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Washington and Old Dominion Railway/Railroad
Reporting mark WOD
Locale Virginia
Dates of operation 1912–1968
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 72 miles (116 kilometres)
Headquarters Washington, D.C., Arlington, Virginia

The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (colloquially referred to as the W&OD), the successor to the bankrupt Washington and Old Dominion Railway, was an intrastate short-line railroad located in Northern Virginia. Its oldest line extended from Alexandria on the Potomac River northwest to Bluemont at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Snickers Gap, not far from the boundary line between Virginia and West Virginia. The railroad's route largely paralleled the routes of the Potomac River and the present Virginia State Route 7 (VA Route 7).

The line followed the winding course of Four Mile Run upstream from Alexandria through Arlington to Falls Church. At that point, the railroad was above the fall line and was able to follow a more direct northwesterly course in Virginia through Dunn Loring, Vienna, Sunset Hills (now in Reston), Herndon, Sterling, Ashburn, Leesburg, Paeonian Springs, Hamilton, Purcellville and Round Hill to its terminus at Bluemont, turning sharply to the west only after passing through Clarks Gap in Catoctin Mountain west of Leesburg. A branch connected the line to Rosslyn. The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail (W&OD Trail), the Bluemont Junction Trail and several other trails have replaced much of the railroad's route.

History

Predecessors of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway/Railroad

A Union Army train running on the line was the focus of a Confederate States Army attack in the 1861 Battle of Vienna, Virginia.

Originally incorporated as the Alexandria and Harper's Ferry Railroad, construction on the line began in 1855 by the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire (AL&H) Railroad under the presidency of Lewis McKenzie[1] First intended to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah River to reach the coal fields in the western part of Hampshire County, Virginia, that are now within Mineral County, West Virginia, the AL&H began operating to Vienna in 1859 from a terminal station near Princess and Fairfax Streets in old town Alexandria.[2] In 1860, the AL&H reached Leesburg in Loudoun County.[3] Because of its proximity to Washington, D.C., the line saw much use and disruption during the Civil War.[4] After the war, the name of the line was changed in 1870 to the Washington and Ohio Railroad.[5] The line was extended from Leesburg to Hamilton in 1870 and to Round Hill in 1874.[6]

Upon acquisition by new owners in the 1880s, the line's name was changed twice: first to the Washington and Western Railroad in 1882 and in the next year to the Washington, Ohio and Western (WO&W) Railroad.[7] However, the line's trains did not serve either Washington, Ohio, or the West.

In 1886, the Richmond and Danville Railroad, whose trunk line travelled between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta with connections to New York City, New Orleans, Mississippi and Florida, leased the WO&W.[8] The Richmond and Danville also acquired a branch that paralleled the WO&W while traveling between Manassas and Strasburg, Virginia, where it connected to railroads in the Shenandoah Valley west of the Blue Ridge that the WO&W did not reach (see: Manassas Gap Railroad).[8] In 1888, the Richmond and Danville began to operate the WO&W's trains between Washington, D.C., and Round Hill.[8]

In 1894, the newly formed Southern Railway absorbed the Richmond and Danville Railroad and acquired the WO&W.[9][10][11] In 1900, the Southern Railway extended the line westward for four miles from Round Hill to Bluemont (formerly Snickersville).[9][10] The Southern Railway designated the line as its Bluemont Branch.[9][10]

By 1908, steam locomotives were hauling Southern Railway passenger trains from the new Union Station in Washington, D.C., to Alexandria Junction (north of old town Alexandria), where they switched to travel westward on the Bluemont Branch.[9] Connecting trains shuttled passengers between Alexandria Junction and the former AL&H terminal in old town Alexandria.[9] On weekends, express trains carried vacationers from Washington to Bluemont and other towns in western Loudoun County in which resorts had developed.[9][10][12]

Meanwhile, in 1906, electric trolleys had begun to run on the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad (GF&OD) northwest to Great Falls from Georgetown in Washington, D.C.[13] This line, which John Roll McLean and Stephen Benton Elkins owned at the time, crossed the Potomac River on the old Aqueduct Bridge, passed through Rosslyn, and traveled northwest on a double-tracked line through Arlington and Fairfax County to an amusement park (trolley park) that the railway constructed and operated near the Falls.[14]

Maps

  • 1891 Poor's Richmond and Danville Railroad.jpg

    Richmond & Danville Railroad system map, 1891

  • 1893 R&DRR FC&PRR.jpg

    Richmond & Danville Railroad system map, 1893

  • Southern Railway system map, 1895

Washington and Old Dominion Railway

Diagram of Washington area trolley lines c. 1920–1925 (enlargeable image showing the Great Falls Division of the W&OD Railway in dark green and the Bluemont Division in light green).

In 1911, McLean and Elkins formed a new corporation, the Washington and Old Dominion Railway.[15] In that year, they concluded negotiations with the Southern Railway to lease the Southern's Bluemont Branch and to take over all service on the branch on July 1, 1912.[16] The lease excluded the portion of the Southern's route that connected Potomac Yard with the former AL&H terminal in old town Alexandria.[16]

In 1912, the GF&OD became the "Great Falls Division" of the W&OD Railway, while the Southern's Bluemont Branch became a part of the W&OD Railway's "Bluemont Division".[17] The W&OD electrified all of its operations over the next four years, becoming an interurban electric trolley system that carried passengers, mail, milk and freight.[18] From that time onward, W&OD trains crossed over Potomac Yard on a long trestle constructed earlier for the Southern Railway.[19] In contrast to the Southern Railway's earlier Bluemont Branch service, the W&OD Railway's Bluemont Division did not serve Washington's Union Station.[20]

To join its two lines, the W&OD Railway constructed in 1912 a double-tracked Bluemont Division connecting line that traveled between two new junctions in Arlington: Bluemont Junction on the Alexandria-Bluemont line and Thrifton Junction on the Georgetown-Great Falls line.[16][21] The connecting line passed through Lacey (near the west end of Ballston), crossing on a through girder bridge over a competing interurban electric trolley line, the Fairfax line of the Washington-Virginia Railway (see Northern Virginia trolleys).[22][23] The rival line carried passengers between Rosslyn, Clarendon, Ballston, Falls Church, Vienna and Fairfax City.[24]

