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New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad

Former American railroad

The New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (reporting mark NYP&N) (Nicknamed the "Nip and N") was a railroad that owned and operated rail lines on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia connected by its ferries and barges to Norfolk, Virginia, Old Point Comfort and Portsmouth, Virginia where it owned less than a mile of railroad. It built the line from Pocomoke City, Maryland to Cape Charles, Virginia and an extension from Townsend, Virginia to Kiptopeke.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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1890s Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore map
Photo: Allen, Lane & Scott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

The New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad (reporting mark NYP&N) (Nicknamed the "Nip and N") was a railroad that owned and operated rail lines on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia connected by its ferries and barges to Norfolk, Virginia, Old Point Comfort and Portsmouth, Virginia where it owned less than a mile of railroad. It built the line from Pocomoke City, Maryland to Cape Charles, Virginia and an extension from Townsend, Virginia to Kiptopeke.2

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