This is a list of all freight railroad (not streetcar or rapid transit

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

) lines that have been built in the Delmarva Peninsula

Delmarva Peninsula

The Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by most of Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia...

 south of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad

The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad was the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania southwest to Baltimore, Maryland in the 19th and early 20th centuries...

, and does not deal with ownership changes from one company to another. The lines are named by the first company to build them. Unless noted, each railroad eventually became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad

Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad was an American Class I railroad, founded in 1846. Commonly referred to as the "Pennsy", the PRR was headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

 system.

Name	From	To	Branches	Opened	Notes
Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad	Salisbury	Claiborne		1890
Breakwater and Frankford Railroad	Georgetown	Delaware/Maryland state line		1874
Cape Charles Railroad	Cape Junction Cape Junction, Virginia Cape Junction is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.-References:*...	Townsend Townsend, Virginia Townsend is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.-References:*...		1910
	Townsend Townsend, Virginia Townsend is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.-References:*...	Kiptopeke Kiptopeke, Virginia Kiptopeke is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States.-References:*...		1912
Delaware Railroad	Rodney	Seaford		ca. 1856
	Seaford	Delaware/Maryland state line		1859
			Dorchester Branch, Seaford to Delaware/Maryland state line	ca. 1868
			Smyrna Branch, Clayton to Smyrna	1866
			Townsend Branch, Townsend to Massey Massey, Maryland Massey is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States.-References:...	ca. 1869
Delaware and Pennsylvania Railroad	Newark	Delaware City		ca. 1873
Dorchester and Delaware Railroad	Delaware/Maryland state line	Cambridge		ca. 1869
Eastern Shore Railroad (1836-1884)	Delaware/Maryland state line	Salisbury		1860
	Salisbury	Crisfield		1866
Junction and Breakwater Railroad	Harrington	Lewes		ca. 1869
	Lewes	Rehoboth		1878
Kent County Rail Road	Delaware/Maryland state line	Massey Massey, Maryland Massey is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States.-References:...		1873	abandoned 1902 upon acquisition by PRR
	Massey Massey, Maryland Massey is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States.-References:...	Kennedyville Kennedyville, Maryland Kennedyville is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States.-References:...		1870
	Kennedyville Kennedyville, Maryland Kennedyville is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States.-References:...	Chestertown		1872
			Branch, Chestertown to Parsons	1872	abandoned 1873 (never part of PRR)
			Branch, Worton Worton, Maryland Worton is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States.-References:...  to Parsons	1873	abandoned 1910
			Branch, Parsons to Nicholson	1877	abandoned 1910
Maryland and Delaware Railroad Maryland and Delaware Railroad The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad, formed in 1977 to operate several branch lines of the former Penn Central Railroad in both Maryland and Delaware. These branches were omitted from the system plan for Conrail in 1976 and would have been discontinued...	Clayton	Oxford		ca. 1870
New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road When New Castle's prosperity was threatened by the building of a canal connecting the Delaware River to the Chesapeake Bay, merchants and other businessmen constructed a railroad to cover the route from New Castle to the Chesapeake. Known as the New Castle-Frenchtown Railroad, it opened in 1828,...	New Castle	Old Frenchtown Wharf		1831	abandoned west of Rodney in 1859
New Castle and Wilmington Railroad	Wilmington	New Castle		ca. 1852
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad	Pocomoke	Cape Charles		ca. 1885
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad was the Pennsylvania Railroad's main line from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania southwest to Baltimore, Maryland in the 19th and early 20th centuries...  New Castle Cut-Off	south of Wilmington	New Castle		ca. 1888
Queen Anne's Railroad Queen Anne's Railroad The Queen Anne’s Railroad was a railroad that ran from Love Point, Maryland to Lewes, Delaware and was connected to Baltimore via ferry. The Queen Anne's Railroad company was formed in Maryland in 1894, and received legislative authorization from Delaware in February 1895...	Lewes	Love Point Love Point, Maryland Love Point is the name for the northernmost tip of Kent Island, and as such, marks the southern point of the mouth of the Chester River. It has served as a major ferry terminal, the western terminus of the Queen Anne's Railroad, and the nominal western terminus of Maryland Route 18...	Centreville Branch, Queenstown to Centreville	ca. 1902
Queen Anne and Kent Railroad	Massey Massey, Maryland Massey is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Maryland, United States.-References:...	Centreville		1869
Smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad	Pierson's Cove	Delaware/Maryland state line		1873	abandoned 1902 upon acquisition by PRR
Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad	Salisbury	Berlin		1868
	Berlin	Ocean City		1876
Worcester Rail Road	Delaware/Maryland state line	Franklin City Franklin City, Virginia Franklin City is an unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia.Greenbackville and neighboring Franklin City grew as a result of the railroad line laid in the late 19th century to transport oysters and other shellfish from Chincoteague to Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City...		1876
Worcester and Somerset Railroad	Kings Creek	Pocomoke		ca. 1873

See also

• List of Delaware railroads
• List of Maryland railroads
• List of Virginia railroads