Landenberg Junction is a railroad junction in Elsmere, New Castle County, Delaware.

It situated at the southern end of CSX Transportation's Philadelphia Subdivision Wilsmere Yard.[1] The junction is the eastern terminus of the Wilmington and Western Railroad, which originally ran to Landenberg, Pennsylvania. Both lines were formerly owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O).[2][1]

The Wilmington and Western Railroad line ran from the junction at Elsmere to Landenberg, PA until the 1940s when the B&O decided to cut back the line to Southwood and eventually, in the 1950s, to Hockessin. The current Wilmington and Western Railroad operates tourist trains between Greenbank and Hockessin.

References

  1. 1 2 "A Visit to the Wilmington & Western Railroad". Railfan & Railroad Magazine. March 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

39°43′49″N 75°37′8″W / 39.73028°N 75.61889°W / 39.73028; -75.61889

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