Rails Along the Chesapeake - A History of Railroading on the Delmarva Peninsula

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RAILS ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE ~ A History of Railroading on the Delmarva Peninsula 1827-1978. By Hayman, 1979, Pub by Marvadel, 234 pages, about 8 x 10. hardcovers.
Includes scores of black & white illustrations including photos and maps.This book details the Pennsylvania Railroad, Eastern Shore Railroad, Delaware Railroad, New Castle & Frenchtown Railroad, Junction & Breakwater RR, Worcester RR, Delaware Maryland & Virginia RR, Maryland & Delaware RR, Delaware & Chesapeake Railway, Dorchester & Delaware RR, Queen Anne's & Kent RR, Baltimore & Delaware Bay RR, New York Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad, Wicomico & Pocomoke RR, Baltimore & Eastern Shore Railroad, Baltimore Chesapeake & Atlantic Ry, Queen Anne's RR, Ocean City Western Railroad and others.
Chapters include:
CHAPTER I Early Railroading on the Eastern Shore
CHAPTER II The Eastern Shore's Pioneer Railroad
CHAPTER III The Great "Humbug" Railroad
CHAPTER IV The Delaware Railroad, Backbone of Delmarva's Rail System
CHAPTER V A Single Line to Join the Three States
CHAPTER VI The Tree Branches Out
CHAPTER VII Rails to the Wide Choptank
CHAPTER VIII Queen Anne's County Must Have a Railroad
CHAPTER IX Delusions of Grandeur
CHAPTER X Coal Trains to the Delaware River
CHAPTER XI The Old Dream is Realized: A New North-South
Rail Route
CHAPTER XII The First Trans-Peninsula Railroad
CHAPTER XIII Black Cinders and Ashes
CHAPTER XIV Many Dirty Visits
CHAPTER XV Dreams That Never Came True
CHAPTER XVI Delmarva Railroading in the Twentieth Century
CHAPTER XVII The Last Independents
APPENDIX A Electric Railways on Delmarva
APPENDIX B Locomotives of the New Castle and Frenchtown Rail Road
APPENDIX C Locomotives of the Delaware Railroad
APPENDIX D Locomotives of the Junction and Breakwater Railroad
APPENDIX E Locomotives of the Worcester Rail Road
APPENDIX F Locomotives of the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Railroad
APPENDIX G Locomotives of the Maryland and Delaware Railroad
APPENDIX H Locomotives of the Delaware and Chesapeake Railway
APPENDIX I Locomotives of the Dorchester and Delaware Railroad
APPENDIX J Locomotives of the Queen Anne's and Kent Railroad
APPENDIX K Locomotives of the Baltimore and Delaware Bay Railroad
APPENDIX L Locomotives of the Eastern Shore Railroad
APPENDIX M Locomotives of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
APPENDIX N Locomotives of the Wicomico and Pocomoke Railroad
APPENDIX O Locomotives of the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad
APPENDIX P Locomotives of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway
APPENDIX Q Locomotives of the Queen Anne's Railroad
APPENDIX R Locomotives of the Maryland, Delaware and Virginia Railway
APPENDIX S Pennsylvania Railroad Locomotives on Delmarva
APPENDIX T Locomotives of the Ocean City Western Railroad
APPENDIX U Locomotives of the Virginia and Maryland and Maryland and Delaware Railroads
APPENDIX V Commissioners, Officers, and Directors of Various Companies
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
No dust jacket otherwise very good.
Postage is in the USA.  it will be shipped in a sturdy box.