delaware and Western Railroad, acquired by the B&O to enable it to build through the state of Delaware. The main line of the Philadelphia Subdivision is still in use by CSX Corporation and the Landenberg Branch is now used by the Wilmington and Western Railroad.

The track chart shows the branch from Landenberg Junction to Mill Creek, DE. The rest of the line up to Landenberg, PA was already abandoned by the time this chart was made. (You can learn more about that line here.)

We'll be riding the Wilmington and Western on Friday October 22, 2010 as part of our bus tour of the line between Baltimore, MD and Wilmington, DE.