Smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad
An early 1890s map of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad showing the Smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad line | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Stations called at | Clayton, Delaware; Smyrna, Delaware; Bombay Hook, Delaware |
| Headquarters | Smyrna, Delaware |
| Locale | Kent County, Delaware, New Castle County, Delaware, Kent County, Maryland |
| Dates of operation | 1873–1883 |
| Successor | Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 20 miles (32 kilometres) |
The Smyrna and Delaware Beach Railroad (S&DBR) was a railroad company that operated in the US states of Delaware and Maryland from 1873 to 1883. It first connected to the previously existing Delaware Railroad (DRC) at Clayton, extending a line to Smyrna, Delaware and then to Woodland Beach, Delaware (aka Pierceson's Cove or Bombay Hook) in New Castle County, Delaware. It later connected to Massey's Crossroad via Kent County Railroad (KCRR) trackage. On May 12, 1883, it merged with the KCRR to form the Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad.