Delmarva Central Railroad

The Delmarva Central Railroad (reporting mark DCR) is an American short-line railroad owned by Carload Express that operates 161.59 miles (260.05 km) of track on the Delmarva Peninsula in the states of Delaware and Maryland. The railroad operates lines from Porter, Delaware to Pocomoke City, Maryland and from Harrington, Delaware to Frankford, Delaware along with several smaller branches. The DCR interchanges with the Norfolk Southern Railway, the Maryland and Delaware Railroad, the Bay Coast Railroad, and the Delaware Coast Line Railroad. The railroad was created in 2016 to take over the Norfolk Southern Railway lines on the Delmarva Peninsula.

The DCR operates on 161.59 miles (260.05 km) of trackage on the Delmarva Peninsula in the states of Delaware and Maryland. The DCR's main line runs 113.79 miles (183.13 km) from Porter, Delaware south to Pocomoke City, Maryland on the Delmarva Secondary. A branch line runs 39.0 miles (62.8 km) from Harrington, Delaware to Frankford, Delaware on the Indian River Secondary. Smaller lines operated by the DCR include the 0.4-mile (0.64 km) Oxford Industrial Track in Clayton, Delaware, the 2.3-mile (3.7 km) Cambridge Industrial Track in Seaford, Delaware, the 3.65-mile (5.87 km) Willards Industrial Track in Salisbury, Maryland, the 0.65-mile (1.05 km) Mardela Industrial Track in Salisbury, the 0.6-mile (0.97 km) Mill Street Industrial Track in Salisbury, and the 1.2-mile (1.9 km) Crisfield Industrial Track in Kings Creek, Maryland. The DCR interchanges with the Norfolk Southern Railway in Clayton, Delaware and New Castle, Delaware; the Maryland and Delaware Railroad in Townsend, Delaware, Seaford, Delaware, and Frankford, Delaware; the Bay Coast Railroad in Pocomoke City, Maryland; and the Delaware Coast Line Railroad in Ellendale, Delaware and Georgetown, Delaware. The Delmarva Central Railroad operates with EMD GP11 and EMD SD40-2 locomotives. Products carried by the railroad include grain, propane, building materials, and bulk products.