Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Easton, Maryland |
| Locale | Maryland,Delaware |
| Dates of operation | 1877–1902 |
| Predecessor | Maryland and Delaware Rail Road Company |
| Successor | |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 53.75 miles (86.50 kilometres) |
The Delaware and Chesapeake Railroad (DCRR) was a railroad that ran between Clayton, Delaware and Oxford, Maryland in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century. It was chartered in 1869 to build a new train line across Delaware but used in 1878 as a way to organize a successor to the Maryland and Delaware Rail Road Company (M&D) which had been foreclosed on late 1877.
The line it operated, sometimes called the Oxford Brach continued to operate, at least in part, under an assortment of owners and operators until 1996 when the last train ran. The state of Maryland, which purchased it in 1977, abandoned it in 2006 and railbanked it. Since then, localities have built several small trails on it and more have been proposed.