The railway's electrification system distributed 650 volts direct current (DC) to its Bluemont Division cars and trains through overhead catenary lines.[25] Single overhead lines carried the Great Falls Division's electricity over its tracks.[25][26] Stationary and movable electrical substations containing Westinghouse alternating current (AC) to DC converters were located at various points along the railway's routes.[25][27]

The W&OD's main passenger line ran from Georgetown and Rosslyn through Thrifton Junction, Bluemont Junction and westward to Bluemont.[28] However, after crossing the Potomac River from Georgetown, many W&OD passengers transferred in Rosslyn to the trolleys of the competing Washington-Virginia Railway.[29] Most of the W&OD's freight trains ran between Potomac Yard, Bluemont Junction and either Rosslyn or various locations along the Bluemont Division.[28]

In 1923, the W&OD Railway ceased operating from Georgetown when the federal government replaced the aging Aqueduct Bridge with the new Francis Scott Key Bridge.[30] At the same time, the railroad constructed a new passenger station in Rosslyn which became its "Washington" terminal.[30]

The W&OD Railway fell upon hard times in the 1930s during the Great Depression.[31] In 1932, the railway went into bankruptcy and was placed in receivership.[32] In 1934, the railway abandoned operations on the Great Falls Division between Thrifton Junction and Great Falls.[30][33][34]

Washington and Old Dominion Railroad

In 1936, the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad, a new corporation that Davis Elkins (the son of Stephen Benton Elkins) had created, assumed operation of the remnants of the W&OD Railway, which consisted only of the Railway's Bluemont Division and the portion of the former Great Falls Division that had remained between Rosslyn and Thrifton (which was no longer a junction).[35][36] Shortly thereafter, in 1939, the railroad abandoned the western end of its line, which had connected the towns of Purcellville and Bluemont.[35]

In 1945, the W&OD Railroad acquired ownership of the section of line between Potomac Yard and Purcellville that the W&OD Railway had earlier leased from the Southern Railway.[37] The Southern Railway retained ownership of the easternmost section of the railroad's route, which still connected Potomac Yard to the Southern's freight and passenger stations in old town Alexandria.

During the 1940s, the W&OD Railroad converted all of its lines' operations from electric to diesel or gasoline power.[36][38] During that decade, the railroad discontinued its electrified passenger service in 1941, but temporarily resumed passenger service during the Second World War using gas-electric motor cars and cars pulled by diesel-electric locomotives.[39] Passenger and mail service finally ended in 1951; thereafter, the railroad carried only freight.[40]

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) purchased the W&OD Railroad in 1956, but did not change the railroad's name.[41] In 1963, the C&O abandoned the segment of its line that traveled between Rosslyn, Thrifton and Lacey.[42] The Virginia Department of Highways then purchased this segment to acquire a right-of-way for the planned route of Interstate 66 (I-66).[42]

Five years later, in 1968, the railroad, which by that time operated only between Potomac Yard and Purcellville, ceased operations.[43] Shortly thereafter, the C&O sold the railroad's route to the Virginia Department of Highways.[44] The Highway Department then sold most of the route to the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) (now Dominion Virginia Power), whose transmission lines had run along the railroad's right-of-way.[44] The Highway Department retained a portion of the route in Arlington immediately east of Falls Church, on which it built I-66, and the section of the route which crossed the Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway (presently part of Interstate 395 (I-395)) along the Arlington-Alexandria boundary.[45]

Bluemont Division, Alexandria-Bluemont Line

Most of the Bluemont Division's passenger cars or trains ran on the W&OD Railway's Great Falls Division's line from Georgetown over the Aqueduct Bridge through Rosslyn to Thrifton Junction. From Thrifton Junction, the trains ran on the Bluemont Division's connecting line to Bluemont Junction, where they met other Bluemont Division passenger cars or trains that ran from Alexandria, following Four Mile Run in Arlington. Some of the Bluemont Division cars or trains then continued their trips through Falls Church, Vienna, Herndon, Sterling, Ashburn, Leesburg, Clarkes Gap and Purcellville to terminate in Bluemont, Virginia, at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, following a route that was similar to that of Virginia State Route 7.[46]

The Norfolk Southern Railway now operates a spur between the Alexandria waterfront and a north-south route that had traveled through Potomac Yard before the Yard closed.[47] The spur formerly served trains traveling from the eastern end of the Bluemont Division to the Southern Railway's freight and passenger stations in old town Alexandria.[47] As the Southern Railway owned and operated the spur and the stations, this section of track remained in operation after the W&OD closed.[47]

A paved trail in Alexandria's linear Mt. Jefferson Park has replaced part of the Bluemont Division's course through that city.[48] The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority's W&OD Trail travels in the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park within the Bluemont Division's former right-of-way from the Alexandria/Arlington boundary through Bluemont Junction to Purcellville.[49] The section of the Bluemont Division between Purcellville and Bluemont has not become a part of any trail, as the W&OD Railroad abandoned this section in 1938, thirty years before the remainder of its line closed.

