After changing ends east of the creek, the crew of the Hurlock “Fall Festival Express” (12:30 dp), aboard SW1500 #1501, takes the train westbound, across the Marshyhope Creek bridge and back to Hurlock.
The Delmarva Central Railroad operated this year’s excursions, after assuming operations on the Seaford Line just this year from incumbent Maryland and Delaware Railroad.
DCR supplied two locomotives, SW1500 #1501 (on the west end) and MP15N #1563 (on the east end) to operate the five sold-out roundtrips between Hurlock and Federalsburg, Maryland. The two former N&W coaches are owned by the Town of Hurlock.
