page_title: New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Union Station, Salisbury, Maryland, USA Français&#160;: Gare Union, Salisbury, Maryland, Etats-Unis This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 07000389
context_page_description: The New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad was a railroad line that ran down the spine of the Delmarva Peninsula connecting Wilmington, Delaware and Cape Charles, Virginia and then by ferry to Norfolk, Virginia. It became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system.
context_section_description: The NYP&N was the vision of William Lawrence Scott, an Erie, Pennsylvania, coal magnate, who wanted to build a shorter railroad route between the coal wharfs of Hampton Roads by utilizing a ferry line across the Chesapeake Bay and a railroad line up the Delmarva Peninsula to the industrial north. Scott enlisted engineering help from Pennsylvania Railroad Vice-President, Alexander J. Cassatt, who saw the merits of the plan and took a hiatus from PRR to work on the new line. Cassatt surveyed the line on horseback, designed ferries and wharfs, acquired other railroads, most notably the Eastern Shore Railroad (1853), and the line was ready for operation in 1884. The line was financed by many PRR interests and was officially merged into the PRR in 1921.
caption: The former Salisbury Union Station
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