Railfanning the Delmarva Peninsula - 4/3/2019

Hi, I joined friends Bill Kalkman and Jim Kleeman for a day trip to the Delmava Peninsula in early April.

Our first stop was in Federalsburg, MD where we caught Maryland and Delaware RR #1203 switching (above and below).

From Federalsburg we went on to Seaford, DE where the Delmarva Central SE-1 job had already gone to work with the crew switching just north of the old Pennsy depot (above and below).

                                     

Next they came south and left the mainline to work the connection with the M & D (above and three below).

After separating the engines so that they had one on each end

the crew headed north.

We photographed the train passing the Perdue Farms feed mill in Cannon, DE with NS #52M unloading in the background

and then passing #52M.

After SE-1 passed we shot #52M by itself.

Next up was a more traditional elevator just south of Bridgeville, DE.

On SE-1's return from Greenwood, DE we photographed it passing the Perdue feed mill on the north side of Bridgeville

and then in Seaford (above and five below)

where it pulled up on the interchange lead (above and below) and called it a day.

Next we journeyed to Delmar, DE where we waited about 3 hours for RD-2 to go to work at 3:00 PM.

When the crew went to work they went to the south end of Delmar Yard, located in Maryland, to switch (above and below).

On the run south we caught the train at Fruitland,

Princess Anne (above and below),

and crossing the Pocomoke River in Pocomoke City, MD.

I could not have asked for a better day: good friend, great weather and two trains with beautifully painted switchers.

Thanks for looking.