Shortline Rail on Delmarva

Cliff Grunstra, Chief Marketing Officer for the Delmarva Central Railroad, speaks with Troy Mix, Associate Director of the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about the role of shortline railroads on Delmarva. Cliff has more than a decade of experience in the railroad industry, including working for Carload Express, Inc. (CEI) since 2015. The Delmarva Central Railroad Company (DCR), a subsidiary of CEI, operates 188 miles of rail line in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia and is managed locally from offices in Harrington, Delaware. Visit carloadexpress.com for more details on CEI and DCR infrastructure and operations. Topics covered in this June 14, 2021 interview include the role of shortline railroad operations in freight movement, upgrades to rail infrastructure on Delmarva, and opportunities to leverage rail for economic development. This episode is a special #FreightFriday edition of First State Insights made possible by the Delmarva Freight Working Group—an ongoing transportation planning and economic development partnership coordinated by IPA, the Delaware Department of Transportation, and Delaware's three Metropolitan Planning Organizations: the Dover/Kent County MPO, the Salisbury/Wicomico MPO, and WILMAPCO. To learn more about the Delmarva Freight Working Group, visit wilmapco.org/Delmarva. Visit ipa.udel.edu for information on IPA. Opening and closing music: "I Dunno" by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License