FEDERALSBURG, Md. — Shortline company Carload Express has officially assumed control of the Maryland & Delaware Railroad, a move approved by the Surface Transportation Board earlier this year.
The transaction — approved by the STB in a decision announced Jan. 2 — became official on April 23. The railroad’s rebuilt Alco RS3m locomotives have been replaced by a pair of SW1500s carrying Carload Express livery.
The Maryland & Delaware (reporting marks MDDE), founded in 1977, operates about 100 miles of track on three non-continguous rail lines on the Delmarva Peninsula of its two namesake states. It connects to Norfolk Southern, and to Carload Express’ 188-mile Delmarva Central, which operates in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The other Carload Express lines, both in Pennsylvania, are the 77-mile Allegheny Valley Railroad, and the 66-mile Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad.