Stations

The stations on the Alexandria-Bluemont line of the W&OD's Bluemont Division (with locations of sites in 2008) were:

Station[50] Location Coordinates Jurisdiction W&OD Trail Mile[51] Side of Tracks Photo Notes
Alexandria Passenger Terminal[52][53] Northeast corner of Princess Street and N. Fairfax Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. City of Alexandria ---------- West Operated by Southern Railway
Alexandria Freight House[53][54] Northwest corner of Princess Street and N. Lee Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. City of Alexandria ---------- East Operated by Southern Railway
W&OD locomotive maintenance shed[48] Northwest of intersection of Massey Lane and Hunting Creek Drive Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. City of Alexandria ---------- Northeast East end of W&OD Railroad; Northeast of Southern Railway junction on east side of Potomac Yard
Alexandria Junction[48][55] Mt. Jefferson Park, between Calvert Avenue and Stewart Avenue, west of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. Route 1) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. City of Alexandria ---------- Southwest circa 1918

undated

 Site of track connecting to Washington & Ohio Junction on Washington and Alexandria Railway (Southern Railway main line).[56] Connecting track removed in 1912.[57]
Historical markers near site:[58][59]
1) The Bluemont Line
2) St. Asaph Racetrack
St. Elmo[48][60] Commonwealth Avenue (northwest side) at intersection with Ashby Street near northwest end of Mt. Jefferson Park and Greenway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. City of Alexandria ---------- Southwest 1932
1932		 Crossing of Washington-Mt. Vernon line of Washington-Virginia Railway[48]
Historical marker near site: [58][59][61]The Electric Railway
Cowdon[60] Opposite side (east side) of S. Shirlington Road from Mile Zero of W&OD Trail (0.1 mile west of Henry G. Shirley Memorial Highway (I-395)) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County[62] 0[63] South Historical markers near site:[64]
1) Washington and Old Dominion Trail
2) Tracks Into History: The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
3) Nauck: A Neighborhood History
Barcroft[65] Columbia Pike (VA Route 244) (south side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 1.6[66] Southwest circa 1910 Formerly Arlington Mill station
Barcroft Freight House Columbia Pike (VA Route 244) (northwest side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 1.6[66] Northeast circa 1967
Glencarlyn[67] W&OD Trail in Glencarlyn Park (near north side of Arlington Boulevard (U.S. Route 50) overpass) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 2.7[66] Southwest 1896–1912
1918		 Agency station. Formerly Carlin Springs station.
Historical marker at site.[68]
Bluemont Junction[67][69] W&OD Trail between Wilson Boulevard and Bluemont Junction Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 3.4[70] Northeast 1934 (aerial)

1950s		 Junction with Thrifton-Bluemont Junction connecting line
Wye on east side of tracks.[69]
Station and electrical substation within wye[69]
Station near south side of electrical substation in 1916.[69]
Station adjacent to south side of electrical substation after 1918
Historical markers at site:[64]
1) Bluemont Junction
2) The Great Falls Line
3) Rosslyn Station
4) Bluemont Junction, c. 1934
Historical marker near site:[64]
Tracks into History: The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
Torrison[67] Wilson Boulevard (northwest side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 3.6[70] Northeast
Fostoria[71] North Ohio Street (west side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 4.4[70] Southwest Historical marker near site:[72] Brandymore Castle
Falls Church (East Falls Church)[71] Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29) (northwest side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 5.6[70] Southwest 1951
Undated
Undated
circa 1966		 Agency station
Historical marker at site:[64]
East Falls Church Station
Historical marker near site:[73]
East Falls Church
Three stations near site[74]
Rothsay[71] W&OD Trail southeast of Oak Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. City of Falls Church 6.5[75] Northeast Historical marker near site:[64] Train Wrecks
West Falls Church (West End)[76] W. Broad Street (VA Route 7) (east side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. City of Falls Church 7.0[75] South 1890s
undated		 Historical marker at site:[64]
West Falls Church Station
Historical marker near site:[64]
Tracks into History: The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
Evans W&OD Trail near Fowler Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 7.4[75]
Green Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority right-of-way near Interstate 66 and Avon Lane; 0.4 miles south of W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County ----------
Dunn Loring[77] Sandburg Street (west side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 9.1[78] North 1950s Agency station.
Historical markers at site:[64]
1) Dunn Loring Station
2) Camp Alger
3) Tracks into History: The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
Wedderburn[77] W&OD Trail, 0.2 miles west of Cedar Lane Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 10.1[78] South Undated
Franklin W&OD Trail, between Owaissa Road SE and Adahi Road SE (0.1 mile southeast of bridge abutment of Fairfax line of Washington-Virginia Railway on north side of W&OD Trail) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Vienna 10.3[78]
Park Street Park St. SE & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Vienna 11.3[78] West of site of Civil War Battle of Vienna, Virginia
Historical markers near site:[64]
1) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
2) Electric Trains on the W&OD
3) The Great Falls Line
Church Street Church Street NE & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Vienna 11.7[78] Adjacent to Vienna Station of Washington-Virginia Railway
Vienna[79] 231 Dominion Road NE at Ayr Hill Avenue NE (southeast side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Vienna 11.8[80] Southwest 1894–1912
undated		 Agency station.
National Register of Historic Places nomination form for station prepared in 2002[81]
Historical marker at site:[64]
Tracks into History: The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
Historical markers near site:[64]
1) Vienna Station
2) Vienna Centennial Park
Clarks Crossing[82] Clarks Crossing Road (southwest side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 13.3[80] Northeast
Piney Piney Branch & W&OD Trail (northwest of Peppermill Place) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 13.7[80] Historical marker near site:[64] Terror by the Tracks
Lowland Lowland Station Road & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 14.0[80]
Hunters[83] Hunter Mill Road (VA Route 674) (east side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 14.7[84] Southwest before 1912
circa 1950		 Historical markers near site:[64]
1) Hunter Station Circa 1900
2) Hunter Station
3) Strategic Junction: Hunter Mill Road and the AL&H Railroad
4) Crossroads to War
Pinecrest W&OD Trail near Michael Faraday Court Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 16.7[84]
Soapstone Siding W&OD Trail Fairfax County
Sunset Hills[85] Old Reston Avenue (northwest side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 17.7[86] Northeast 1966 Agency station. Formerly Wiehle station.
Historical markers near site:[64]
1) Sunset Hills Station
2) Train Wrecks
Thornton W&OD Trail east of Town Center Parkway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 18.4[86]
Jackson Sugarland Run & W&OD Trail, between Fairfax County Parkway and Herndon Parkway E Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 18.8[86]
Coral[87] Coral Road (northeast side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Herndon 19.6[86] Southwest
Herndon[87][88] 717 Lynn Street at Station Street (south side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Herndon 19.9[86] Southwest 1890;

