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Below is various information on the Delaware Coast Line Railroad.
 

The Delaware Coast Line operates on Delmarva on two separate branch lines. The first is the Milton Branch, which leaves NS' Indian River Secondary at Ellendale, Delaware. This line is 6.8 miles from interchange to endpoint, and is currently used to store covered hoppers for Perdue for other railcar owners. The second branch is the more active Lewes Branch that runs between Georgetown, De., and Lewes, Delaware. The interchange on this line is performed in the DCL's home town of Georgetown, and the route is 16.2 miles long. The DCL also retains trackage rights on Norfolk Southern between Georgetown and Ellendale for lite power moves only.

Traffic on the DCL includes a mix of fertilizer, grain, paper, food products, chemicals, and stone. While business on the Milton Branch is all but completely dead, the Lewes Branch is quite active. On this line, the Gravel Hill state highway yard receives loads of both stone and grain. The grain is offloaded into trucks and then hauled away, while the state uses the stone in various projects. Atlantic Concrete in Lewes reportedly receives shipments every now and then, and Barrcroft Chemicals in Cape Henlopen receives tank cars regularly.

In addition, the DCL does the switching work for VFL Industries, a stone company located at Indian River, De., adjacent to the NRG power plant off of C Track. Further, the DCL does the stone unloading work for the massive H&K stone facility located just north of the NS wye at Indian River (south Millsboro). These stone operations alone keep the company busy, with locomotives located on each site for use.

The reporting marks of the Delaware Coast Line are DCLR, and they work on radio frequency 160.455.
 
 

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