under bethlehem operation, bvry took over operation of the delaware valley railroad, then operating the remainder of the ex-wilmington and northern, in early 1999. this gave the railroad interchange access not only to conrail at coatesville (subsequently replaced by the norfolk southern railway), but to csx transportation at the southern end of the line at elsmere, delaware. it also thus began to operate a connecting branch of the former pennsylvania railroad from chadds ford, pennsylvania, on the w&n, to nottingham.