1905

 Agency station.
Wye northwest of station (northeast side of tracks).[87]
Electrical substation attached to southeast side of station.[87]
Station listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[89][90]
Historical markers near site:[64]
1) Herndon Station
2) Mosby’s Herndon Station Raid
3) Tracks into History: The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
4) The Rail Strike of 1916
Herndon Heights[91] Crestview Drive (northwest side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Herndon 20.9[92] Northeast
Oak Grove Locust Lane & W&OD Trail (near Dominion Lane) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 21.3[92]
Lynn W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 21.6[92]
Buchanan Warwick Court & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 22.6[92]
Sterling[93] W&OD Trail, north of Ruritan Circle (Old Church Road) (VA Route 859) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 23.4[94] West 1927 Agency station. Formerly Guilford station.
Historical marker at site:[64] Sterling Station
Smiths[95] W&OD Trail; 0.4 miles southeast of crossing of Smith's Switch Road and W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 25.1[94] Historical marker near site:[64] Rails to Dulles Airport
Normans (Smith's)[96] 0.1 mile northwest of crossing of Smith's Switch Road and W&OD Trail; 0.03 miles northwest of W&OD Trail rest stop. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 25.7[97] Northeast 1920s Historical markers near site:
1) Norman's Station[64]
2) Tracks into History: The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad[98]
Ashburn[99] Ashburn Road (VA Route 641) (east side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 27.5[97] Northeast 1967 Agency station.
Historical marker at site:[64] Ashburn Station
Graves W&OD Trail (west of west end of Graves Lane) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 28.1[97]
Belmont Park[88] Belmont Ridge Road (VA Route 659) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 29.4[100] Historical marker near site: Belmont[101]
Trap Rock Luck Stone Quarry & W&OD Trail (0.5 miles west of Belmont Ridge Road (VA Route 659)) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 29.9[100] North Served Trap Rock Quarry (now Leesburg plant of Luck Stone Corp.).
Historical marker near site:[64] Diesel Trains on the W&OD
Compher Cochrane Mill Road & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 30.6[100]
Pleasant View W&OD Trail (west of intersection of Trailview Boulevard and Breakstone Drive) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 31.2[102]
Lawson[103] Lawson Road SE (southeast side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Leesburg 32.7[102] Northeast
Leesburg Freight House[103] Harrison Street SE (west side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Leesburg 34.2[104] Northeast 1966 Wye on northeast side of tracks
Freight House inside of wye
Historical marker at site:[64] Leesburg Freight Station
Historical markers near site:[64]
1) The Leesburg Lime Company
2) Stationmaster's House
3) The Depot
4) Norman-Harding Barn (The "Wharf")
5) McKimmey's Mill
Leesburg Passenger Station[103] S. King Street (U.S. Route 15) (west side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Leesburg 34.4[104] Northeast 1906

1909 colorized postcard
1960s

 Agency station.
Historical marker at site:[64] Leesburg Passenger Station
Historical markers near site:[64]
1) Electric Trains on the W&OD
2) The Great Falls Line
Dry Mill W&OD Trail, north of intersection of Dry Mill Road and Woodburn Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 35.8[104]
Clarkes Gap[105] Dry Mill Road (northwest side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 38.0[106] Northeast 1930 Agency station.
Historical marker at site:[64] Clarkes Gap
Paeonian Springs[105] Simpson Circle (west side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 39.2[65] South 1920s Agency station.
Historical marker at site:[64] Paeonian Springs Station
Hamilton[107] Hamilton Station Road (east side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 40.9[108] South Before 1912

Undated

 Agency station.
Historical markers at site:[64]
1) Hamilton Station
2) Tracks into History: The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
Ivandale[109] Ivandale Road (east side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 42.0[108] North
Florance N. Maple Avenue (VA Route 722) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Purcellville 43.8[110] Historical marker near site:[64] Electric Trains on the W&OD
Purcellville[111] N. 21st Street (northeast side) and W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Purcellville 44.8[110]

(End)

 South undated
1940
1951		 Agency station.
Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[112][113]
Historical markers at site:[64]
1) Purcellville Station
2) Beyond Purcellville
Historical marker near site:[64]
Tracks into History: The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
Simmons ----------
Round Hill Passenger Station[114] 35 Main Street (southeast side of Main street) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Round Hill ---------- South circa 1912 looking south
circa 1912 looking west		 Agency station.
Electrical substation adjacent to south side of station.
Round Hill Freight House[114] 34 Main Street (northwest side of Main Street) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Round Hill ---------- North circa 1912 looking west
Scotland Heights[115] Scotland Heights Road (northeast side) Loudoun County ---------- Southwest
Homestead ----------
Bluemont Terminal[116] Railroad Street (VA Route 753), north of Snickersville Turnpike (VA Route 734) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Bluemont ---------- Northwest circa 1905
circa 1912
1939		 Agency station.
Wye on southeast side of tracks, opposite station.
Original station constructed circa 1900; later burned. Replaced by smaller station.

Existing remnants of Bluemont Division, Alexandria-Bluemont Line

The following remnants of the Alexandria-Bluemont Line existed in 2000 and later.[117] Some were photographed in 1997 or in subsequent years:

Stations

Herndon Depot Museum, August 2012
Purcellville Station, August 2008
Station Location Coordinates Jurisdiction Operator Present use Photo Notes
Vienna 231 Dominion Road NE at Ayr Hill Avenue NE (southeast side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Vienna Northern Virginia Model Railroaders, Inc.[118] Museum and model railroad layout 2007[119] Nomination form for National Register of Historic Places prepared in 2002.[81]
Sunset Hills Old Reston Avenue (west side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority Vacant 2009[120]

undated

 Former headquarters office of Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park.
Herndon 717 Lynn Street at Station Street (south side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Herndon Herndon Historical Society[121] Herndon Depot Museum and visitor center video

