Wilmington & Western Railroad

The Wilmington & Western Railroad offers vintage steam-powered excursions through the beautiful Red Clay Valley in New Castle County, Delaware, running on a 10.3-mile section of a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad branch line dating from 1872 through a landscape of rolling farmland, hardwood forest, and historic mill sites in the Brandywine Valley region. The W&W operates one of the few remaining steam railroads in the mid-Atlantic region, with its collection of vintage steam locomotives maintained to federal operating standards by a skilled volunteer crew. The departure point at Greenbank Station is easily accessible from Wilmington and the greater Philadelphia region, making the railroad a convenient and enjoyable family destination. Roundtrip excursions run most weekends from spring through early winter, with special event trains forming the core of the W&W programming calendar, including the massively popular North Pole Express holiday train, Easter Bunny Trains, fall harvest trips, and the beloved Day Out with Thomas events. The historic red clay valley scenery and authentic steam railroad atmosphere make the Wilmington & Western a genuine gem of mid-Atlantic heritage railroading, preserving a piece of Delaware’s industrial history for the education and enjoyment of future generations.