Delaware River and Lancaster Railroad

[2][5] A token amount of work to preserve the company's charter was done in the winter of 1872–3, when George W. Crane graded about 600 yards (550 m) of the line on the Christian Mast farm, on the Chester-Berks county border west of Springfield (Elverson).

[10][11] The line largely followed French Creek west of Kimberton, passing through Wilsons Corner, Sheeder, Pughtown, Coventryville, and Knauertown before reaching St. Peters, where it connected with the Wilmington and Northern in a switchback via the spur serving Knauer's black granite quarries.

[7] Knauer intended it as another outlet for black granite from his quarries, and to attract residents of Phoenixville to make outings to his hotel in St.

[2] Although the railroad projected a 30-mile (48 km) extension into Lancaster in 1893,[13] it narrowly escaped a sheriff's sale in May when its president paid off the damages for which it had been attached.

In July 1894, the Wilmington and Northern reportedly leased the railroad again and sent out work gangs to put the line back in repair.