page_title: New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company
hierarchical_section_title: New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the original 1832 ticket office of the New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company (NC&amp;F). The building is now located in Battery Park, New Castle, Delaware, part of the New Castle Hitoric District. The NC&amp;F is the second oldest common carrier rail line in the United States. 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 67000003
context_page_description: The New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road was opened in 1831, was the first railroad in Delaware and one of the first in the United States. About half of the route was abandoned in 1859; the rest became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad route into the Delmarva Peninsula and is still used by Norfolk Southern Railway. The abandoned segment from Porter, Delaware, to Frenchtown, Maryland, the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-Way, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
context_section_description: The New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Rail Road (NC&F) was opened in 1831, was the first railroad in Delaware and one of the first in the United States. About half of the route was abandoned in 1859; the rest became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) route into the Delmarva Peninsula and is still used by Norfolk Southern Railway. The abandoned segment from Porter, Delaware, to Frenchtown, Maryland, the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad Right-of-Way, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
caption: An NC&F ticket office sits in a park in New Castle, Delaware.
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