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apartments and the small station at The timetable indicates that Goldsboro “extra agent” for the railroad until 1958
Goldsboro was moved to Caroline Acres was 19.58 miles from Clayton and the when he came into Greensboro where
for use as a community hall. southbound train stopped there at 6:01 he retired in 1967.
p.m. and 10:19 a.m. each day, while the
In Queen Anne, the station was northbound train stopped at 8:11 a.m. “Sure, I remember the last passenger
bought and the owner had it moved and 3:07 p.m. train on the line,” he admits. “It was
to Centreville for a private dwelling. in 1949. There was no celebration or
The same was done for the depot in Mr. Cartwright, who may be retired anything like that. It came through one
Henderson as it was moved out on a from railroading, but has no thoughts day and the next day there were no more
farm for a home. of taking life easy, answers quickly when passenger trains, just freight from then
asked when he started “working on the on.”
Retired Denton band executive Ted railroad.”
Orme believed the little station at He says the railroad has its own
Downs Station was moved and used as “It was January 4, 1917 when I went into clubhouse in Rehoboth Beach that is
a home and he thinks the one at Hobbs the Goldsboro station as a telegrapher,” used by retired and active employees,

and Hickman were finally torn down he said. “During World War I, I was sent who own the property.
along with the depot in Denton. to Farmington, DE as a relief clerk and
later up to New Castle. I believe that I “We have it fixed up somewhat as a
A yellowing, but remarkably-well- worked nearly all the stations on the museum with pictures and railroad
preserved railroad timetable of 1901, Delmarva Division north of Delmar memorabilia,” he said.
shows a map of all the lines on the during my career.”

Delmarva Peninsula complete with After a half-century of working on the
timetables for each of the branch lines. He became the agent in Goldsboro in railroad, Roland Cartwright has many
1936 and it was finally closed in 1950. memories of the days when the iron

The Delaware & Chesapeake, from horse was king.
Clayton, DE to Oxford, MD had 15 He went over to neighboring Queen
stops, with two passenger trains a day Anne’s County to be an agent in
south and two northbound. Sudlersville for a year, served as an

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