Baltimore and Lehigh Railroad

It operated freight and passenger trains on its main line between Baltimore and York, Pennsylvania.

Delta was the site of slate quarries which provided significant freight revenue for the railroads.

The MCRY had acquired control of the Y&PB in 1889 and began running through-service trains between York and Baltimore.

[1]: 47, 54  [2]: 568 The York Southern merged with the Baltimore and Lehigh Railway in 1901, to form the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad.

The new company announced that it planned to build a branch line from Red Lion to Columbia, Pennsylvania, to connect with the Reading Railroad.