2006[122] undated

 Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[89][90]
Leesburg Freight House Market Station[123] at Harrison Street SE (west side) and Royal Street SE (201 Harrison Street SE) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Leesburg Metro Management Services[124] Pizza restaurant[125] 2008[126] Moved two blocks north of original location in 1984.[127]
Historical marker on building: The Depot
Clarkes Gap Passenger Shelter Simpson Circle (west side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority Trailside shelter 2007[128] Replaced burned Clarkes Gap station. Preserved by former W&OD Railroad employee. Relocated to former site of Paeonian Springs station by Northern Virginia Regional Parks Authority.[129]
Hamilton Hamilton Station Road (east side) & W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County Loudoun County Milling Company Mill equipment storage undated
2010[130]
Purcellville 21st Street N (east side) and W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Purcellville Town of Purcellville[131] Loudoun Visitors Center.[132]
Public meeting space		 undated
2009[133]
2009[134]		 Preserved and restored by Purcellville Preservation Association.[135]
Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[112][113]
Round Hill Passenger Station 35 Main Street (south side of Main Street) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Round Hill Private property owner Residence 1997
Round Hill Freight House 34 Main Street (northwest side of Main Street) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Round Hill Private property owner

Bridges

Stone arch at Clarke's Gap crossing the former route of the W&OD in August 2008
Crossing Location Coordinates Jurisdiction W&OD Trail Mile Remnant Photo
Russell Road Russell Road (west side) between W. Glebe Road and Kentucky Avenue Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. City of Alexandria ------------ Abutment of former railroad bridge undated
Four Mile Run W&OD Trail between Columbia Pike and Arlington Boulevard (U.S. Route 50) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 2.3[66] Abutments under trail bridge
Four Mile Run W&OD Trail between Arlington Boulevard (U.S. Route 50) and N. Carlin Springs Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 2.8[66] Abutments under trail bridge
Four Mile Run W&OD Trail between N. Carlin Springs Road and Wilson Boulevard Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 3.4[70] Abutments under trail bridge
Four Mile Run W&OD Trail between Wilson Boulevard and N. Patrick Henry Drive Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 3.9[70] Abutments under trail bridge
Four Mile Run W&OD Trail between Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29) and Little Falls Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 5.9[75] Abutments under trail bridge
Piney Branch W&OD Trail between Ayr Hill Avenue NE and Hunter Mill Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 13.6[80] Abutments under trail bridge 2010[136]
Difficult Run W&OD Trail between Ayr Hill Avenue NE and Hunter Mill Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County 14.3[80] Abutments under trail bridge 2009[137]
Broad Run W&OD Trail between Sully Road and Panorama Parkway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 24.6[94] Abutments under trail bridge undated
Beaverdam Run W&OD Trail between Smiths Switch Road and Ashburn Village Boulevard Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 26.2[97] Abutments under trail bridge
Goose Creek W&OD Trail between Belmont Ridge Road and Cochrane Mill Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 30.1[100] Abutments and piers supporting trail bridge 2007[138]
undated
Sycolin Creek W&OD Trail between Belmont Ridge Road and Cochrane Mill Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 30.4[100] Span, abutments and pier of railroad bridge (now trail bridge). undated
Tuscarora Creek W&OD Trail between Cochran Mill Road and Lawson Road SE Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Leesburg 32.3[102] Abutments and piers of railroad bridge south of W&OD Trail
Clarke's Gap W&OD Trail and Dry Mill Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 38.2[106] Stone arch above former W&OD line. 2007[139]
Unnamed stream W&OD Trail west of Simpson Circle Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Loudoun County 39.4[106] Stone arch culvert under former W&OD line (now under W&OD Trail) undated

Other remnants

Remnant Location Coordinates Jurisdiction W&OD Trail Mile Side of W&OD Trail Photo Notes
Norfolk Southern Railway spur Tracks between Pendleton Street (east of intersection with N. Fairfax St.) and CSX main line near Slaters Lane Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. City of Alexandria ------------ ------------ ------------ Operating railroad; formerly owned by Southern Railway
Floor of electrical substation at Bluemont Junction Between soccer field and 1971 Southern Railway caboose east of W&OD Trail in Bluemont Junction Park (between Bluemont Junction Trail and Wilson Boulevard) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 3.4[70] East 2009[140] In Bluemont Junction Historical Railroad Display[141] in Bluemont Junction Park[142]
Coal trestle with rails and ties[143] 0.05 mile west of Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29); south of W&OD Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 5.6[70] South 2007[144] Formerly used to unload coal from hopper cars and fuel oil from tank cars[145]
Partially demolished in June 2014. Designated as local historic district in September 2014.[146]
Leesburg Stationmaster's House Market Station[124] at Harrison Street SE (west side) and South Street SE (205 Harrison Street SE) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Leesburg ------------ ------------ 2008[147]
Undated[148]		 Moved to Market Station[124] (south of relocated freight station). Used as cigar and pipe store.[148]
Historical marker on building: Stationmaster's House
Round Hill Electrical Substation Adjacent to south side of former passenger station at 35 Main Street (southeast side of Main Street) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Town of Round Hill ------------ ------------ 1997[149] Private residence
Enclosed by house

Existing trails and parks along railroad route

Rail trails

Other trails

  • Unpaved trail connecting Russell Road and Landover Street, Alexandria.[151]
  • Section of Mount Vernon Trail adjacent to Norfolk Southern Railway spur between Pendleton Street and E. Abingdon Drive, Alexandria[152]

Linear parks

Great Falls Division

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Further information: Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad

Stations

The stations on the Great Falls Division of the W&OD (with locations of sites in 2008) were:

