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New Castle Secondary
The New Castle Secondary is an active railroad line in the U.S. state of Delaware operated by Norfolk Southern (NS). The line connects the Shellpot Branch (or Shellpot Secondary) and the Shellpot Industrial Track (Edgemoor Yard) in Wilmington, Delaware to the north with the Delmarva Secondary in Porter, Delaware to the south. On the north, the New Connection Industrial Track helps form a wye at the connection to the Shellpot Branch. The New Castle Secondary connects NS to the Port of Wilmington terminal and the terminal at Reybold which is accessed by a brief running track off of the New Castle near Porter, Delaware. On the south end it connects to the Delmarva Division. It passes through its namesake New Castle, Delaware, underneath Interstate 295 (Delaware–New Jersey–Pennsylvania), I-295 and traverses the Narrow Dyke Canal and Magazine Ditch near their mouths along the shore of the Delaware River. Description The line begins at its northern terminus in Wilmington just west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk Southern
The Norfolk Southern Railway is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company was formed in 1982 with the merger of the Norfolk and Western Railway and Southern Railway. The company operates in 22 eastern states, the District of Columbia, and has rights in Canada over the Albany to Montreal route of the Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Norfolk Southern Railway is the leading subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern Corporation. Norfolk Southern maintains 28,400 miles of track, with the rest managed by other parties through trackage rights. Intermodal containers and trailers are the most common commodity type carried by NS, which have grown as the coal business has declined throughout the 21st century; coal was formerly the largest traffic source. The railway offers the largest intermodal rail network in eastern North America. NS was also the pioneer of Roadrailer service. Norfolk Southern and its chief competitor, CSX ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
