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.