The Octoraro Railway was an American shortline railroad that operated in Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1994.
It obtained a lease from SEPTA to operate freight trains on the Octoraro Branch, a former Pennsylvania Railroad branch line, between Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and the state line near Sylmar, Maryland.
It also leased the Wilmington and Northern Railroad, a former Reading Company branch, from Elsmere Jct.
[5] The Morristown and Erie Railway provided freight service from July 1, 2003, to November 18, 2004, but operated under the trade name of Octoraro Railroad.
[6] In 2007 the company merged to become East Penn Railroad and operates the Octoraro line.