Wilmington and Western Railroad

Wilmington and Western Railroad

Overview
Headquarters	Marshallton, Delaware
Wilmington and Western Railroad
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	2201 Newport Gap Pike, Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°44′17″N 75°37′58″W / 39.73806°N 75.63278°W / 39.73806; -75.63278
Area	73 acres (30 ha)
Built	1867 (1867)
Architect	Wilmington & Western Railroad Co.
NRHP reference No.	80000932[1]
Added to NRHP	September 8, 1980
Reporting mark	WWRC
Locale	New Castle County, Delaware, USA
Dates of operation	1872–1877 1966–present
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length	10.2 miles (16.4 km)
Other
Website	wwrr.com

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Legend
DE 41 Hockessin Red Clay Creek DE 82, Yorklyn DE 82 Red Clay Creek, Ashland Red Clay Creek Mt. Cuba Picnic Grove Red Clay Creek Mount Cuba Wooddale Red Clay Creek Red Clay Creek DE 48 Red Clay Creek Faulkland Faulkland Road Red Clay Creek Red Clay Creek Greenbank DE 41 DE 2 Greenbank Marshallton Yard DE 62 Landenberg Junction Philadelphia Subdivision

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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a national historic district in 1980.^[1] Wilmington & Western serves one customer for revenue service, and interchanges with CSX Transportation at Landenberg Junction, Delaware

Wilmington & Western's General Motors Diesel-Electric SW1 locomotive no. 114 is the oldest diesel locomotive in routine scheduled service, having been built in February 1940.^[2]