Station[154] Location Coordinates Jurisdiction Side of Tracks[155] Photo Notes
Georgetown[156] M Street, N.W., between 35th and 37th Streets, N.W. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. District of Columbia West Terminal station of GF&OD and W&OD until 1923. Adjacent to Georgetown Car Barn, which served Washington's electric street cars.
Rosslyn Passenger Terminal: Fort Myer Drive (west side) between George Washington Memorial Parkway and Lee Highway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County West undated colorized postcard & 1923 interior photo of passenger terminal The GF&OD and W&OD stopped at a passenger shelter from 1904 to 1923. The W&OD terminated behind a passenger station on Fort Myer Drive from 1923 to 1938 and in the present route of I-66 from 1938 to 1968. All of the stations and termini were near the present site of the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel.
Historical Marker: Rosslyn Station[157]
Colonial[156] I-66 at N. Nash Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Rosslyn Freight House[156] I-66 near N. Oak Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County North
Mackeys[156] I-66 at N. Quinn Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Northwest
Park Lane[156] I-66 east of N. Uhle Street; north of Lee Highway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Southwest
Pearce[156] I-66 near N. Adams Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Clark[156] I-66 near N. Calvert Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South Near east side of Spout Run.
Thrifton[156] I-66 between Lee Highway and Spout Run Parkway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South North of Lyon Village shopping center. Named for Hugh A. Thrift. East of junction with Thrifton – Bluemont Junction connecting line.
Dominion Heights[158] Lee Highway (between traffic lanes) at N. Monroe Street (east side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Cherrydale[158] Intersection of Lee Highway and Old Dominion Drive at Military Road (east side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Southwest circa 1908
Harrison[158] Old Dominion Drive at N. Thomas Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Greenwood[158] Old Dominion Drive at Lorcom Lane (northwest side); east of N. Vermont Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Maplewood[158] Old Dominion Drive between traffic lanes north of Lee Highway; west of N. Abingdon Street Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Livingston[158] Old Dominion Drive at 24th Street N. (north side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Southwest 24th Street N. was Livingstone Street prior to 1932 (named for Colin H. Livingstone)
Lyonhurst[158] Old Dominion Drive at 25th Street N. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Southwest Named for the nearby estate of Frank Lyon (now Missionhurst)
Summit[158] Old Dominion Drive at 26th Street N. (southeast side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Southwest
Rixey[158] Old Dominion Drive at N. Glebe Road (east side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Northeast undated Named for the nearby estate of Dr. Presley Marion Rixey.
Marymount University now occupies the Rixey estate.
Later station on southwest side of tracks.[159]
Jewell[160] Old Dominion Drive at Rock Spring Road (north side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Southwest undated Named for Charles Jewell
Vanderwerken[160] Old Dominion Drive at Little Falls Road (northwest side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County North Named for Gilbert Vanderwerken
Franklyn Park[160] Old Dominion Drive at Franklin Park Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Northeast undated
Rockwell[160] Old Dominion Drive near Dominion Crest Lane Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Southwest
Chesterbrook[160] Old Dominion Drive at Kirby Road (northwest side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Northeast
El Nido[161] Old Dominion Drive at Birch Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County North
Selva[161] Old Dominion Drive at 6th Place Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Southwest
Viresco[161] Old Dominion Drive between Pimmit Run and Linway Terrace Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Northeast Southeast side of B&O Railroad right-of-way[71][162]
Lawnvale[161] Old Dominion Drive near Holmes Place Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Southwest
McLean[161] Old Dominion Drive at Chain Bridge Road (northwest side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Northeast Named for John Roll McLean
Ingleside[161] Old Dominion Drive at Ingleside Avenue Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Northeast
Balls Hill[163] Old Dominion Drive at Balls Hill Road (east side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County West
Hitaffer[163] Old Dominion Drive at Swinks Mill Road (south side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Northeast
Jackson[163] Old Dominion Drive northwest of Swinks Mill Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Southwest undated
Spring Hill[164] Old Dominion Drive at Spring Hill Road (east side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Northeast
Prospect Hill[164] Old Dominion Drive at Bellview Place Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Northeast undated
Belleview[164] Old Dominion Drive at Bellview Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Southwest undated
Glendale[165] Old Dominion Drive at Towlston Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Southwest
Peacock[165] Old Dominion Drive at Peacock Station Road (east side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County Southwest undated
Fairview[165] Old Dominion Drive at Falls Run Road Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County West
Elkins[165] Old Dominion Drive at Georgetown Pike (north side) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County West undated Named for Stephen Benton Elkins.
Dickeys Road Old Dominion Drive in Great Falls Park Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County (National Park Service) Named for Dickey's Inn. Near former site of Matildaville.
Great Falls[165] Old Dominion Drive in Great Falls Park Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Fairfax County (National Park Service) Inside turnaround 1. undated postcard
2. undated photo		 Terminal station of GF&OD and Great Falls Division of W&OD.

Thrifton-Bluemont Junction connecting line

The Thrifton-Bluemont Junction connecting line, a component of the W&OD's Bluemont Division, opened in 1912. The line connected the W&OD's Great Falls Division (formerly the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad) with the Bluemont Division's Alexandria-Bluemont line.

The line closed in sections in 1963 and 1968.[42][43][166][167] I-66 and the adjacent Custis Trail replaced the line between Thrifton and Washington Boulevard in Ballston. Arlington County's Bluemont Junction Trail replaced the line between Washington Boulevard and Bluemont Junction.

Bluemont Junction, where the Bluemont Junction Trail now meets the W&OD Trail, presently contains an Arlington County railroad display that features a Southern Railway bay window caboose.[168] The caboose was built in 1971, three years after the W&OD Railroad closed.[169]

The stations on the Thrifton-Bluemont Junction connecting line (with locations of sites in 2008) were:

