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Ferry bucks the Bay to deliver fruit fast to cities
A historic plan stitched Delmar to Cape Charles by rail and ferry across Chesapeake Bay. Builders used transfer tugs to move loaded trains, creating the Berry Express service for rapid fruit and vegetable shipments from Maryland and Virginia to New York, Philadelphia and Boston markets.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake
Norfolk
Bay
Peminsula
Delmar
Cape Charles
William L. Scott
Portsmouth
Mr. Scott
Chesapeake Bay
English Channel
Mrr. Scott
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad
Virginia
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Cassatt
Scott
Lake Baikal
Maryland
New York
Philadelphia
Boston