New Castle County, Delaware

City Railroad Current Location Type Current Use Date Built Track Status Bldg. Mat. Current Railroad Notes Field Checked
Bellevue Pennsylvania (PRR) on site T abandoned   in use   NS Bell Tower 6/12
Greenbank Wilmington & Western (new)   C visitor center/gift shop 1997 in use wood Wilmington &Western   1/08
Greenbank Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) relocated on Greenbank Rd., 2201 Newport Gap Pike C museum 1873 in use wood Wilmington & Western restored depot from Yorklyn, Red Clay Valley Museum 1/08
Guyencourt W&N relocated to private estate off Guyencourt Rd. C private use   none wood none   5/05
Hockessin PRR relocated 728 Stonemill Office Park C display   in use wood Wilmington & Western restored depot from Kennedyville, MD 1/08
Marshallton W&W on site Eh rr   in use metal  Wilmington & Western   1/08
Millside (Wilmington) PRR Christiana River B rr   in use steel NS swing, through truss, Bridge No. 2  
Millside (Wilmington) Reading Christiana River B abandoned   gone steel none swing through truss, deck girder approches  
Montchanin W&N S.R. 100 /Rockland C business 1889 in use wood   Post Office, offices  
Newark B&O Main St. /Elkton Rd. P rr 1945-6 in use brick CSX   11/13
Newark B&O   M business   in use brick CSX Deer Park tavern, old railroad hotel  
Newark PRR (Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore) S.R. 896, under S. College Ave. overpass P municipal 1877 in use brick   NS City offices, museum, and Amtrak and Septa stop, on National Register 6/12
Newark PRR north of depot T vacant   in use brick NS Davis Tower 6/12
Newbridge Reading   P residence   gone wood none two story  
Newbridge Reading on hillside above Brandywine Creek Tn abandoned   gone concrete none built over track to prevent smoke problems  
Rockland Reading Brandywine Creek B abandoned   unused steel none deck girder, stone and concrete piers, wood trestle approach  
Wilmington Amtrak Poplar St. at Christiana River O rr c1998 in use brick/glass Amtrak CNOC Centralized National Operations Center 6/12
Wilmington B&O S. Market /S. Shipley St. P offices 1887 gone brick/wood none also used by Reading, restored 6/12
Wilmington B&O across Brandywine Creek B rr 1887 in use stone CSX Best viewed from Brandywine Park 6/12
Wilmington PB&W (PRR) S. French St. /Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. P rr 1905-08 in use brick/stone Amtrak restored, Amtrak stop 6/12
Wilmington PRR S. French St. /Rosa Parks Dr. O business 1905 in use brick  Amtrak 4 1/2 story office building of PRR Delaware Division 6/12
Wilmington PB&W (PRR) Vandever /Bowers, north of depot Sh rr  1838, 1930s  in use   brick Amtrak   6/12
Wilmington PRR in Edgemoor Yard Cd unused  

 

in use concrete  

 

  6/12
Wilmington PRR   B rr 1902-05 in use brick/stone   3 mile long brick arch viaduct  
Wilmington PRR Christiana River near I-495 B unused   unused steel none swing, through truss, Bridge No. 2  
Wilmington PRR Brandywine Creek B rr   in use steel Amtrak swing, deck girder  
Wilmington PRR Water /Walnut M     in use brick   powerhouse  
Wilmington Peoples Ry. W. 6th St. /N. Webb St. IPh business 1901 gone brick none    
Wilmington Peoples Ry. W. 6th St. /Hawley St. IO/Sh business   gone block/wood none office and shop complex, two story  
Winterthur W&N on du Pont estate museum C residence   in use wood   visiting scholar guest house  

Compiled by M.J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

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