Station Location Coordinates Jurisdiction Side of Tracks Photo Notes
Thrifton[170] I-66 between Lee Highway and Spout Run Parkway Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County North of Lyon Village shopping center. Named for Hugh A. Thrift. East of junction with Thrifton – Bluemont Junction connecting line.
Hayes[170] N. Lincoln Street (east side) and I-66 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Douglas[170] N. Quincy Street (east side) and I-66 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Waverley Hills N. Stafford Street and I-66 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Formerly Clements Avenue Station[170]
Clarenford[170] N. Utah Street (east side) and I-66 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Lacey[170] N. Glebe Road (east side) and I-66 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Southeast
Washington Boulevard[171] Washington Boulevard and I-66 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County
Waycroft N. Buchanan Street and Bluemont Junction Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County 0.2 mile south of crossing of Fairfax line of Washington-Virginia Railway
Historical marker near site: Lacey Car Barn.[23][172]
Garrison[170] N. George Mason Drive at Wilson Boulevard (north side) and Bluemont Junction Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County Southeast Undated
Arlington Avenue[171] N. Jefferson Street and Bluemont Junction Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County
Bon Air[170] N. Kensington Street (northeast side) and Bluemont Junction Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County South
Bluemont Junction[170] W&OD Trail between Wilson Boulevard and Bluemont Junction Trail Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Arlington County East 1950s Junction with Alexandria-Bluemont line
Historical markers at site:
1) Bluemont Junction
2) The Great Falls Line
3) Rosslyn Station
4) Bluemont Junction, c. 1934
Historical marker near site:
Tracks into History: The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad

Existing roads, trails and parks along railroad route

Road

I-66 between Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29) and Washington Boulevard.[173]

Rail Trail

Bluemont Junction Trail between Washington Boulevard and Mile 3.3 of Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail.[174]

Other Trail

Custis Trail between Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29) and Washington Boulevard.[175]

Linear park

Bluemont Junction Park between Fairfax Drive and W&OD Trail.[142][176]

