New Castle County, Delaware

 

City

Railroad

Current Location

Type

Current Use

Date Built

Track Status

Bldg. Mat.

Current Railroad

Notes

Greenbank

Wilmington & Western (new)

 

C

visitor center/gift shop

1997

in use

wood

Wilmington &Western

Field checked 2008

Greenbank B&O relocated on Greenbank Rd., 2201 Newport Gap Pike C museum 1873 in use wood Wilmington & Western restored depot from Yorklyn, Red Clay Valley Museum, Field checked 2008
Guyencourt W&N relocated to private estate off Guyencourt Rd. C private use   none wood none Field checked 5/05
Hockessin PRR relocated 728 Stonemill Office Park C display   in use wood Wilmington & Western restored depot from Kennedyville, MD, Field checked 2008

Marshallton

W&W

on site

Eh

rr

 

in use

metal 

Wilmington & Western

Field checked 2008

Millside (Wilmington)

PRR

Christiana River

B

rr

 

in use

steel

NS

swing, through truss, Bridge No. 2

Millside (Wilmington)

Reading

Christiana River

B

abandoned

 

gone

steel

none

swing through truss, deck girder approches

Montchanin

W&N

S.R. 100/Rockland

C

business

1889

in use

wood

 

Post Office, offices

Newark

B&O

Main St./Elkton Rd.

P

rr

1945

in use

brick

CSX

 

Newark

B&O

 

M

business

 

in use

brick

CSX

Deer Park tavern, old railroad hotel

Newark

PRR (Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore)

S.R. 896, under S. College Ave. overpass

P

municipal

1877

in use

brick

 

City offices, museum, and Amtrak and Septa stop.

Newbridge

Reading

 

P

residence

 

gone

wood

none

two story

Newbridge Reading on hillside above Brandywine Creek Tn abandoned   gone concrete none built over track to prevent smoke problems

Newport

PRR

on site

C

 

1908

in use

wood

 

?

Rockland Reading Brandywine Creek B abandoned   unused steel none deck girder, stone and concrete piers, wood trestle approach
Wilmington Amtrak Poplar St. at Christiana River O rr 1990s in use brick/glass Amtrak CNOC Centralized National Operations Center

Wilmington

B&O

S. Market/Water St.

P

business 

1888?

gone

brick/wood

none

 

Wilmington

PRR

French St./Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

P

rr

1908

in use

 

Amtrak

under restoration, Amtrak stop, Field checked 12/09

Wilmington

PRR

French/Christiana River

O

business

1905

in use

brick

 

4 1/2 story office building

Wilmington

PRR

Vandever/Bowers

Sh

rr 

 

in use

 

Amtrak

 

Wilmington

PRR

 

B

rr

1902-05

in use

brick/stone

 

3 mile long brick arch viaduct

Wilmington

PRR

Christiana River near I-495

B

unused

 

unused

steel

none

swing, through truss, Bridge No. 2

Wilmington

PRR

Brandywine Creek

B

rr

 

in use

steel

Amtrak

swing, deck girder

Wilmington

PRR

Water/Walnut

M

 

 

in use

brick

 

powerhouse

Wilmington

Peoples Ry.

W. 6th St./N. Webb St.

IPh

business

1901

gone

brick

none

 

Wilmington

Peoples Ry.

W. 6th St./Hawley St.

IO/Sh

business

 

gone

block/wood

none

office and shop complex, two story

Winterthur

W&N

on du Pont estate museum

C

residence

 

in use

wood

 

visiting scholar guest house

Compiled by M.J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

 

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