New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
An early 1890s map of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad showing the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad line in black | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Stations called at | Main Line - Salisbury, Fruitland, Eden, Loretto, Princess Anne, King's Creek, Dublin, Adelia Mill/Arden, Costen's, Newtown/Pocomoke City, Beaver Dam, New Church, Oak Hall, Bloomtown, Hallwood, Mearsville/Mears Station, Bloxom, Masons, Metompkin/Parksley, Merino, Green Bush, Accomac Station/Tasley, Onley, Melfa, Pungoteague/Keller, Mappsburg, Belle Haven/Exmore, Nassawadox, Birds Nest, Machipongo, Kendall Grove, Eastville, Cobbs, Cheritan, Cape Charles. Crisfield Branch - Westover, Kingston, Marion, Hopewell, Crisfiled. Kiptopeke Branch - Townsend, Kiptopeke |
| Headquarters | Pocomoke City, MD; then Cape Charles, VA; and then Philadelphia, PA |
| Founders | William L. Scott, A.J. Cassatt |
| Locale | Delmarva Peninsula |
| Dates of operation | 1882–1968 |
| Successor | |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 122.28 miles (196.79 kilometres) |
The New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (reporting mark NYP&N) (Nicknamed the "Nip and N") was a railroad that owned and operated rail lines on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia connected by its ferries and barges to Norfolk, Virginia, Old Point Comfort and Portsmouth, Virginia where it owned less than a mile of railroad. It built the line from Pocomoke City, Maryland to Cape Charles, Virginia and an extension from Townsend, Virginia to Kiptopeke. It was always affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), but was taken over by the PRR in 1920. In 1968 it was absorbed into Penn Central. The track between Delmar and Hallwood, Virginia on the main branch and for 1.2 miles south of Kings Creek on the Crisfield Branch is still in use, but the rest is abandoned.