After long hiatus, railroad resumes route between Delaware and Maryland
Berlin residents felt that once-familiar rumble of a train rolling down a track last Tuesday, as a diesel locomotive pulled a freight car of corn south to the Tyson Foods feed mill in Snow Hill.
It was the first time in years that the railroad crossings bisecting the town had seen an actual train follow the rails from Old Ocean City Boulevard to the north down to the Buckingham Lane/Evans Road conjunction to the south, before rolling on through the forest and farmland in the middle of Worcester County.
The run through Berlin is part of the Frankford, Delaware to Snow Hill line followed by the Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company, according to President Cathrin Banks.
However, Berlin residents shouldn’t expect to hear the train’s whistle on a regular basis. Banks estimated it would take about six to eight months before the line has a full roster of freight.
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3 comments:
An occasional passenger train would be really nice.
7:54, yes I would like to ride on a local train, bigger than the one at Frontier Town.
yes, great comment
before the 1933 hurrican
a train ran through the Eastern Shore
to Ocean City
the 1933 storm created a heck of a mess...tossing the train bridge and material everywhere
creating the INLET as we see today
you can U tube 1933 hurrican in Ocean city to see some of the action
A passenger train would be great to bring back....utilizing the tracks still present, or adding more that were torn up for today's roads
it would be cool to ride a train into Ocean City again.....fun day...no vehicular traffic to worry about
GREAT COMMENT SIR !!
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