Company History: This line began in 1966 as a tourist train operator running on the Baltimore & Ohio line from Wilmington to Hakessin, Delaware (about 10 miles.) B&O owned the line and handled all the freight traffic. In 1982, B&O contracted out the freight service to Octoraro Railway. Two years later, B&O sold the line to Wilmington & Western. Octoraro took their leave and Wilmington & Western became a freight hauling shortline in addition to a tourist line. Today, it's the tourist trains (often behind steam) that pay the bills and freight movements are few and far between.
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