Surviving Locomotives

At least four locomotives that the W&OD had owned or leased still survived in 2014.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Williams, p. 3
  2. ↑ Harwood, pp. 12, 15
  3. ↑ Williams, p. 4
  4. ↑ (1) Williams, pp. 8-10
    (2) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ (1)Harwood, p. 21
    (2) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Williams, p. 27
  7. ↑ Williams, pp. 27-28
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 (1) Harwood, p. 24
    (2) Williams, p. 28
    (3) 1882 system map of Richmond and Danville Railroad
    (4) 1893 system map of Richmond and Danville Railroad
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Williams, pp. 42-43
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Harwood, p. 26
  11. ↑ 1895 system map of Southern Railway
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Harwood, p. 29
  13. ↑ (1) Harwood, pp. 33-41
    (2) Williams, pp. 44, 71
  14. ↑ Harwood, pp. 33-41
  15. ↑ Harwood, p. 45
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Harwood, p. 46
  17. ↑ Harwood, pp. 46, 49
  18. ↑ Williams, pp. 45, 72
  19. ↑ (1) Harwood, pp. 32, 46-47
    (2) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Williams, pp. 43-44
  21. ↑ Williams, p. 72
  22. ↑ Williams, pp. 107, 144, 156
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Harwood, p. 31, 33
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Harwood, pp. 48-49
  26. ↑ Harwood, p. 39
  27. ↑ Williams, pp. 70-71
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Harwood, p. 47
  29. ↑ Harwood, p. 38
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 (1)Williams, p. 74
    (2) Harwood, pp. 68-69
  31. ↑ (1) Williams, pp. 74, 93
    (2) Harwood, pp. 73-79
  32. ↑ (1) Williams, p. 93
    (2) Harwood, p. 73
  33. ↑ Harwood, pp. 77-78
  34. ↑ King, 1934 (map)
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 (1) Harwood, p. 79-80
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Williams, p. 91
  37. ↑ (1) Harwood, p. 90
    (2) Williams, p. 94
  38. ↑ Harwood, pp. 83-84
  39. ↑ (1) Harwood, p. 81, 83-88, 137-138
    (2) Williams, pp. 93-94
  40. ↑ (1) Harwood, pp. 90-91
    (2) Williams, p. 95
  41. ↑ (1) Harwood, p. 97
    (2) Williams, p. 96
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 (1) Harwood, p. 101
    (2) Williams, p. 107
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 (1) Harwood, p. 106
    (2) Williams, p. 131
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 (1) Harwood, p. 106-107
    (2) Williams, p. 109
  45. ↑ Harwood, pp. 106-107
  46. ↑ Williams, p. 43; Washington and Old Dominion Railway timetables: Bluemont Division, pp. 40, 68; Great Falls Division, p. 67.
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 Harwood, p. 112
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 48.3 48.4 48.5 Stone
  49. ↑ Harwood, pp. 108-109, 112
  50. ↑ Locations of stations existing in 1916 according to distances in Harwood, pp. 139-141 and W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps
  51. ↑ W&OD Trail mileages from detailed maps of portions of trail accessed from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  52. ↑ (1) Harwood, p. 9.
  53. ↑ 53.0 53.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  54. ↑ Harwood, p. 10.
  55. ↑ W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Map No. 1
  56. ↑ 1900 map of Del Ray and St. Elmo showing Alexandria Junction and Washington & Ohio Junction in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  57. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  58. ↑ 58.0 58.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 Locations and partial texts of markers: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Map No. 2
  61. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  62. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., describes the Arlington boundary in the area of the Cowdon station as: ".... westwardly, in general along the line of Four Mile Run, without regard to its meanders, intersecting the south right-of-way line of the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad, then 1,858.44 feet to where the center line of Shirlington Road intersects the said south right-of-way line; thence south and slightly east to the center line of Quaker Lane, ....". The Cowdon station was in Arlington County, between the railroad right-of-way's intersection with Four Mile Run and the right of way's intersection with the center line of Shirlington Road. The station was north of the railroad's south right-of-way line.
  63. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  64. ↑ 64.00 64.01 64.02 64.03 64.04 64.05 64.06 64.07 64.08 64.09 64.10 64.11 64.12 64.13 64.14 64.15 64.16 64.17 64.18 64.19 64.20 64.21 64.22 64.23 64.24 64.25 64.26 64.27 64.28 64.29 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 3
  66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 66.2 66.3 66.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  67. ↑ 67.0 67.1 67.2 Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 4
  68. ↑ Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority. "Glencarlyn Station" marker. Located northwest of Arlington Boulevard (U.S. Route 50) bridge over W&OD Trail and Four Mile Run and southwest of W&OD Trail at former site of station.
  69. ↑ 69.0 69.1 69.2 69.3 Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps": Bluemont Junction Wye
  70. ↑ 70.0 70.1 70.2 70.3 70.4 70.5 70.6 70.7 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  71. ↑ 71.0 71.1 71.2 71.3 Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 5
  72. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  73. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  74. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  75. ↑ 75.0 75.1 75.2 75.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  76. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 6
  77. ↑ 77.0 77.1 Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 7
  78. ↑ 78.0 78.1 78.2 78.3 78.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  79. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 8
  80. ↑ 80.0 80.1 80.2 80.3 80.4 80.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  81. ↑ 81.0 81.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  82. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 9
  83. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 10
  84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  85. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 11
  86. ↑ 86.0 86.1 86.2 86.3 86.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  87. ↑ 87.0 87.1 87.2 87.3 Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 12
  88. ↑ 88.0 88.1 Vetter
  89. ↑ 89.0 89.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  90. ↑ 90.0 90.1 (1) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    (2) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  91. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 13
  92. ↑ 92.0 92.1 92.2 92.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  93. ↑ Interstate Commerce Commission (1916-07-01). "W&OD Railway 1916 ICC Valuation Maps". Map No. 14
  94. ↑ 94.0 94.1 94.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  95. ↑ Identified as Smiths in 1916 list of stations in Harwood (2000), p. 140 and in August 25, 1940, W&OD Railroad timetable; no station at this location in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  96. ↑ Identified as Normans in 1916 list of stations in Harwood (2000), p. 140 and in August 25, 1940, W&OD Railroad timetable. Identified as Smith's Station in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  97. ↑ 97.0 97.1 97.2 97.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  98. ↑ "Tracks Into History" marker in W&OD Trail rest stop located 0.1 mile northwest of crossing of Smith's Switch Road and W&OD Trail.
  99. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  100. ↑ 100.0 100.1 100.2 100.3 100.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  101. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  102. ↑ 102.0 102.1 102.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  103. ↑ 103.0 103.1 103.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  104. ↑ 104.0 104.1 104.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  117. ↑ (1) Harwood, p. 107
    (2) Information sheet on interior wall of Bluemont Junction caboose, September 2012.
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    (2) Photograph entitled "Marker in front of the Shelter Along the Trail" showing passenger shelter and "Additional comment" dated 2008-01-29 in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  150. ↑ (1)Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    (2) Coordinates of trail in Mt. Jefferson Park and Greenway: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  151. ↑ Coordinates of trail connecting Russell Road and Landover Street, Alexandria: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  152. ↑ Coordinates of section of Mount Vernon Trail adjacent to Norfolk Southern Railway spur: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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    (2) Coordinates of Mt. Jefferson Park and Greenway: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  154. ↑ Locations of stations from distances along railroad route from GF&OD Railroad 1916 ICC Valuation Maps and Harwood, p. 141
  155. ↑ Side of tracks from GF&OD Railroad 1916 ICC Valuation Maps and Harwood, p. 141
  156. ↑ 156.0 156.1 156.2 156.3 156.4 156.5 156.6 156.7 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  157. ↑ Rosslyn Station historical marker located at site of Bluemont Junction station of Washington and Old Dominion Railroad. See: Washington and Old Dominion Railroad#Stations
  158. ↑ 158.0 158.1 158.2 158.3 158.4 158.5 158.6 158.7 158.8 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  159. ↑ Note: Rixey station in undated photo was on southwest side of tracks, east of N. Glebe Road (Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found..
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  162. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Description of planned Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad branch in Virginia.
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  166. ↑ Williams, p. 107.
  167. ↑ Williams, p. 131.
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    (2) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    (3) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    (4) Coordinates of caboose at Bluemont Junction:Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
    (3) Coordinates of intersection of Bluemont Junction Trail and Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Trail: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  169. ↑ Copy of Southern Railway records in album inside Bluemont Junction caboose.
  170. ↑ 170.0 170.1 170.2 170.3 170.4 170.5 170.6 170.7 170.8 Harwood, p. 139
  171. ↑ 171.0 171.1 Washington and Old Dominion Railroad timetable dated 1940-08-25
  172. ↑ Coordinates of Lacey Car Barn historical marker: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  173. ↑ Coordinates of I-66 between Lee Highway and Washington Boulevard: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  174. ↑ Coordinates of Bluemont Junction Trail: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  175. ↑ Coordinates of Custis Trail between Lee Highway and Washington Boulevard: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  176. ↑ Coordinates of Bluemont Junction Park: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  178. ↑ 178.0 178.1 178.2 178.3 178.4 Harwood, p. 137.
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  182. ↑ (1) Harwood, pp. 131, 137.
    (2) 1941 and 1946 photographs of W&OD 47: Harwood, pp. 83, 88.
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  187. ↑ (1) Harwood, pp. 68, 135.
    (2) 1922 and 1940 photographs of W&OD 50: Harwood, p. 71.
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References

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At Google Books
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At Google Books
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  • King, W.E. (1934-07-19). Index map showing Washington & Old Dominion Railway's line abandoned in relation to other railroads and common carriers in lower left corner of Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Neville, Ashley M., National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Historic District (Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) No. 053-0276), Gray & Pape, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, July 25, 2000, in Appendix J of NORTHERN VIRGINIA REGIONAL PARK AUTHORITY - PRE-FILED DIRECT TESTIMONY OF MR. HAFNER, MR. MCRAY AND MR. SIMMONS, November 30, 2005 (Part 4 of 5, pages 1–46). Retrieved on March 24, 2008, in Case Docket Search for documents in Case No. PUE-2005-00018 on official website of the Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission.
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  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. At Google Books

Videos

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Video filmed in 1939 from Rosslyn to Difficult Run Bridge.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.: 1861 Civil War skirmish on Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad in Vienna.
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External links

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Photographs and descriptions of markers describing the history of the W&OD Railroad.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Website describing the history of the W&OD Railroad.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Timetable: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. First timetable for Bluemont service.
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