Bay Coast Railroad
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Cape Charles, Virginia |
| Reporting mark | BCR |
| Locale | Norfolk, Virginia to Pocomoke City, Maryland |
| Dates of operation | 2006–2018 |
| Predecessor | Eastern Shore Railroad |
| Successor | Delmarva Central Railroad and Buckingham Branch Railroad |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 70 miles (110 km) |
| Other | |
| Website | http://baycoastrailroad.com |
The Bay Coast Railroad (reporting mark BCR) was a Class III short-line railroad that ran trains on the 96-mile (154 km) former New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad line on the Delmarva Peninsula between Pocomoke City, Maryland, and Norfolk, Virginia, interchanging with the Norfolk Southern Railway (NSR) at both ends. It took over from the Eastern Shore Railroad (ESHR) in 2006. It ceased operations on the Delmarva line around 2012 and leased part of the line to Delmarva Central Railroad in 2016. In 2018 it filed to cease operations entirely, handed operations of the Delmarva line from Pocomoke City, MD to Hallwood, VA to the Delmarva Central Railroad (DCR), handing Little Creek-Norfolk operations to the Buckingham Branch Railroad and abandoning the line from Hallwood to Cape Charles, VA.