Going, going, gone. Or maybe? Who knows. The Maryland & Delaware (MDDE) should be operated by Carload Express at this point per an STB filing, but that has yet to happen and things seem oddly quie... (more)

Here, just (compass) northeast of Hurlock proper, MDDE 1203 leads the 2:00 p.m. Fall Festival Express south at milepost 14.8, returning to town at 14:54, during the Hurlock Fall Fest on Oct... (more)

After running around its train about one mile (compass) east of the creek, MDDE 1203, with the 3:30 Fall Festival Express, bridges Marshyhope Creek southbound, on the return to Hurlock duri... (more)

The 11 o'clock Fall Festival Express rolls past the Palmer Mill in Williamsburg on the return to Hurlock during the Hurlock Fall Fest on October 5, 2024. The mill, unfortunately, is no long... (more)

An hour or so after lifting 10 loaded boxcars from the DCR interchange in Seaford, DE, those same cars are being spotted for unloading at Dart Container in Federalsburg, MD.

Maryland & Delaware 1203 arrives at the Seaford interchange where 8 loaded boxcars will be picked up for delivery to Dart Container in Federalsburg. Not long after this visit it was announced tha... (more)

“Fall Festival Express”
After running around its train east of Marshyhope Creek, MDDE 1203 leads the Fall Festival Express past the historic Federalsburg station (and Maryland... (more)

Maryland & Delaware 1203 heads back to Federalsburg with four cars from the Delmarva Central interchange in Seaford, DE.

MDDE's Massey-based local prepares to shove a cut of grain into the Perdue mill at Roberts.

A Maryland & Delaware RS3m runs around its train at the Perdue mill at Roberts.

One of MDDE's three RS3ms leads a short grain train on the Centreville Line.

Maryland & Delaware's local out of Massey brings a cut of grain south as they head through Barclay as a reflect casts against the train.

Maryland & Delaware 1203 passes the station/office at Federalsburg where an employee gives a time-honored "roll-by" inspection of the train. The train is headed for the Delmarva Central... (more)

Maryland & Delaware 1203 passed some early spring color that could pass for autumn in the Federalsburg Industrial Park. The train is heading to Seaford, DE with interchange traffic for the Delmar... (more)

I certainly didn't plan it that way, but a neat shot from 11-11-11. The lone survivor of a very short-lived Conrail marketing plan-- Conrail Express. Much as airlines do with their regional part... (more)